Overall the race itself was a great race to watch. It was the race where Sebastian Vettel controlled the race on his 200th Grand Prix start, on pole for Sunday's race, lead the race throughout. Despite a late charge from Valtteri Bottas at the end of the race, it was Vettel who was victorious to win this seasons Bahrain Grand Prix for Vettel's second race win of the season.
While, Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the Mercedes, Bottas was seven tenths of a second behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Bottas's team-mate and Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium despite he had to start in ninth place after a Gearbox change on Friday, Hamilton was six and half seconds behind Vettel.
Finally, a quick mention to Pierre Gasly in the Toro Rosso finishing fourth place in a impressive weekend from the former GP2 Champion, Gasly was sixy-two seconds behind Vettel.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished third)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished second, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 10 (pole, race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (DNF, Wheel)
Red Bull Racing - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (DNF, Electrical)
Max Verstappen - 5 (DNF, Puncture)
Force India - 5
Sergio Pérez- 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Esteban Ocon- 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Williams - 5
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Renault - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 8 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 8
Pierre Gasly - 10 (finished forth)
Brendon Hartley - 6 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Haas - 7
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 9 (finished fifth)
McLaren - 7
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 7 (finished eighth, lap down)
Sauber - 8
Marcus Ericsson - 9 (finished ninth, lap down)
Charles Leclerc - 7 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Next stop Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix in a weeks time.
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