Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto says the squad’s pace in Bahrain’s practice sessions was down to it trialling different engine modes. Ferrari trailed Mercedes throughout the Australian Grand Prix weekend and also fell behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc taking fourth and fifth respectively. But in Bahrain the Ferrari drivers comfortably led both sessions, with Leclerc quickest in the daytime session before Vettel edged his team-mate during the evening running. Mercedes, meanwhile, finished six-tenths down, but Vettel was eager to dismiss Ferrari’s pace advantage, a stance which was also reinforced by Binotto....
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