Bahrain Grand Prix: Hamilton hoping for hat-trick of wins in Sakhir

Sam Barnard, Assistant Sports Editor | March 30, 2016

Bahrain Grand Prix

• Formula 1
• Sunday, April 3rd
• Race starts: 16:00 BST
• Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
• Live on Sky Sports F1 and Channel 4

Hamilton hoping for hat-trick

Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to win a third successive win at the Bahrain Grand Prix and prove to bitter rival and teammate Nico Rosberg that he is still the main man at Mercedes.

The Englishman finished runner-up to the German last time out at the 2016 Formula 1 opener in Australia by eight seconds, but is the odds-on 10/11 favourite to triumph in the Middle East.

Hamilton will also be aiming to go one better than current drivers Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel at this track by winning three times – which would equal Fernando Alonso. Rosberg is 15/8 for another victory.

Vettel, though, who last won here in 2013, is a tempting 9/2 chance to finish first after he led and should’ve gone on to pick up the Australian GP title, but his move to super-soft tyres mid-race meant he came third instead.

The German’s Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen, though, has finished second three times out of the last four in Bahrain including last year, and is 9/4 to be on the podium once more this time.