Lewis Hamilton joked that he will have turned grey by the end of the season after narrowly hanging on to take first place in the thrilling F1 curtain-raiser in Bahrain. Holy c**p,’ Hamilton said after steering home his Mercedes on battered tyres. But, despite the Red Bull man’s tyre advantage, he narrowly fell short and was forced to settle for second place for the first chequered flag of the campaign. ‘We don’t know how much better Red Bull will be in other places. The Red Bull narrowly ran off the circuit while moving ahead of his opponent, however, and was forced to surrender the spot back to Hamilton.

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