Purple Bull and Max Verstappen dominated the opening race of the 2023 F1 season with Mercedes and Ferrari struggling in Sakhir. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has pledged the crew will work on a brand new idea after failing to mild up the leaderboards on the first occasion.
It comes after the Silver Arrows completed a lowly P5 and P7, a worse consequence than the rostrum the crew scored final season.
George Russell has even admitted he feels Purple Bull might win each race this season. The 2 Mercedes drivers then disagreed with one another after the race with Russell extra pessimistic in regards to the crew’s probabilities.
In the meantime, Martin Brundle left laughing with a hilarious remark to Jeremy Clarkson forward of the race. The Sky Sports activities pundit requested the previous High Gear host if he had been “milking chickens” after the success of the Clarkson's Farm documentary.
George Russell disagrees with Hamilton
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was happy with Mercedes’ on the Bahrain Grand Prix as he completed fifth.
Hamilton stated: "I am undoubtedly pleased with the race, it was significantly better than qualifying. I am typically glad when it comes to my efficiency.
“The crew did superb on the pit stops. Simply sadly the automotive shouldn't be there in the mean time.”
Nevertheless, this was a stark distinction to George Russell who shortly recommended the crew had been nowhere close to being aggressive.
He commented: “It relies upon... within the combine for what actually?
“Fernando and Lance had been actually sturdy, Carlos possibly on a extra stage taking part in subject however it was only a actually troublesome race for us."
Bundle leaves followers in stitches forward of Bahrain GP
Martin Brundle was one other star of the Bahrain Grand Prix after making a hilarious remark to Jeremy Clarkson forward of the race.
Brundle requested the Grand Tour presenter whether or not he had been “milking chickens”.
It comes after the success of Clarkson’s Farm TV collection which reveals the High Gear man operating Diddly Squat in Chipping Norton.