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Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen ignited the central phase of the Bahrain Grand Prix with a beautiful duel in the name of fairness. Three times the Dutch driver sank the blow in Turn-1 recovering a lot of ground at Leclerc in the last phase of the straight also thanks to the DRS. This is because the Ferrari driver with great tacticism did not use up the electric reserve to counterattack in the following draw where he had the help of the movable rear wing.

Leclerc has never lost the leadership of the race for more than a few corners, but it is likely that even if Verstappen had the better of Turn-4 then on the straight of the finish line with DRS in favor of Leclerc he could have easily returned the overtaking to the Dutchman, in any case not in possession of a step higher than that of the Ferrari F1-75 as shown by the stints in which the reigning champion progressively ran out of tires before the opponent given that to compensate for the difference in engine in Red Bull they had to unload the RB18 a bit in terms of wings and downforce to counter an F1-75 that seemed unbeatable on the Sakhir dunes.

La Rossa is in excellent company. Haas And Alfa Romeo they have been great protagonists at the beginning of the season. The order of arrival sees no less than five Ferrari-powered cars in the points zone, with Haas and Alfa Romeo in third and fourth position in the Constructors’ standings thanks to the heavy points obtained by Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas (even the tenth place in the debut of Guan Yu Zhou). Among the four engineers present in F1, even Renault can crack a half smile after the Ciak-1 of the 23 scheduled. Ocon and Alonso finished in seventh and ninth position, after encountering several problems in the tests. Red Alert in the Red Bull house, given that only Yuki Tsunoda has seen the finish line, the other three ‘HRC’ power units have ended up worrying. In 2014 in the debut of the hybrid era at Sakhir Force India, McLaren and Williams flew on the straights of Sakhir, however far away Hamilton and Rosberg engaged in a beautiful duel. Scrolling through the order of arrival, the drivers from the Grove, Woking and Silverstone teams occupy the last positions. In a few days we will be racing in Jeddah, another track where the power unit counts a lot. The Ferrari motorized dream of another feast of points.