The Bahrain Grand Prix was no surprise, with Oscar Piastri taking an easy start-to-finish victory with a controlled ride in a not-too-intense race.
Piastri got off to a good start and easily maintained his lead. However, George Russell started even stronger, moving into second place, not to mention Lando Norris, who immediately climbed onto the podium with an even stronger start. It wasn't just the leading pack that shone; the smaller drivers also gave their best: Pierre Gasly easily maintained his fifth place, while Carlos Sainz quickly climbed to sixth.
However, the Spanish driver couldn't celebrate for long, as Kimi Antonelli first came up on him, then Max Verstappen overtook him. Shortly after, Lewis Hamilton did the same, although the Williams driver put up a spectacular fight, he ultimately lost. Meanwhile, the other Red Bull continued to catch up with Yuki Tsunoda, and then after lap ten, the pit stops began. We saw different strategies, with Scuderia Ferrari and Alex Albon making their tire changes last. After the rearrangement, we saw the Piastri-Russell-Norris order again, but what was much more interesting was the situation of Haas and Esteban Ocon: the Frenchman, who started from the back of the field, was driving in a stable sixth position.
We were already well over halfway through the race when Charles Leclerc found his rhythm, passing Norris to take third place. Meanwhile, Verstappen struggled visibly, driving one of the worst races in recent years. On lap 32, a twist occurred: Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz engaged in a serious battle, the two cars touching, which filled the track with debris. The safety car came out, and with it, all the strategies we had seen so far were turned upside down. Piastri handled the restart perfectly, and after a heated battle that followed, everything remained as before, with Piastri-Russell-Leclerc still leading the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Admittedly, this race won't be remembered as the race of the decade; apart from the midfield battles, hardly anything worth noting happened. The final laps were enlivened by agile attacks from Norris, the Briton having, after long attempts, taken third place from Leclerc, and that's how he was signaled at the finish. The Bahrain Grand Prix was thus won by Oscar Piastri ahead of George Russell and his teammate, who thus climbed to second place in the individual points standings.
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