Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz qualified on the second row in the Bahrain season opener, behind the leading Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. But if Ferrari's one-lap pace was encouraging, its race pace was less impressive as it struggled to match Red Bull and even came under threat from Aston Martin.
Leclerc retired from the race with a control electronics issue on the engine, while Sainz was beaten to third by Aston's Fernando Alonso after he "cooked" the tyres trying to keep the fellow Spaniard behind.
