JENSON BUTTON has branded his team-mate at McLaren, Sergio Perez, “dirty” and “dangerous” and fears the Mexican will cause an accident unless he learns to calm down.
Contrary to the debacle of Malaysia when Sebastian Vettel overtook his teammate while ignoring team orders, this time around the German controlled his race perfectly to win. Mark Webber meanwhile struggled with his tyres and finished in 7th place.
Ferrari missed out on a lot of points this afternoon, knowing that the car was competitive throughout the weekend. A DRS failure however put Alonso back, requiring a difficult fight up to 8th. Felipe Massa had two tyre failures during the race and dropped back to 15th.
Kimi Räikkönen took his third podium finish of the season and Romain Grosjean his first after a superb second and third place result in today’s Bahrain Grand Prix. This repeats the identical result that Lotus secured at the Bahrain Grand Prix last year.
Having broken the top three for the first time this season, Romain is determined to stay there… Follow @Lotus_F1Team Back on the podium at the scene of your first top three result last year; a bit of déjà vu! Yes, we had a good laugh about it with Sebastian [Vettel] on the podium!
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg finished the Bahrain Grand Prix in fifth and ninth places today after battling drives, however both Mercedes AMG cars struggled badly when temperatures were at their highest in the early stages of the race.