Video: The Bahrain track limits controversy explained
Scott Mitchell explains how the track limits saga in Bahrain became the first controversy of F1 2021, outlining the teams’ and drivers’ views and why the rules seemed inconsistent
Edd Straw’s 2021 Bahrain GP F1 driver ratings + reader debate
There’s both a 1 out of 10 and a 10 out of 10 as Edd Straw’s new-style Formula 1 driver ratings make their debut for the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix – and don’t forget that you can debate Edd’s scores with him at 7:30pm UK time
Vettel’s troubled Aston debut has echoes of past struggles
Sebastian Vettel’s first weekend as an Aston Martin Formula 1 driver featured a Q1 exit, two penalties, a back-of-the-grid start, licence points for causing a collision and a 15th-place finish. But there’s an even bigger issue looming
Bahrain GP podcast: Our verdict on Mercedes vs Red Bull round 1
The 2021 Formula 1 season-opener was everything we could’ve hoped for, as the dream of a proper Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton battle came true in the Bahrain Grand Prix. We assess how Red Bull and Mercedes stacked up against each other
Mark Hughes: Mercedes won with a Red Bull-style gamble
The Bahrain Grand Prix only came down to that controversial finish because Mercedes gambled itself into an against the odds lead, as it adapted perfectly to being slower than a Formula 1 rival for the first time in years
Why repeated Hamilton offs were OK but Verstappen pass wasn’t
Lewis Hamilton’s Turn 4 run-off use in the Bahrain Grand Prix was legal while Max Verstappen’s pass off-track was not because of a key distinction in what was deemed ‘gaining an advantage’
Wolff: F1’s ‘Shakespeare novel’ rules need simplifying
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for Formula 1’s track limits regulations to be clearer, despite his driver Lewis Hamilton being the beneficiary when Max Verstappen was deemed to have infringed them with what could’ve been the Bahrain Grand Prix winning move
Winners and losers from F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix
A brilliant fight at the front was mirrored with great and awful days in equal measure for the chasing pack. The Race looks at the winners and losers from the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix
Officials ‘changed minds’ mid-race on T4 rules – Hamilton
Bahrain Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton admitted the track-limits rules at Turn 4 at the Formula 1 season opener were “very confusing” and the stewards “changed their minds” mid-race
Red Bull frustrated by ‘shades of grey’ in rules after Bahrain defeat
Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner accepts the race control call that forced Max Verstappen to let Lewis Hamilton past for Bahrain Grand Prix victory was technically correct, but is annoyed by the “shades of grey” in rules enforcement
