5:25 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Max Verstappen will go to the Bahrain Grand Prix with the fastest time from

9:24 AM ET Red Bull is looking particularly strong and will be a “different animal” this season with Sergio Perez alongside Max Verstappen, seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday. 1 Related Experienced Mexican Perez, a winner in Bahrain last December, has joined Red Bull from the team that was Racing

9:10 AM ET Mick Schumacher said he requested Formula One give him the ‘MSC’ timing screen initials made famous by his father Michael. Schumacher, the son of the seven-time world champion, is making his F1 debut with Haas this year. F1’s timing screen shows names abbreviated into three letters. In previous years, Schumacher had raced

8:02 AM ET Sebastian Vettel said he will not publicly compare Aston Martin’s Mercedes engine to Ferrari’s out of respect to his former team. Vettel joined Aston Martin for its return F1 project this year, after his six-year stint with Ferrari came to an end. It is his first time driving a Mercedes power unit