Charles Leclerc secured his second pole position this season and 11th in his career thanks to a brilliant final lap in Q3 that beat Red Bull drivers while Carlos Sainz disappointed in ninth place.

Max Verstappen is the winner of the second race of the season in Saudi Arabia after he managed to overtake Charles Leclerc in Ferrari in a fantastic race to the finish while Carlos Sainz completed the podium for Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc secured the pole position for Ferrari on the first weekend of the new F1 season in Bahrain, setting the fastest qualifying time in the last part of qualifying, and the world champion Max Verstappen took the front row spot for Red Bull.

Max Verstappen concluded pre-season testing in Bahrain with the fastest time for Red Bull thanks to a series of fast laps in the last hour as the Dutchman finished seven tenths ahead of Charles Leclerc in Ferrari.

The new generation of F1 cars relies more than ever on the downforce that comes from the floor, but this has also led to the unwanted bouncing at high speeds that the teams faced in the first tests.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest testing time for Mercedes on the last day of the first test in Barcelona, ​​which was interrupted five times in the morning due to various incidents while in the afternoon Pirelli soaked the track with water for drivers to test wet weather tyres.

Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest lap on the morning of the second day of pre-season testing in Barcelona after dispatching Carlos Sainz from the top of the standings 12 minutes before the end while Sergio Perez brought the first red flag in pre-season testing for Red Bull.

Lando Norris set the fastest time on the first day of pre-season testing for McLaren after Charles Leclerc led after the first part of the day at Ferrari while Red Bull, with their new RB18, completed the picture of the new generation of F1 cars for 2022.

Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in the morning on the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona after driving the fastest lap in a Ferrari F1-75 1:20.165 ahead of a lunch break.

On the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona, Red Bull showed the public the new RB18 for 2022 for the first time after they earlier showed only new livery on the demonstration car at their season launch.