ltxcn.top brings you its daily round-up of all the news, updates and added gossip from the paddock after Friday practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

-💫 Sebastian Vettel has blamed a slippery Bahrain track surface for his spin during FP2, while𝔉 Kimi Raikkonen and Lance Stroll also suffered similar offs.

- Carlos Sainz Jr wil♒l start the Bahrain Grand Prix with a new gearbox but does not pick up a grid penalty as he failed to finish the last🍌 race in Australia.

- Romain Grosjean ⛄says there was no obvious reason why his front wing broke during FP1 but is confident it wasn’t do♑wn to a mechanical failure or hitting a kerb.

- Kimi Raikkon༺en joked “he ran out of talent” spinning at Turn 2 on his opening out-lapꦗ in the afternoon session.

- Both Antonio Giovinazzi and Nico Hulkenberg avoided punishment for clashing on track during t🍌he final stages of♈ FP1. It was put down to a misunderstanding with both drivers on slow laps.

- Toto Wolff says he treats new Ferrari te🔴am principal Mattia Binotto “completely differently” to previous team boss rival Maurizio Arrivabene 🍃as they are “on both sides of the spectrum”.

- Alexander Albon says he was “robbed” in a karting race against Lando Norris as part of a Sky Sports F1 TV feature to be broadcast later in the season.

- Norris described racing in the dark inಞ Bahrain as “li🧔ke running down a corridor” in his first experience of F1 night racing.

- Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost made a thinly-veiled jab at Renault chief Cyril Abiteboul during the FIA team🏅 principals’ press conferencꦡe defending the satellite team model and says they need “to do their homework” to be competitive rather than complain.

- Stefano Lai is leaving Ferrari as Chief Communication Officer after 11 yꦫears in the role and take a break away from racing and Formula 1.