First blood to Leclerc, misery for Verstappen
| A pulsating start to the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship in Bahrain served up some great racing and huge late drama in equal measure. For Ferrari, vindication for pouring all its resources into the 2022 car – although a 1-2 finish probably exceeded its own expectations from the season opener. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz delivered the perfect start to its campaign but both realise it won’t be so easy next weekend in Jeddah. Red Bull pushed Ferrari hard in Bahrain but was left licking its wounds after two late failures that appear related to its fuel pump system. That binned a certain podium finish, and old foe Mercedes gleefully accepted a 3-4 result that its pace didn’t deserve. Elsewhere, Haas’s fifth position with Kevin Magnussen must’ve felt like a win for a driver who thought his F1 career was history just a few weeks ago. And Valtteri Bottas made a fine start (if not a good getaway!) to life at Alfa Romeo in sixth. McLaren appears to be the big loser from F1’s new-look cars and has much work to do if it is to escape a season of racing fellow Mercedes customers Aston Martin and Williams towards the rear of the field. By: Charles Bradley, Global Editor in Chief
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| EDITOR'S CHOICE The background behind Red Bull's Bahrain DNFs The dramatic late retirements of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez from Formula 1's Bahrain GP triggered some intrigue about what caused their fuel pump issues. |
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| Leclerc joked with Ferrari F1 pits about last lap engine problem
Bahrain Grand Prix winner Charles Leclerc played a last-lap joke on his Ferrari Formula 1 engineers that he had been hit by an unexpected engine problem. |
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| Marko: Red Bull takes blame for slow Verstappen F1 outlaps
Max Verstappen’s slow outlaps that cost him the chance to get the undercut and lead in Bahrain were Red Bull’s mistake, according to Red Bull Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko. |
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| | | | Mercedes: No man’s land Bahrain F1 GP turned into "test session" Mercedes said it ended up treating Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix like a test session, after being left in no man’s land. |
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| | Brawn: F1 has made step from "horrible" previous cars Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn sees “no negatives” around the new 2022 rules that he says has moved grand prix racing on from the “horrible” previous cars. |
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