Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz sat in the back of a car chatting en route to Bahrain International Circuit.
A buzz was in the air as Formula One prepared for the first race weekend of the 2024 season, fresh off of a long winter, the teams’ season launches and a silly season signing changing the drivers’ market. News broke on Feb. 1 that Lewis Hamilton would leave Mercedes and switch to Ferrari for the 2025 season, costing Sainz his seat. It wasn’t a matter of the Spaniard not performing — how do you say no to a seven-time world champion?
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On the way to the Bahrain track, Leclerc stared down the
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