Hamilton tops opening practice in Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton continued the Mercedes team's dominance of the 2014 Formula 1 season by topping first practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix in his superior Mercedes. So dominant are the Mercedes car, Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg are just playing with the opposition.

The Malaysian GP winner was fastest during the opening half-hour of the 90-minute session. Fernando Alonso ended the session third fastest, four-and-a-half tenths slower than Hamilton and 0.169s ahead of Nico Hulkenberg.

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