Hamilton’s pace. An initial glance at the timesheets would suggest he was well off the pace in 12th place come the end of some eight hours of running on day one of the three-day

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari confused technical experts in the F1 paddock with one intriguing aspect of their testing programme in Bahrain. On Thursday (Day 2) of pre-season testing, Hamilton’s SF-25 was fitted with multiple probes which extended from the front wing and stretched out in front of it.

Formula One season begins with high expectations, especially after how competitively last season finished. It is difficult to see one team or driver running away with it, given that the cars are largely the same as 2024,