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Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes prevailed in Bahrain first time out but only just, with polesitter Max Verstappen of Red Bull deemed to have gone outside track limits late on when passing the Briton

The driver of the luxury car along with its two other occupants fled from the spot.

The pre-owned luxury car portfolio includes Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar, Lexus, Toyota, Land Rover, Mini Cooper, Volkswagen, Bentley and others.

Hamilton who on Sunday won the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first of back-to-back races in the Gulf state, has already secured a record-equalling seventh world championship this season.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton thanked FIA for the safety measures that allowed Grosjean to move out safely out of that burning car.

Hamilton's teammate and pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas finished second with Daniel Ricciardo third for Renault

Bottas managed a best time of 1:13.609 seconds while Hamilton went around the track in 1:13.706 secs.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen secured his near-traditional P3 slot on the grid, but just 0.037s off Hamilton.