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Hamilton: Pit entry penalty "completely my fault"
Bahrain GP runner-up Lewis Hamilton has taken the blame for the five-second penalty he picked up in the race for slowing down too much under the safety car. Hamilton was running second between teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo on lap 13 when the race was neutralised for a collision between the Williams of Lance Stroll and the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz. With Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel having pitted earlier and looking a major threat, Mercedes was forced to call in both its drivers under the safety car. And as Hamilton stood to lose time behind Bottas during the Finn's tyre change, the three-time champion backed off significantly on pit entry so as to slow...
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