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DHL Fastest Lap Award: 2017 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

Lewis Hamilton posts the fastest lap time of 1:32.798 minutes in the 2017 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX to take the lead in the DHL Fastest Lap Award.

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Fastest Driver Group 1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1:32.798
Fastest Driver Group 2: Felipe Massa (Williams) - 1:34.256
Fastest Driver Group 3: Romain Grosjean (Haas) - 1:34.948

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Lewis Hamilton takes DHL Fastest Lap in Sakhir

Fans were treated to an exciting scrap for victory between Ferrari and Mercedes in the 2017 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX. While Sebastian Vettel went on to win this third race of the season, Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest race lap of 1:32.798 minutes and now leads from Kimi Räikkönen in the DHL Fastest Lap Award. Daniel Ricciardo posted the second-fastest lap time of 1:33.495 minutes. Räikkönen was third fastest with a 1:33.720.

Hamilton secured best time in the closing stages of the race on new soft tires as he hunted down Sebastian Vettel, drawing ever closer to the Ferrari driver. "I had good pace in the second and final stints, and we honestly thought we could catch Sebastian," said the Briton, who had to serve a five-second time penalty on his second pit stop. "The penalty made it twice as hard."

Hamilton pulled out all the stops to catch Vettel and was easily the fastest driver on the track. The Mercedes driver's ten fastest laps average out at 1:33.179 minutes, giving Hamilton a clear lead on Ferrari drivers Räikkönen (1:33.838) and Vettel (1:34.088).

Fastest race laps: 2017 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

01 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:32.798 - on lap 46
02 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:33.495 - on lap 42
03 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 1:133.720 - on lap 55
04 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:33.826 - on lap 36
05 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:34.087 - on lap 33
06 Felipe Massa (Williams) 1:34.256 - on lap 39
07 Sergio Perez (Force India) 1:34.609 - on lap 39
08 Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:34.948 - on lap 33
09 Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:34.985 - on lap 45
10 Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) 1:35.086 - on lap 35

History: DHL Fastest Laps in the FORMULA 1 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

Hamilton's lap time in Bahrain was the fastest at the circuit since the introduction of the DHL Fastest Lap Award in 2007, but Pedro de la Rosa still holds the record for the fastest race lap on the current track layout. The McLaren driver covered the Bahrain International Circuit in 1:31.447 minutes back in 2005.

Valtteri Bottas set a new track record of 1:28.769 minutes in qualifying and secured the first pole position of his career. The Mercedes driver beat the qualifying best time of 1:29.493 minutes set by current teammate Lewis Hamilton last year.

33rd fastest race lap for Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton now has 33 fastest race laps to his name after the race in Bahrain. The Briton is fourth behind Michael Schumacher (77), Kimi Räikkönen (44) and Alain Prost (41) in the rankings for the most fastest race laps.

Hamilton can continue his efforts to catch Prost in two weeks' time in Sochi. Enter the DHL Fastest Lap Predictor game for the 2017 FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX and win great prizes!

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