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Lewis Hamilton says for a moment he thought he “was going to have a little bit of a battle” with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
After Ferrari’s amazing one-two victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was full of praise for the legendary Italian team.
“Well, firstly, big congratulations to these guys [Ferrari]. It’s great to see them up here,” the Briton said.
“It’s a lot of red. But really happy to see these guys shine and be back up there. It’s you know… With the national anthem, also just the team and the energy that they always bring. It’s nice to see.
“I know they had a difficult year last year but they kept pushing, so it’s great to see them back. But I hope that we can get in the battle with them at some stage.”
Lewis then said he thought he was going to be able to challenge Carlos Sainz at one point in the race, but ultimately didn’t have the pace.
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“I had a moment where I thought for a second that I was going to have a little bit of a battle with Carlos but it was only for five laps and then after that they were gone.
“I definitely didn’t expect to be up here [on the podium]. Of course I woke up this morning and I was hopeful and we did everything we could, praying as hard as we could to get the best results.
“But ultimately it came down to just really hard work from the whole team both here and back at the factory.
“We have a lot of work to do. We have quite a big deficit in performance but this is a great start still,” Hamilton concluded.
