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Vettel: Ferrari needs to be "sly as a fox" to score F1 points in Bahrain GP
Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari needs to be "sly as a fox" when it comes to its strategic calls with tyre degradation expected to play a big part in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Rear brake failure caused Carlos Sainz’s F1 Bahrain GP qualifying spin
McLaren has confirmed that Carlos Sainz suffered a rear brake failure which caused his spin and stoppage during qualifying for F1’s Bahrain GP.

Bottas ‘confused’ by Bahrain F1 qualifying deficit to Hamilton after clean lap
Valtteri Bottas felt he extracted the maximum from his Mercedes F1 car in qualifying despite being beaten to pole position by teammate Lewis Hamilton once again.

Hamilton felt “release” with pressure off on way to ‘fun’ F1 Bahrain GP pole
Lewis Hamilton says he felt a “release” now that the pressure of winning the F1 world championship has lifted as he scored a commanding pole position at the Bahrain GP.

Hamilton charges to dominant F1 Bahrain GP pole ahead of Bottas
Lewis Hamilton claimed his 10th pole position of the 2020 F1 season with a dominant display in qualifying at the Bahrain GP.

2020 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: Qualifying - As it happened
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Ricciardo and Vettel won’t get two-year-old F1 car test before 2021
Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel will not get any extra track running with their respective new F1 teams McLaren and Aston Martin prior to 2021 pre-season testing.

Max Verstappen outpaces Mercedes duo in F1 Bahrain GP final practice
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen launched himself to the top of the timesheets in final practice to set the pace ahead of the two Mercedes drivers going into qualifying for F1’s Bahrain GP.

Leclerc showing signs of becoming a great Ferrari F1 leader - Binotto
Mattia Binotto has heaped praise on how Charles Leclerc has developed as a driver in F1 2020 and says he’s developing into a team leader for Ferrari in the years to come.

Red Bull welcomes “positive” Ferrari support of F1 engine freeze
Red Bull chief Christian Horner says Ferrari’s U-Turn over its position regarding a possible engine development freeze from 2022 is “positive news” for F1.

‘I hope we don’t see them again’ - Vettel not impressed with 2021 F1 tyres
Sebastian Vettel has echoed Lewis Hamilton’s criticism of Pirelli’s new 2021-spec F1 tyres following Friday practice at the Bahrain GP.

Hamilton slams Pirelli’s “worse” 2021 F1 tyres despite two years’ development
Lewis Hamilton leads fresh criticism against Pirelli's new-spec 2021 F1 tyres after all teams and drivers got a first proper taste of the new compounds during Friday practice in Bahrain.

Alex Albon concedes he ‘should have backed out more’ in F1 Bahrain GP crash
Alex Albon admits he could have avoided his huge crash during second practice for F1’s Bahrain GP had he backed off more when he ran wide at the final corner.

Bottas: F1 pecking order unclear due to “messy” Bahrain Friday practice
Valtteri Bottas says its unclear how close the other F1 teams are to Mercedes in terms of performance after a “messy” day of practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Verstappen: Red Bull F1 focusing on itself, not Mercedes in Bahrain
Max Verstappen has called for Red Bull to focus on improving its own race pace due to the high levels of tyre degradation experienced during Friday F1 practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Hamilton tops F1 Bahrain GP FP2 disrupted by Albon shunt and stray dog
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton ended Friday practice for the Bahrain GP with the fastest time in an FP2 session that was disrupted by a massive accident for Alex Albon and a stray dog on track.

Haas 2021 F1 driver line-up ‘not results dependent’, reveal before end of 2020
Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner says the team will announce its 2021 driver line-up before the end of the current season and insists the decision will not be “dependent” on results in F2.

Ferrari would now be willing to support F1 engine development freeze from 2022
Ferrari is now in favour of a potential freeze on F1 engine development from 2022 having previously been opposed to the idea.

2020 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: Friday Practice - As it happened
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Hamilton wants Mercedes to use final three F1 rounds as ‘test races’ for 2021
Lewis Hamilton remains motivated to close out the 2020 F1 season by winning the remaining three rounds, which he wants Mercedes to use as “test races” to take further learnings into next year.

Ricciardo wants to 'fulfil' Renault stint before leaving for F1 rivals McLaren
Daniel Ricciardo is keen to end his chapter with Renault on a high as he makes the move to McLaren for the 2021 F1 season.

F1 champion Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 ahead of Perez in Bahrain FP1
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton continues where he left off in Turkey to set the fastest time in opening practice in Bahrain.

Carlos Sainz could test 2018 F1 car to prepare for first Ferrari season
Carlos Sainz could test a 2018 F1 car to help his preparation for his first season at Ferrari due to a lack of pre-season testing next year.

Lewis Hamilton urges F1 to take action on “massive problem” of human rights
Lewis Hamilton says F1 can do more to try to improve the “massive problem” of human rights issues in some of the countries the sport visits.