Lewis Hamilton led an unexpected 1-2 victory for Mercedes in the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix, after Ferrari suffered a double disaster in the night race. Polesitter Charles Leclerc had bounced back from a poor start to regain the lead early in the race. He soon pulled out a seemingly invincible advantage over the rest of the field, only for his Ferrari engine to suffer turbo issues in the final ten laps. That misfortune handed the lead to Hamilton, with Leclerc struggling but ultimately failing to hold on to second place from Valtteri Bottas before the race ended under a safety car for an abrupt Renault double DNF. Leclerc's team mate Sebastian Vettel had already suffered an earlier spin while...
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