The Mercedes, less prominent than their opponents, only start from fifth position for Lewis Hamilton and ninth for George Russell on Sunday.
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Who will succeed Max Verstappen on the Formula 1 world championship list? The Dutchman himself? Can the Ferraris make Red Bull and Mercedes doubt? Many questions arise at the start of the new F1 season, the first points of which are distributed on Sunday March 20 in Bahrain.
As a confirmation of the trends seen during winter testing, the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc rushes from pole position, ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Their respective teammates, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez, start from the second row, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who has been struggling since the start of the weekend. Kevin Magnussen’s Haas, surprising in qualifying, started from 7th place.