Mar.31 Ferrari literally powered its way back to the front in Bahrain, according to Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko. "It goes like hell," Marko said, observing that five of the top ten runners on the grid have an Italian-made engine. Mercedes' Toto Wolff admitted: "Yes, we are lacking top speed on the straights. "Whether that's due to downforce or power, we have to find out, but this was a sobering experience." Indeed, the gap from Charles Leclerc's first ever pole and the fastest Mercedes was three full tenths. "They were pulling some serious speeds on the straights," agreed reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton. One theory is that Ferrari struggled with...
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