Lewis Hamilton says Char🔜les Leclerc has “lots more wins” to come in Formula 1 aft🗹er an engine problem cruelly robbed the Ferrari driver of victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix. 

Polesitter Leclerc🌸 had dominated proceedings in Bahrain having recovered from a poor start and looked set to claim his maiden grand prix win until late power unit issues struck. 

An app🐷arent MGU-H failure on Leclerc’s SF90 left him 40kph down on the straights and a sitting duck to the Mercedes pair of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, who😼 both passed the 21-year-old.

Hamilton opened up his team radio immediately after taking the 74th win of his F1 career to say Leclerc was “extremely👍 unfortu🅘nate”, before going over to console the Monegasque prior to celebrating with his team.  

“This weekend Ferraris have been incredible,” Hamilton said. “I had to see Charles, He did such a great job, he🐻 had done the job to win race. He deserved to win.

“It’s a great result forꦦ the team, considering how hard the race was. But this guy here, [Leclerc] has lots more wins coming in the future.”

Hamilton pulled off an overtake on Sebastian Vettel en route to securing the win, whi🀅le his 2018 title rival was left spinning 🤪moments after being passed at Turn 4. The German was forced to pit after losing his front wing and suffering a puncture, before ultimately finishing fifth. 

“We wer🍨e defini🦩tely lucky today but we have to take it as it comes,” Hamilton added. “I still gave it everything in the race, I pushed as hard as I could. Obviously the fight I had with Vettel was great fun for me.

“There was a massive headwind into T4, so I braked latཧer than usual, dived around outside. I don’t think we touched or anything like that.”