Lewis Hamilton believes Bahrain's 'race of century' has 'done F1 the world of good'

Lewis Hamilton believes the 'ecstatic' reaction to the epic drama of the Bahrain GP has 'done the world of good' for Formula 1 after the sport's attempts to tear itself apart over the rights and wrongs of its revolutionary new turbo era.

Yet despite being unable to find a way past the sister W05 even after numerous advances, Rosberg, who also watched the thrilling race back, feels he could have done no more. "In hindsight for me I found that I attacked quite a lot and went for it even when I was not even close in a position, I just dived down the inside and gave it a go," he insisted. "So I thought my attacking mode was pretty much there and anything more on more than one occasion meant that we don't finish the race. But of course it's something I will keep adapting." And asked if Mercedes' current level of dominance had already left him believing that the 2014 championship fight represents a 'me or him' contest, Rosberg replied: "Yes, but race on race for now. It's just Shanghai now. I know I can win here, I know I have a chance to win here and I know most likely it's going to be me against Lewis. So that's where my mind is at the moment." In a year of uncertainty, and considerable off-track upheaval, the prospect of Mercedes remaining competitive after kicking off 2014 with three successive victories is the one certainty that the Chinese GP, exclusively live on Sky Sports F1, can be expected to deliver.