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Michael Schumacher’s son Mick followed in his father’s footsteps today as the 20-year-old impressed on his first Formula 1 test drive for Ferrari. More than 12 years after F1 legend Schumacher senior drove his last race for Ferrari, his son showed he might be ready to carry on the family legacy. Almost 15 years to […]

The two-time F1 world champion was quick to praise the 2019 McLaren, saying he felt it was a step in the right direction after a difficult period for the team that saw Alonso finish no higher than fifth in four seasons. “It’s a step forward in every aspect of the car. I think the car […]

Zak Brown, McLaren’s CEO, has commented on the incident which cost Carlos Sainz from having a decent race in Bahrain. “Based on the onboard images, I would say that the turn was Carlos,” he told Motorsport-total.com. “It was a racing incident, but Carlos was driving far enough for him so that the turn was his, […]

Lando Norris believes a resurgent McLaren are finally “on the way up” in Formula 1 again after an impressive Bahrain GP. “It’s definitely on the way up,” Norris, 19, told Sky F1. “The steps we’ve taken from last year, to be two out of two times in Q3, to have opportunities to get into the […]

Carlos Sainz says his clash with Max Verstappen saved him from a “more dramatic” day in the Bahrain Grand Prix, as he believes a gearbox problem would have cost him a points finish anyway. “I’m trying to look at the positives,” said Sainz. “A good start, a good first lap, the cars in front weren’t […]

A seething Sebastian Vettel bemoaned his race performance at the Bahrain Grand Prix, after his spin following a battle with Lewis Hamilton cost him seven places and he would ultimately finish in fifth, three places down from his starting position on the grid. “[It was] Difficult. I think we all struggled at various points. I […]

Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc was hit with engine trouble in the last handful of laps. The Monegasque driver held the lead for most of the race, despite being pipped off the line by teammate Sebastian Vettel. He then fell behind Valtteri Bottas but soon regrouped and overtook Bottas, […]

Grosjean qualified seventh, so will drop to 10th, coincidentally where Norris finished the session. After qualifying was finished, Norris offered an alternate view on the incident which was not initially picked up by TV cameras. “If you look at the end result, he did hold me up in the final corner. And for any driver […]

Romain Grosjean will drop three places on the grid in the Bahrain Grand Prix for an incident that McLaren’s Lando Norris said Sebastian Vettel was at least partly responsible for. “I don’t really know what to say, Vettel screwed him over, which isn’t a very nice thing to do in terms of us being racers; […]

Sebastian Vettel praised Ferrari for its turnaround after the team locked out the front row of the grid for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. “Obviously we are both much happier with the car this weekend,” said Vettel. “The credit really goes to the team, both of us we didn’t feel very happy with the car […]

Charles Leclerc admits some satisfaction at scoring his first Formula 1 pole by beating Sebastian Vettel. “Yeah, extremely happy,” he said of his emotions. “Obviously, in the last race, I was not very happy with my qualifying. I did some mistakes in Q3 and I really worked hard to try and not do the same […]

Sainz finished less than a second off pole position and less than a tenth behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, who qualified fifth in the first non-Ferrari and non-Mercedes car. “Congratulations to all the team, because we got both cars in Q3, which is something that hasn’t happened for a long time at this […]

Ferrari has clarified its stance on team orders, confirming Charles Leclerc is allowed to finish in front of his team mate. “Charles is allowed to go as fast as he can, he is allowed to try to go for pole, he is allowed to try to stay ahead and we’re not stopping him doing that,” […]

Leclerc gets his first pole position Full Results: 1. Charles Leclerc Ferrari1:27.866 13 2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.294s 13 3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.324s 15 4. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.390s 15 5. Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.886s 12 6. Kevin Magnussen Haas 0.891s 15 7. Carlos Sainz McLaren 0.947s 17 8. Romain Grosjean Haas 1.149s […]

Leclerc fastest in FP3 – Full Results 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.569 15 2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.169s 16 3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.820s 12 4 Romain Grosjean Haas 1.249s 14 5 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1.341s 12 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1.386s 15 7 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1.390s 9 8 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1.396s […]

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari has more pace yet to “unleash” as he targets putting pressure on Formula 1 rivals Mercedes in Bahrain. “We hope to be in better shape and much closer than Melbourne,” Vettel said. “Today the result was good and we were probably on a different strategy to other people so I wouldn’t […]

Lando Norris believes he can perform better in qualifying this weekend but says it will be difficult for McLaren reach Q3 for the second race in a row. “I feel a bit more confident in general just because of my driving, not because we’re loads quicker, as a team. So I feel like maybe I […]

Pos. No. Driver Car Best lap Gap Laps 1 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’30.354 20 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1’30.617 0.263 21 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’31.328 0.974 26 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’31.601 1.247 23 5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1’31.673 1.319 21 6 10 Pierre Gasly Red Bull-Honda 1’31.815 […]