From wet backsides to ‘sexy’ qualifying laps, we round up the finest team radio action from Sakhir…
Water, water everywhere - and not a drop to drink for Vettel
A soggy Sebastian Vettel reports back on a rather unusual problem - and the unfortunate consequence - during FP1.
Giddy Hamilton revels in record run
Lewis Hamilton set a new outright lap record on his way to pole position in Bahrain – and as you can hear, he was quite pleased with his effort…
Rosberg keeps a lid on it
The clampdown on pit-to-car communications means the drivers are hearing from their engineers less and less – but for Nico Rosberg there were still too many interruptions in Bahrain…
Magnussen identifies F1’s new rocket man
So long F1’s backmarkers, Renault’s Kevin Magnussen offered some backhanded encouragement to improving Manor squad in Sunday’s race as he struggled to find a way past rising star Pascal Wehrlein.
Vettel struggles to hide his disappointment
It’s one thing to retire in the race, quite another to do so before the race has even started. No wonder Sebastian Vettel sounded so downbeat…
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