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Hamilton and Bottas dominate opening practice in Bahrain
Freshly crowned F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas dominated Friday's opening practice in Bahrain, clocking in as the only drivers to break below the 1m30s mark at Sakhir. The leading duo was followed by Racing Point's Sergio Perez who ended FP1 just 0.449s adrift from Hamilton while McLaren's Carlos Sainz and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly rounded off the top five. Times to follow... After Turkey's soggy and chilly thrills and spills, F1 teams were delighted to head to Bahrain's warm and dry desert. Except that Friday at Manama dawned wet and cool! While the skies remained overcast when FP1 kicked off, drivers fortunately took to a dry track when the light...
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