Overall the race itself was a great race to watch to start the season. Max Verstappen was on pole for Sunday's race, Verstappen took the lead ahead of Sir Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton pitted early for fresh hard tyres on lap 13, while Verstappen for fresh mediums on lap 17 to give Hamilton the lead. Hamilton pitted for fresh hard tyres on lap 28 to give Verstappen the lead again, Verstappen pitted for fresh hard tyres on lap 39 giving Hamilton the lead again. Verstappen did catch up to Hamilton at the end of the race, he could not overtake him for love or money to give Current Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton his first race win of the season to win this seasons Bahrain Grand Prix.
While, Max Verstappen finished in second place in the Red Bull, Verstappen was seven tenths of a second behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was thirty-seven seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished third, fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Max Verstappen - 9 (pole, finished second)
Sergio Pérez - 9 (finished fifth)
McLaren - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (finished seventh)
Lando Norris - 9 (finished fourth)
Aston Martin - 4
Sebastian Vettel - 3 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished tenth)
Alpine - 5
Fernando Alonso - 6 (DNF, Brakes)
Esteban Ocon - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 9 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished eighth)
AlphaTauri - 7
Pierre Gasly - 6 (DNF, Collision damage with Ricciardo)
Yuki Tsunoda - 9 (finished ninth)
Alfa Romeo - 6
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished eleventh)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Haas - 4
Mick Schumacher - 6 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Nikita Mazepin - 2 (DNF, Crashed out)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (DNF, Turbocharger)
Next stop Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, at Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in three weeks time.
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