F1: five things we learned from the Bahrain Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg needs to up his game with Kimi Raikkonen showing – like Sebastian Vettel – that he’s in no mood to settle for third places this season, while Bernie Ecclestone needs to retain Monza on the F1 calendar
• Hamilton cruises to victory to extend drivers’ championship lead
• Ferrari deny plays to sign Hamilton in place of Raikkonen

Nico Rosberg badly needs to take the fight to team-mate Lewis Hamilton. But he needs to do it on track to reach a position of strength in their psychological battle having been left behind in that regard after his accusations of selfishness in the wake of the Chinese Grand Prix. Most importantly he needs to start this process with qualifying. He has been outqualified by Hamilton at every race this season and, more significantly, twice by Sebastian Vettel. He admitted he made a misjudgment in Bahrain, not doing a hot sighting lap as Hamilton did in Q2 and then could not push on used tyres in his first run in Q3. Having his nose ahead on the grid must be the first step in forcing Hamilton to come at him rather than vice versa.

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