We always and only start from him. The man who dominated last season starts by taking off in the first event of the season too. Max Verstappen wins the Bahrain GP race and takes it home. The Dutchman finishes ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez and the Classic Ferrari for sale by Carlos Sainz. Super performance from the Spaniard, with the Red team taking home the podium in the first event of the year, even if there are several things that need to be reviewed.
Ferrari: super Sainz, but how many difficulties for Leclerc
If on the one hand, in fact, Sainz conquers the podium with an excellent third place (becoming the first of the non-Red Bulls), at Ferrari there are many question marks over Charles Leclerc's performance. The Monegasque closed at fourth in the standings, ahead of a solid George Russell. Leclerc's Bahrain GP race was one to forget: many problems on the SF-24, particularly with the brakes, which never allowed the Monegasque to have his say on the track. The problem involving Leclerc could be related when replacing the front cooling duct of the braking system occurred right before the race.
Closing the top ten…
Sixth place instead for Lando Norris. McLaren finishes a good race, without particularly shining. Norris placed sixth, while Piastri eighth. Splitting the two on the papaya team is Lewis Hamilton who, unlike his teammate, struggles a lot in the race pace, without ever having a feeling with the W15. In fact, there are several complaints from the seven-time world champion in team radio. Closing out the top ten is Fernando Alonso and his teammate Lance Stroll, author of an excellent performance.
The Bahrain GP race ends: a start to forget for Alpine
Strange but true, no driver was forced to retire in this first race of the season. The start of the two Alpine races is confirmed to be forgotten, seventeenth with Ocon and eighteenth with Gasly. Sixteenth, however, Hulkenberg which, after a brilliant qualification, due to an error at the start he ended the race in the rear. At the bottom of the grid, however, Valtteri Bottas (while Zhou achieved a good eleventh position) and Logan Sargeant.
