Episode #185: It Was He, Leclerc

The heartbreak heard around the world, with Charles Leclerc just 10 laps from victory in Bahrain, when a cylinder failing on the ICE caused him to limp home and gift wrap a win to Lewis Hamilton. RJ and King break it all down in what was a wild weekend in Sakhir:

FORMULA 1 - BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
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- The ballad of Charles Leclerc: From pole position and a victory in the bag, to a misfired cylinder with 10 to go and a third-place finish
- Mercedes pick up a 1-2 from Ferrari's misfortune, HAM wins, BOT retains 1-point lead
- VET spins out during battle with HAM, suffers collapsed front wing, finishes 5th
- Renault suffers double DNF with 4 to go - HUL retires from 6th, RIC from 10th
- VER just misses out on a podium - and lucky to escape punishment for driving into SAI
- NOR finishes "best of the rest" in 6th for McLaren
- RAI 7th, GAS 8th - but questions rising about his standing against VER
- ALB scores first points in 9th, PER 10th, just holding off GIO
- GRO only other retirement after L1 collision with STR
- Championship Standings after 2 rounds

EVERYTHING ELSE
- Neuville wins WRC Tour de Corse
- NASCAR catchup and maybe the 2020 schedule
- W Series driver lineup

FORMULA 2
- Feature Race: Nicholas Latifi takes commanding victory to open the season from 4th on the grid

- Sprint Race: Luca Ghiotto does it for Charles: starts 7th, pits, drops to 14th, charges to the lead in less than 10 laps

- Mick Schumacher still garners most of the headlines - 8th in feature, 6th in sprint after RGP
- Tatiana Calderon: 13th in feature, 15th in sprint
- Championship standings after 2 races