For a brief while yesterday it looked like Bahrain was likely to be as good as it got. With Max Verstappen sidelined by a driveshaft issue, the Mercedes pair effectively ran riot, topping the timesheets in both sessions. Yes, AlphaTauri and Ferrari showed promise, but the fact is that Mercedes appeared to have resolved its previous issues. Thankfully, based on this morning's evidence, we still have a fight on our hands. Verstappen led the way, with Lando Norris second, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly, while Valtteri Bottas was eighth. This combined with zealous marshalling of track limits, not to mention traffic and unseasonably low temperatures that...
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