Charles Leclerc has convincingly won his first pole position in F1 career by defeating Sebastian Vettel in Ferrari SF90 for three tenths of a second - watch in which sections of the track he built most of his advantage.

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.

For the second race of the season in Bahrain, Mercedes introduced a new version of rear wing endplates which now have three vertical slots on each side.

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.

Renault Formula One team provided a new chassis for Daniel Ricciardo ahead of next Bahrain championship racing as a precautionary measure after damage sustained in Australia.

Carlos Sainz will have to use second and last of the two allowed MGU-Ks for 2019 F1 season due to a failure that forced him to retire in the first race of the season in Australia.

The FIA has added the third DRS zone for the next F1 championship race in Bahrain to facilitate overtaking and continued the last year's trend of adding third DRS zones.

The Ferrari and Alfa Romeo F1 teams confirmed that Mick Schumacher will drive their F1 cars on testing in Bahrain, which will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mick Schumacher mogao bi testirati bolid Formule 1 već u travnju ove godine na testu nakon VN Bahraina koji će se održati u utorak i srijedu nakon te utrke, a vjeruje se da bi mogao nastupiti u nekom od bolida Ferrarijevih klijenata.