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Hamilton shocked by pace, Verstappen unfazed
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ one-lap pace in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix came as a shock, but Max Verstappen remains confident in his Red Bull's long-run performance. Mercedes secured a one-two in FP2 on Thursday evening, topping the times in the only representative session ahead of qualifying. Hamilton’s best lap was 0.2s faster than teammate George Russell and nearly half a second clear of Verstappen in sixth, but the Mercedes driver isn’t getting carried away despite the surprising headline times. “Yeah, this has been a crazy (day) — I was late this morning…” he said. “P1, we were surprised. It was very, very windy this morning, so it was a really difficult...
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