F1 Bahrain GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more

The new era of F1 with ground effects car has arrived, which looks set to tighten up the competitive order and provide plenty of surprises up and down the grid.

Defending F1 world champion Verstappen went fastest in FP2 with a 1m31.936s for Red Bull, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by just 0.087s, with his team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr taking third place to cap off a similarly impressive showing for Ferrari.

George Russell ended the second practice session in fourth for…