hamilton was given a five second penalty while his mercedes team—mate, valteri bottas, eventually finishedd on pole, in what proved to be an eventful race. nick parrot reports. lewis hamilton found himself in an unfamiliar place on the grid in bahrain, behind his new mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas. the finn was on pole for the first time, and when the lights went out, he didn't blink, beating everyone to the first corner. but hamilton cisse sebastian vettel as his main rival this year, and the german took the fight to the britain in the desert, roaring past into second. before the dust had settled, carlos sa i nz into second. before the dust had settled, carlos sainz shook things up. his crash brought the safety car out, and hamilton in forfresh tyres. but on his way to the pits, he deliberately held at daniel ricciardo. he regained third place after the restart, but would have five seconds added to his finish time. and it got worse for hamilton. ferrari's smartest shouted you delivered vettel the lead after the final round of pit stops. on fresh tyres, hamilton passed bottas, but he c