Carlos Sainz has conceded that he did not have the pace compared to his team-mate Charles Leclerc during the Bahrain Grand Prix, but is delighted that his Ferrari team are back at the front. It looked as though Sainz would end the race third behind Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen until Pierre Gasly’s retirement
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc stressed that he had to be smart when battling Max Verstappen for the lead of the Bahrain Grand Prix as he held off the Dutchman to ultimately win the season-opening race. Leclerc led home a Ferrari 1-2 in Sunday’s race as Carlos Sainz took advantage of an issue for Red Bull’s Max
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Kevin Magnussen revealed his relief on Saturday after qualifying seventh on his Formula 1 return having suffered from hydraulic issues in Q2. The Dane had set a lap time quick enough to sneak through to the top-ten shootout in Bahrain, but was told by his engineer of a hydraulic problem that meant he could not
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was relieved to be in the battle for pole after what has been a difficult weekend so far for the Spaniard as he qualified third in Bahrain. Ferrari spent much of last year developing ahead of the new technical regulations being introduced in 2022, and they entered the new era emphatically, taking
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George Russell has said that he and his Mercedes team will do everything they can to turn the boat and resurrect the issues that have made for a difficult start to 2022. Having looked on the back foot during testing under the new technical regulations – particularly with the so-called “porpoising” issue – Mercedes qualified
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Max Verstappen has acknowledged the work done by Ferrari over the winter as Charles Leclerc took pole for the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen, having set a purple first sector on his final run in Q3, missed out to the Monegasque, but was able to split the Ferraris as he beat Carlos Sainz to second
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George Russell has reiterated that his Mercedes team do not have the performance they would like ahead of the new Formula 1 season, but will endeavour to extract everything he can from the car. Mercedes set 777 laps over the six days of pre-season testing in Barcelona and Sakhir, with Sir Lewis Hamilton leading Russell
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