Charles Leclerc he finished fourth in the qualifiers and was sixth in the end, his teammate Carlos Sainz however, he also finished the race in points, in 8th place, which means that Ferrari won both points for the first time after both cars in one race. GP of Turkey last year. Their boss Mattia binotto he sees that Ferrari still has a long way to go.
"Here I have in mind the fact that if we look at the race in Bahrain and the feedback from both of our racers,”Is binotto told colleagues from Motorsport.com. "They’re starting to get to know the race car, they’re starting to understand what the limits of a race car are, and in the end we might be able to adjust or improve something. The next three to four races will show what the real performance of our car is compared to the others."
The hard truth is that it is Ferrari still far from being able to compete with the teams at the top Mercedes in Red Bull, who are judging by the opening race in their league. Although he had to Max Verstappen in his first few seasons he often dealt with race cars Ferrari, that has now changed. "The difference to the best is still significant, so we can't expect to be on the podium, although I hope that we will succeed in one of the races."