PADDOCK INSIDER: Antonelli, Alonso or the wildcard of Verstappen Inside the battle to be Russells Mercedes team mate

Driver managers whose clients have a contract expiring at the end of this year were really earning their money in Bahrain over the last couple of weeks, as they worked the paddock chatting to team bosses and trying to sell-in the virtues of their respective racers and those talks will continue apace in Saudi Arabia this week.