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Story of the race: Another classic in the desert

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After Sebastian Vettel won a tense Bahrain Grand Prix, ESPN rounds up the main talking points from the third race of the 2017 season.

Shock: Watching this race fall away from Mercedes after their front-row lockout. There's no doubts about Ferrari's pace any more, and once again putting Mercedes under pressure by doing something different on strategy was key. Lewis Hamilton demonstrated at the end he had the pace to win the race and may well have done with a better start and without a penalty. This one is going to run all the way to the end of the season.