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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Matt Majendie

Lewis Hamilton’s new-look Mercedes steals limelight on day one of Bahrain test

Lewis Hamilton returned to the track in Bahrain this morning with a heavily upgraded and potentially controversial Mercedes for the final pre-season test before next weekend’s opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Hamilton was fifth fastest in the morning session of the first of three days of action as he completed 62 laps, but it was his car which proved the talking point with its new mini sidepods and fins running along the cockpit.

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