Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn believes that Ferrari’s performance in Bahrain will act as a “wake-up call” for reigning champions Mercedes. Mercedes took its second successive 1-2 finish to open a sizeable 39-point advantage over Ferrari in the Constructors’ Championship, with Valtteri Bottas edging Lewis Hamilton by a point in the Drivers’ standings. But Mercedes was comprehensively out-performed in terms of pace by Ferrari throughout the weekend, and picked up its 1-2 in the wake of Charles Leclerc’s SF90 suffering a suspected cylinder loss. “If you record two one-two finishes in the first two races, you should be in seventh heaven, believing you...
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