Pirelli expects exciting two-stop race!

Pirelli's head of racing Mario Isola thinks that we're in for an exciting race at the Bahrain International Circuit, as the teams have different "interesting" strategies.

Qualifying featured several upsets, as Max Verstappen crashed his Red Bull during Q1 and Williams again showed that they're a work in progress, to say the least. Lewis Hamilton will start from ninth.

“After an action-packed qualifying, there will be a few drivers starting out of their usual positions tomorrow, which should make for an entertaining race,” Isola said ahead of Sunday's action.

The last thing Isola wanted to say - from a compound perspective - is how many stops each team will probably have. Isola suspects it might become a two-stop race.