The Bahrain Grand Prix was no surprise, with Oscar Piastri driving in a controlled manner and taking a smooth start-finish victory in a not-too-tight race.
Piastri got off to a great start and easily held on to his leading position. However, George Russell started even stronger than him, moving up to second place, not to mention Lando Norris, who immediately jumped onto the podium with a stronger start than all of them. It wasn't just the leading field that was flashing, the younger ones also gave it their all: Pierre Gasly easily held on to fifth place, while Carlos Sainz quickly worked his way up to sixth.
However, the Spaniard could not be happy for long, because first Kimi Antonelli came up to him, then Max Verstappen also stepped over him. Shortly after, Lewis Hamilton did the same, with whom the Williams driver had a spectacular battle, but in the end he was defeated. Meanwhile, the other Red Bull also kept closing in on Yuki Tsunoda, and then after the tenth lap the pit stops began. We could see different tactics, with Scuderia Ferrari and Alex Albon being the last to make a tire change. After the regrouping, we could still see the Piastri-Russell-Norris order, but what was much more interesting was the situation of Haas and Esteban Ocon: The Frenchman started from the back of the field and drove in a stable sixth place.
We were already halfway through the race when Charles Leclerc got the pace, overtook Norris and took over third place from him. Meanwhile, Verstappen's suffering was very spectacular, as he ran one of the worst races in recent years. The twist came on Lap 32: Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz got into a serious battle, the two cars even collided, which filled the track with debris. The safety car came out, and with it everything we had seen so far strategically collapsed. Piastri executed the restart brilliantly, and after the subsequent heated argument, everything remained the same, the Piastri-Russell-Leclerc trio continued to lead the Bahrain Grand Prix.
There is no denying that this race will not be remembered as the race of the decade, apart from the midfield battles, there was hardly anything worth noting. The final laps were coloured by Norris' agile attacks, the Briton took third place from Leclerc after long attempts, and was waved off here too. Oscar Piastri thus won the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of George Russell and his teammate, who thus moved up to second place in the individual points race.
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