Max Verstappen is back where he left off and took his first win of the season with the Red Bull of another size at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The color note of the championship revealed this Aston Martin confirmed as Revelation team At this start of the World Cup. Fernando Alonso finally got a competitive car again and made the most of it to earn his 99th podium after finishing third. He was overtaken by Verstappen and Pérez in the opening race. The Spaniard hit his target, beating Hamilton and Russell’s Mercedes and leaving Carlos Sainz, who had to settle for fourth place, without a prize. Bad balance for FerrariHe lost his options with Leclerc due to the reliability failure in the last part of the race.
Alonso-Mercedes pulse
With a soft tire for all the favourites, Max Verstappen took advantage of the pole position to quickly put in the dirt on a clean start, thus negating the two Ferraris’ great starts. Leclerc managed to win the position from Checo PérezCarlos Sainz failed to catch the Mexican.
Worst surviving entry Fernando Alonso passed by two Mercedes from Hamilton and Russell after a slight contact with teammate Stroll. Bottas retracted the ‘office’ to gain four positions and climb to eighth place.
If one of the keys is to see who is most optimizing the life of the soft rubber, Leclerc got away Sainz and especially Hamilton began to suffer after ten laps. While spying on Alonso, Russell gave his first warning, asking for passage.
The Briton put up a great defense but couldn’t stop Alonso, but both left their tires on their toes. Hamilton stopped on lap 13 and then Ferrari made a double and successful pit stop, followed by a second Mercedes and two Aston Martins. Verstappen drove hard after fifteen laps and returned to the track behind Pérez and regained control after two laps.
Red Bull on another level
There was no color of the race ahead, Verstappen masterfully manages differences with Leclerc, ten seconds behind the Dutchman, Pérez is third. Away from the leading trio, Sainz sought to distance himself from his direct followers, Hamilton and Alonso. Meanwhile, McLaren confirmed the worst omens: rookie Piastri retired in only a third of the race, and Lando Norris was in last place.
RB19 was already intimidating in the pre-season and Saturday’s Verstappen and Pérez were the fastest in qualifying and took first place on the grid, with Red Bull in absolute control of the race. Leclerc has no option against CzechWith 30 laps left, it passed him like a missile to go after Max.
Lance Stroll, who underwent surgery for a broken ankle last week, has put in a tremendous effort to withstand the wear and tear of 57 laps of the race and work that into teamwork with Alonso at Aston Martin. The good news for fans is that yes, we can already say that. The new AMR23 is in a position to compete with Mercedes and gradually Ferrari as well.. F1 brought the showdown between Alonso and Hamilton back to the limit.
Leclerc, KO
The race entered its decisive phase, where Red Bull was unreachable and with a knock-on effect. Leclerc’s abandonment. Showing no warning signs in testing, the SF-23 suffered its first reliability failure at the worst moment, leaving Monegasque out of the league after 41 laps. For those from Maranello, the disaster was not complete, as Sainz climbed to the podium positions, but the man from Madrid suffered unscathed.
The race entered its decisive phase. inaccessible Red Bull and with a blow to the effect of Leclerc’s abandonment. Showing no warning signs in testing, the SF-23 suffered its first reliability failure at the worst moment, leaving Monegasque out of the league after 41 laps. For those from Maranello, the disaster was not complete, as Sainz climbed to the podium positions, but the man from Madrid suffered unscathed.
Alonso, who left Hamilton definitively, entered into a third place fight with Carlos. Ferrari asked the Spaniard to push the wall, but he warned them that the tires were not enough at this point. With 11 laps left, Fernando finished off his attack to dream of a podium Few could have imagined when he signed for Aston Martin, who finished seventh in the builders’ championship last season.