MANAMA (Reuters) - 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.
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