Alexander Albon has set the highest top speed in the race again after being the fastest in the previous race in Bahrain while Daniel Ricciardo in Renault was the slowest of all drivers and barely reached 300 km/h.

Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain GP after he overtook Lewis Hamilton at the start of the race and held his nerve in tense final laps when Briton chased him hard

Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc set the highest speeds on all four speed measurements on the Shanghai International Circuit track, while the fastest Mercedes car set speeds in the middle of the top speed table.

Honda and Ferrari introduced new parts for their power units for the first time this season, while Renault uses new units of their problematic MGU-K on all four Renault powered cars.

The Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli has again lowered the limit of the minimum static pressure that the teams have to respect in the next race in China, but reduced the amount of the negative camber allowed for the front wheels.

Mercedes have secured two 1-2 victories in the first two races of new 2019 F1 season, but like other Ferrari competitors they have left Bahrain very worried about their gap on the straights - the Ferrari engine had power advantage which wasn't present in the first race or in pre-season testing.

Romain Grosjean set the fastest morning time of the first day of the Bahrain F1 test at which Mick Schumacher had his first appearance for Ferrari and was faster than Fernando Alonso who returned to the F1 car for the first time after the 2018 Abu Dhabi GP.

Alexander Albon has set the highest speed in 2019 Formula 1 championship in his Toro Red STR14 with Honda engine and became the first driver to drive faster than 340 km/h this year.

Sebastian Vettel set the highest speed in the 2019 Bahrain GP qualifying and he and Charles Leclerc took the first two places on speed measurements at the end of the first and second sector of Bahrain International Circuit.

World champion Lewis Hamilton says the 2019 Honda F1 engine is within 10 horsepower compared to Mercedes and Ferrari and expects Red Bull to be more dangerous than last year.