Tales from the paddock – Daniel Juncadella

Daniel Juncadella has had an eventful few days: while putting the finishing touches to his physical fitness for the start of the season, he came off his bike and had to have an emergency operation. He tells us what happened and whether he expects to be fit for the tests at Hockenheim.

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On to Bahrain: The second race weekend of the 2018 Formula 1 season takes the drivers and teams to the 5.412 km Bahrain International Circuit. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport drivers have won three of the last four races on the Sakhir track: Lewis Hamilton twice (2014, 2015) and Nico Rosberg once (2016). The team’s record in qualifying is even better – since 2013, a Silver Arrows car has always been in pole position. Two of the best times in qualifying were set by Nico (2013, 2014), two by Lewis (2015, 2016) and one by Valtteri Bottas (2017). In fact, that was the Finn’