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🚨Ferrari ended the Bahrain Grand Prix back on the podium, although not with both cars, as Lewis Hamilton brought the num...
05/10/2026

🚨Ferrari ended the Bahrain Grand Prix back on the podium, although not with both cars, as Lewis Hamilton brought the number 44 SF-26 home in third place with Charles Leclerc immediately behind in fourth. Despite a difficult start to the race at Sepang, Fred Vasseur described the overall performance as convincing and highlighted the strength of Ferrari’s race pace. pace. The result completed a complicated afternoon for the Maranello team, which had to overcome an early technical scare and a tyre strategy that initially sent both cars towards the back of the field during the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang.

🚨Ferrari escaped what was shaping up to be another damaging afternoon at Sepang thanks to a remarkable recovery from Lew...
05/10/2026

🚨Ferrari escaped what was shaping up to be another damaging afternoon at Sepang thanks to a remarkable recovery from Lewis Hamilton and a strong fourth place from Charles Leclerc. An early strategy gamble left both drivers in serious trouble, but two safety-car periods, the pace of the SF-26 and the quality of the drivers’ recovery transformed the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia into one of Ferrari’s best team results in weeks. It is difficult to imagine what Fred Vasseur must have been thinking when he watched one of his drivers, starting from the front row, lose around 30 seconds in only a handful of corners on dry tyres while the cars around him were still throwing huge amounts of water into the air. After all the criticism directed at the press, the calls for calm and the insistence that Ferrari needed to work without outside distractions, it was Ferrari’s own pit wall and strategists who appeared ready to throw the Grand Prix away with an extremely ambitious gamble.

🚨Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari’s decision to start him on slick tyres at Sepang denied him a realistic opportunity to ...
04/10/2026

🚨Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari’s decision to start him on slick tyres at Sepang denied him a realistic opportunity to challenge for victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix, with previously unheard radio messages showing that he repeatedly warned the team about how wet the circuit remained. Despite dropping as low as 17th and more than a minute behind the lead, the seven-time world champion eventually recovered to the podium. The race had already been delayed twice before it finally began, first because of a thunderstorm and then following software problems. Ferrari nevertheless committed the Briton to slick tyres when racing resumed, believing the track would dry quickly in the Malaysian heat. That prediction proved costly as Intermediate tyres immediately emerged as the stronger choice. Lewis Hamilton had qualified second and entered the race with considerable confidence in the SF-26. When he saw that Max Verstappen was using Intermediate tyres, however, he alerted race engineer Carlo Santi to the different choice. Santi responded that Ferrari had looked at the Safety Car onboard footage and believed the circuit appeared dry, adding that Hamilton would be able to judge the conditions once he reached the track himself. The British driver’s concerns increased almost immediately. Once running behind the Safety Car, Hamilton repeatedly reported that the surface remained extremely wet and warned that keeping the car on slick tyres would be very difficult. Carlo Santi instructed him to focus on surviving the opening phase because Ferrari expected the circuit to dry rapidly. That assumption did not materialise as quickly as anticipated. George Russell also reported over the radio that the asphalt was drying unusually slowly despite the high temperatures.

🚨Frédéric Vasseur has defended Ferrari’s decision to start both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on Soft slick tyres a...
04/10/2026

🚨Frédéric Vasseur has defended Ferrari’s decision to start both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on Soft slick tyres at Sepang, arguing that when a team is convinced one option is superior, it makes sense to commit both cars to the same strategy. The gamble proved extremely costly on the wet track, but Ferrari ultimately recovered to finish third and fourth after an impressive comeback. The Ferrari team principal described the overall performance as “strong and convincing” after Lewis Hamilton reached the podium and Charles Leclerc finished fourth, despite both SF-26s having fallen more than a minute behind cars that started on intermediate tyres.

In Formula 1, the difference between a potentially outstanding result and a disastrous situation can sometimes come down to a single decision. At Sepang, Ferrari experienced both extremes during one of the most chaotic races of the season. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc both started on Soft tyres despite the circuit still being wet following the torrential rain earlier in the day. The choice sent the two Ferraris tumbling down the order and more than a minute behind the drivers who had selected intermediates. At that stage, Ferrari’s hopes of a strong result appeared to have disappeared. Instead, with Benedetto Vigna watching from the garage, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc launched a major recovery that ultimately carried the seven-time world champion onto the podium and the Monegasque driver into fourth place. The performance of both SF-26s was strong for much of the race. The only phase that raised some questions was Lewis Hamilton’s stint on the Medium compound, although that appeared to concern the behaviour of the tyre rather than the underlying performance of the car. The different compounds and stint sequences can be explored further through the F1 Tyre & Stint Analysis.

That pace inevitably created some regret over the original tyre decision. After the race, however, Frédéric Vasseur explained to Sky Italia why Ferrari had not divided the strategy between its two cars.

🚨Great recovery drive for Lewis Hamilton
04/10/2026

🚨Great recovery drive for Lewis Hamilton

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04/10/2026

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🚨Ferrari secured second and fourth positions in qualifying for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, but Lewis Hamilton...
04/10/2026

🚨Ferrari secured second and fourth positions in qualifying for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, but Lewis Hamilton missed pole position despite producing one of his strongest laps since joining the Maranello team. A detailed comparison with Max Verstappen shows exactly where Ferrari gained through the corners and where Red Bull recovered the decisive time, while Charles Leclerc faced a very different problem with the balance of his SF-26. Ferrari can approach the race with an attacking mindset after showing encouraging pace with fuel on board. The SF-26 has performed well in managing the extremely high tyre degradation seen in Malaysia, giving the team reason to believe it can remain competitive over the Grand Prix distance. The combination of qualifying telemetry and driver feedback, however, reveals why Lewis Hamilton could not convert Ferrari’s cornering advantage into pole and why Charles Leclerc struggled on his final lap.

🚨Qualifying Gaps Bahrain Grand Prix
03/10/2026

🚨Qualifying Gaps Bahrain Grand Prix

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