Mercedes’ Bahrain GP result led to its team boss calling it ‘one of the worst days in racing ‘ – just how much trouble is the team in and how quickly can it get out of this hole? Here’s our writers’ verdict
A new Formula 1 season has started and there’s a new way we are assessing the 20 drivers – ranking their weekend performances from best to worst, starting with yesterday’s Bahrain Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso’s self-admitted “dark side” status found no reflection in an F1 2023 season opener where he overshadowed a bleak competitive picture
Aston Martin’s brilliant start to the 2023 Formula 1 season hasn’t just embarrassed Ferrari and Mercedes, it’s also raised questions over why McLaren and Alpine haven’t managed to do the same
There was little doubt who was going to win the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, but the reasons behind Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s domination of the Formula 1 season-opener provide plenty for The Race F1 Podcast to dig into
Red Bull dominated the Bahrain GP. That might be sound ominous, but there’s reason to think the specific circumstances that allowed it to thrive won’t be anywhere near as pronounced over the rest of the 2023 Formula 1 season, as Mark Hughes explains
Toto Wolff labelled Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix as “one of the worst days in racing” and the Mercedes team principal said Red Bull’s one-two reminded him of his team’s prior domination of Formula 1
The bizarre array of penalties that Esteban Ocon incurred during the Bahrain Grand Prix is something the Alpine Formula 1 team is adamant will “never happen again” and Ocon himself reckons is unjust
Lance Stroll says his “wrists were on fire” and he was “shedding a few tears” after his opening-lap clash with his Aston Martin Formula 1 team-mate Fernando Alonso at the Bahrain Grand Prix
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen believes “race wins are definitely on the table” for Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin on the evidence of the AMR23’s performance in the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix
