F1 now moves to Bahrain for the fourth round of the calendar. It was a pretty eventful race in China, just a week back. Read our review, in case you missed any of it. Ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, ES brings you the 5 talking points before the race.

Tussle within Mercedes:

Apart from a straight forward Mercedes dominated race, the post conference tussle between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton was the main talking point of the Chinese Grand Prix. Nico complained Hamilton of going ‘too slow’, and compromising his race. Hamilton was quick to respond that it was not his responsibility to look after Nico’s race. Mercedes defended Hamilton calling none of his actions wrong, and soon Nico also settled down after settling the matter within closed doors. But is the issue over yet?

One thing is for sure, Mercedes is on back foot. After the Malaysian Grand Prix, they are vary of the prancing horses, and this was pretty visible during the Chinese Grand Prix as well. Recently, Toto Wolff said that the team will definitely resolve to team orders wherever required, especially since they aren’t as ahead of the rest of pack as they were last year. Relations are bound to turn sour, because of this. Whether the team orders go in favour of Nico or Lewis, only time will tell. Mercedes is breaking away from the concept of ‘free racing’, what Formula One stands for-pure driving, pure racing, racing with no strings attached.