Ferrari gambles on slicks and sinks at the start in Malaysia with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc
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The slick tyre gamble that hurt McLaren and Ferrari's chances in Bahrain GP in Malaysia
McLaren and Ferrari ultimately ended up splitting their strategies for the start of F1's Bahrain GP in Malaysia - but the damage was already done by their starting choice of slicks
Lewis Hamilton went from thinking that he had thrown his Sepang career overboard to celebrating his 208th podium in Formula 1. The British finished third after being one minute out of his head after the risky — and finally wrong — decision to start off with dry tires when he
The slick tyre gamble that hurt McLaren and Ferrari's Bahrain F1 chances
When the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia eventually got going after an hour and 33 minutes of delays, it became apparent that the intermediate was the tyre to be on among the opening laps - even if the Sepang circuit had looked like it was drying out.At the front of the field, Ferrari and McLaren chose to go all-in on the dry tyres for the restart; Ferrari opted for the soft compound, while ...Keep reading
Charles Leclerc closed the Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang 2026 in fourth place (recovering the event not held in Sakhir), stage of the Formula One World Championship. The Monegasque of Ferrari at the foot of the podium for the third consecutive race, paying a high price for the strategic error of mounting the slick tyres to the [...]
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