Lewis, Rosberg make it a sweet 1&2 at Bahrain F1

It was yet another spectacular win for the Silver Arrows as Lewis Hamilton and his teammate Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas claimed the 1^st and 2^nd positions at the Bahrain Grand Prix held at the Sakhir circuit on April 6, 2014.

Sergio Perez of Force India Mercedes flew in third for the second podium finish for this Indian team controlled by India’s liquor baron Vijay Mallya.  Perez outpaced Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing Renault who came in fourth. Force India’s Nico Hulkenburg came in fifth. For Mallya this was a dream finish as his team aims to be among the top pacers for the 2014 season.

Hulkenburg was followed by Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing Renault, Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas of Williams Mercedes and Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari.

 Official tyre supplier Pirelli provided their medium as well as soft tyres for the final race.  There was action plenty in the earlier laps.

In the 14^th lap Adrian Sutil of Sauber Ferrari pulled off the track with a damage caused after coming clashing with Jules Bianchi of Marussia Ferrari. The next lap saw Bianchi pitting with a puncture. Bianchi was later given a drive through penalty for causing the collision.

Lap 21 saw Sutil retiring his car. Sauber confirmed that Sutil had to retire because of the damange caused from the collision.

In the 41^st lap Esteban Gutierrez of Sauber Ferrari was hit by Pastor Maldonado of Lotus Renault into Turn1 as the latter rejoined the track after a stop. The Sauber car was flipped into the air ad rolled and fortunately for Gutierrez, he emerged safe from the car.

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