Despite the new knock-out qualifying format is still a complete flop and quite boring, while the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch.
A race that both current F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and former F1 champion Sebastian Vettel want to forget and out of their own control. Vettel didn't started the race with an engine blow out on the formation lap, a first for Ferrari in twenty years. While, Hamilton bogged down at the start but was second into turn one before he was T-boned by Valtteri Bottas and finished the first lap in ninth. Which means Nico Rosberg took the advantage at the start and took the lead, stayed there with most of the laps leading, fastest lap as-well to conclude with a race win in this seasons Bahrain Grand Prix for Nico Rosberg's second race win of the season and his fifth race win in a row since last seasons Mexican Grand Prix.
While, Kimi Räikkönen finished second place in the Ferrari to give his first podium of the season, Raikkonen was ten seconds behind Rosberg at the end.
Meanwhile, Rosberg's team-mate and current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Hamilton was thirty seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the fifty-seven lap race.
Finally, a quick mention to Stoffel Vandoorne in the McLaren finishing tenth place in his début race, he was confirmed to drive the McLaren days before the race after Fernando Alonso was ruled out from his Australian Grand Prix crash. Vandoorne becomes the first Belgium to score points in F1 since Thierry Boutsen did it since the 1992 Australian Grand Prix. Vandoorne was lap behind Rosberg at the end.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (pole, finished third)
Nico Rosberg - 9 (race win, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (DNS, Engine)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished second)
Williams - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 5 (finished ninth, lap down)
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished eighth, lap down)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished fourth)
Daniil Kvyat - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)
Force India - 4
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Sergio Pérez - 4 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Renault - 4
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 3 (DNS, Hydraulics)
Toro Rosso - 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (DNF, Collision Damage)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished sixth)
Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 4 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
McLaren - 7
Stoffel Vandoorne - 9 (finished tenth, lap down)
Jenson Button - 6 (DNF, Power Unit)
Manor - 7
Rio Haryanto - 6 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 8 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Haas - 8
Romain Grosjean - 9 (finished fifth)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Next stop Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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