Lewis Hamilton powered to his record-increasing 95th victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday in a race overshadowed by Romain Grosjean’s horrific crash, which left the Frenchman receiving hospital treatment for burns.
Newly-crowned seven-time world champion Hamilton cruised to his 11th win this year in his Mercedes with a masterful drive in challenging and chaotic circumstances at the Sakhir circuit.
Hamilton took the chequered flag ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen during a late safety car intervention, and was quick to compliment the sport’s modern safety standards for saving Grosjean whose Haas car broke in two on impact before erupting in flames.
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