Listen to this article The Bahrain Grand Prix victor did not take part in the final 15 minutes of the second hour-long session after he damaged the front-left track rod on his F1-75 challenger. He clipped the inside wall passing through Turn 4 and had to abort the Turn 5 sweeping right hander before cruising back to the pitlane for repairs. But that only came after his soft tyre run to wrest back the FP2 lead from Verstappen, Leclerc ultimately pipping the Dutch racer by 0.14s thanks to a 1m30.074s flier. Immediately prior to second practice, drivers and team principals were called to a meeting with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and motorsport director Ross Brawn. This was held following the missile attack on the nearby Aramco distribution station during FP1, for which Yemeni rebel group Houthi has claimed responsibility. This is reckoned to be the sa …
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