As defending Champion Lewis Hamilton drove from Pole to Podium the Fans of F1 were seen twitting there joy about Ferrari driver Kimi Rikkonen (The Iceman) coming third just 1.1 Sec behind Rosberg in Second place. Hamilton has built a hug fan following for himself in the last few years and has been winning races consistantly. Lewis Hamilton now leads the drivers standing with 93 points, 27 points clear of Team mate Nico Rosberg.
In full – thoughts of the #BahrainGP‘s top three drivers: http://t.co/hIB8CKyvMZ #F1atTwilight #F1 #Sakhir pic.twitter.com/YIlGkcR1Rr
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Hamilton said, “I’m really happy with that. It doesn’t matter who it’s against – you always try to beat everyone. But it’s great to have a fight with Ferrari as well as Nico. Mercedes has been the best team on the grid for the last year or so but Ferrari are pushing us really hard now. It definitely wasn’t an easy win. It was close when I came out of the pits after the first stop and the battle behind me was intense. I had a bit of a slow stop which reduced my gap and when I was braking into T1 I saw them right there in my mirrors! From there I felt like I had it pretty much under control. I had to back off at the end with the traffic and the brakes but luckily for me the effect wasn’t as great as for Nico. I have to say a big thanks to everyone back at the factories and here at the track. The car was really nice to drive this weekend and they’ve done a great job. They won’t be 100 percent happy I’m sure as Kimi took points from us today. But it’s still a good haul of points and I know we’ll work even harder to do better at the next race. That’s what motorsport is all about and that’s why we go racing – to fight with other teams.”
A lovely picture of #Kimi celebrating his P2 with Minttu and some of the @ScuderiaFerrari team after the race 🙂 #F1 pic.twitter.com/gPDsPxNAdg
— #Kimi Räikkönen #7 (@Kimi7FanPage) April 19, 2015
Great drive by Hamilton but what a performance by Raikkonen #F1
— Charlie Austin (@chazaustin9) April 19, 2015
Arrivabene: “Hey Iceman, you were great! Unbelievable!” #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) April 19, 2015
Appreciation tweet for Kimi’s wife. #F1 pic.twitter.com/rQgJXSgLix
— Racing Humour (@racinghumour) April 19, 2015
