Overall the race itself was a great race to watch. Charles Leclerc was on pole for Sunday's race, lost out to the lead to team-mate Sebastian Vettel at the start of the race. Leclerc retook the lead from team-mate Vettel from an impressive overtake. Leclerc stayed in the lead looking to win his first ever Grand Prix, until lap 46 when Leclerc's MGU-H, a key part of the engine's hybrid system had failed on him. By lap 48, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton cached up-to Leclerc, took the lead and stayed there to the end to win this seasons Bahrain Grand Prix for Hamilton's first race win of the season.
While, Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its second one-two finish of the season, Bottas was three seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc finished in third place in the Ferrari for Leclerc first Grand Prix podium in Formula 1, Leclerc was six seconds behind Hamilton.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished second)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fifth)
Charles Leclerc - 10 (pole, finished third, fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished fourth)
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished eighth)
Renault - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (DNF, Power loss)
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (DNF, Engine)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (DNF, Collision damage from Stroll)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (DNF, Gearbox)
Lando Norris - 10 (finished sixth)
Racing Point - 5
Sergio Pérez- 6 (finished tenth)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Alfa Romeo - 7
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished seventh)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 6 (finished eleventh)
Toro Rosso - 7
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Alexander Albon - 9 (finished ninth)
Williams - 4
George Russell - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Robert Kubica - 4 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Next stop Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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