6:22 AM ET MANAMA, Bahrain — Ferrari team radio messages, which were not broadcast during the race, have revealed Charles Leclerc ignored orders to remain behind teammate Sebastian Vettel for two laps at the Bahrain Grand Prix. However painful the Bahrain Grand Prix was for Ferrari the emergence of Charles Leclerc offers a clear silver
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11:06 AM ET ESPN staff Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has labelled team’s double retirement from points-paying positions at the Bahrain Grand Prix unacceptable. Red Bull’s Christian Horner could not resist an opportunity to kick Renault while it was down Sunday after the French manufacturer suffered a cruel double retirement in the closing stages of the
9:10 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — It didn’t take long for a media scrum to develop next to pole position on Sunday’s grid. Although it was easy to guess who was at the vortex of the crowd’s attention, so packed was the small patch of grass between car and guard rail, he wasn’t visible from
6:36 AM ET ESPN staff Ferrari has confirmed Charles Leclerc’s loss of engine power at the Bahrain Grand Prix was a caused by a cylinder failure. Ferrari suffered a nightmare Bahrain Grand Prix after an engine issue cost Charles Leclerc victory and Sebastian Vettel spun out of podium contention while battling with Lewis Hamilton. Engine
4:47 PM ET ESPN staff Red Bull’s Christian Horner could not resist an opportunity to kick Renault while it was down after the French manufacturer suffered a cruel double retirement in the closing stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Christian Horner thinks it is premature to put Red Bull in the world championship conversation despite
5:25 PM ET ESPN staff Sebastian Vettel apologised to Ferrari for the incident Sunday that ultimately cost him at shot at winning the Bahrain Grand Prix. Engine trouble might have cost him a maiden F1 win, but Charles Leclerc proved at the Bahrain Grand Prix that Ferrari has two drivers equally capable of winning the
8:47 AM ET MANAMA, Bahrain — Despite relatively high levels of tyre degradation, the fastest strategy at the Bahrain Grand Prix is expected to be a one-stopper. However, it requires starting on the medium compound tyre — an option not available to the top nine drivers and Romain Grosjean (who will start 11th after a
4:05 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — In the space of two weeks there has been a one second swing in qualifying performance between Formula One’s top two teams, and it’s all gone in Ferrari’s favour. Charles Leclerc’s maiden pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix will have given Ferrari a headache over what it does
4:56 PM ET ESPN staff 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. Charles Leclerc’s maiden pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix will have given Ferrari a headache over what it does
5:51 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — They say it’s always in the last place you look, and after Ferrari’s pace went missing in Australia, it made a very obvious return during Friday practice in Bahrain. Sebastian Vettel and teammate Charles Leclerc were split by 0.035s at the top of the timesheets and held a significant