Hamilton expecting further progressat Bahrain GP

LEWIS HAMILTON is counting on another monumental effort from within McLaren propelling him closer to the front in Bahrain this weekend, although do not expect miracles.

Improvements in China to a car that had been woefully off the pace in Australia and Malaysia offered encouragement to a team that has hit the headlines of late for all the wrong reasons.

Hamilton and team-mate Heikki Kovalainen managed to finish sixth and fifth respectively at the rain-lashed Shanghai circuit behind the dominant Red Bull Racing and Brawn teams.