F1 Bahrain Grand Prix – Start time, how to watch, & more

At the start of F1’s new era with the ground-effect cars, Ferrari claimed the first honours with Leclerc’s pole for the Bahrain GP, secured on his final Q3 run by beating Max Verstappen by 0.123 seconds.

The Red Bull driver did prevent a Ferrari front-row lockout, with Carlos Sainz Jr slotting into third having held provisional pole during the first laps in the shootout session.

Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez secured fourth to leave Lewis Hamilton leading…