Lewis Hamilton rubs salt in Max Verstappen wounds with Mercedes and Red Bull comparison

Lewis Hamilton declared there “was no better feeling” after his shock third-placed finish in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

With his Mercedes car way off the pace, Hamilton was expected to get nowhere near the podium but he took advantage of both Red Bull cars suffering late mechanical failures to finish behind the Ferraris of winner Charles Leclerc and second-plalced Carlos Sainz.

And the seven-times world champion relished the top-three finish and said: “There is no better feeling when you come together and have a result like this. Every point can make a difference. I have lost world titles by one point.”