Overall the race itself was a great race to watch. Valtteri Bottas was on pole for Sunday's race for his first ever pole position in Formula 1, and lead for the first thirteen laps when a safety car appeared for the crash between Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll, Bottas pitted for tyres while Sebastian Vettel took the lead. Despite Vettel needed to pitted for tyres on lap 33 and Hamilton taking the lead, Vettel didn't need to worry. Vettel evaporating Hamilton lead, with Hamilton pitted for tyres on lap 41. Vettel retake the lead and stayed there to win this seasons Bahrain Grand Prix for Vettel's second race win of the season.
While, Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was six seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was twenty seconds behind Vettel at the end of the fifty-seven lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second and fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (pole, finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished fifth)
Max Verstappen - 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fourth)
Force India - 7
Sergio Pérez - 8 (finished seventh)
Esteban Ocon - 7 (finished tenth)
Williams - 7
Felipe Massa - 8 (finished sixth)
Lance Stroll - 6 (DNF, Collision with Sainz Jr.)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished fourteenth/DNF, three laps down/Power unit)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (DNS, Power unit)
Toro Rosso - 4
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 4 (DNF, Collision with Stroll)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 8 (finished eighth)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Electrical failure)
Renault - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 8 (finished ninth)
Jolyon Palmer - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Sauber - 7
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (DNF, Gearbox)
Pascal Wehrlein - 9 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in two weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.
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