Motor racing - Mercedes on the back foot but up for a fight in Bahrain

MANAMA: Lewis Hamilton was still spoiling for a fight with Ferrari after Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying left Formula One champions Mercedes lagging behind their Italian rivals on Saturday.

The pair never really looked in contention, with Ferrari fastest in every practice session and sweeping the front row in qualifying, and Charles Leclerc was 0.3 seconds quicker than five-times world champion Hamilton."We’re going to give them a good fight, that’s for sure," he told reporters."They’ve showed incredible pace but it doesn’t mean they can’t be beat.Team boss Toto Wolff said the outcome of qualifying was to be expected after the practice times.

Bahrain’s more traditional 5.4km long layout has always been much more to Ferrari's taste - maybe even flattering their car. Ferrari’s advantage lay mainly in their speed down the circuit's long straights, Wolff said, with the Austrian estimating his team’s cars were losing up to half a second to their red rivals there.

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