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Hamilton given five-place grid penalty
Lewis Hamilton's hopes of winning the Bahrain Grand Prix took a heavy knock on Saturday when he was given a five-place penalty for a gearbox change that dropped him to ninth on the starting grid for Sunday's race. Nobody in the eight previous races at the Sakhir Formula One circuit has won from lower than fourth at the start. The 2008 world champion was penalised for no fault of his own after a sudden tyre deflation in final free practice before qualifying damaged the car's suspension and gearbox. Any unscheduled gearbox change incurs an automatic five-place penalty. Hamilton took pole position in China last weekend - his first for the team he joined from McLaren at the end of 2012 - and...
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