Lewis Hamilton has urged Mercedes to immediately address the issues with the W14 cars after a deflating first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain.
After their struggles in 2022, there was frenzied intrigue over how the Silver Arrows would start this campaign, and whether or not Hamilton could challenge for an unprecedented eighth world title. On the evidence of the weekend, that notion seems a distant one with Hamilton labouring to fifth while teammate George Russell was seventh.
It was Red Bull who dominated as world champion Max Verstappen took the chequered flag from partner Sergio Perez. But the performance of the day arguably came from Aston Martin man Fernando Alonso, who seared past his old British rival and Carlos Sainz in the closing laps to finish third.
