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'What the f*** is this?': Max fumes in Red Bull disaster as Ferrari ends 910-day wait.

Once the race trophy was in his hands, Leclerc said: “I’m so happy. When racing resumed, Sainz attacked Verstappen for second place but the Dutchman’s race ended in bitter disappointment as he appeared to lose all power on the 55th lap and had to limp into the pits without a point. Leclerc had started on pole and in a furious early part of the race, he exchanged the lead with Verstappen several times under the floodlights in the Gulf. The race was disrupted when the safety car came out on the 51st lap after Pierre Gasly had to jump out of his Alpha Tauri before it burst into flames. For Leclerc, who started the race on pole and faced a battle for the lead with Verstappen in the opening laps, it was pure delight. George Russell, in his first race since replacing Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes, took fourth place to give Mercedes a score of 27 points that they could not have dreamed of in the middle of the race.

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“They’ve done a fantastic job, not just today but for the last two years. When that moment came, everyone did their part and I’m very proud of them, and they can be proud of themselves.” The team did not record any top 10 finishes in 2021. “We had a really good race and the car was good all the way through.” It would have been a hard race to watch for the Mazepin family. Magnussen was only signed up to join the team two weeks ago as a late replacement for Mazepin.

Max Verstappen found it “very disappointing” to retire from second late in the Bahrain Grand Prix, saying the lost points could prove “very important” in ...

“It is not what you want, especially after having really positive test days and also a positive weekend. Verstappen was heard complaining he was told not to push too hard after pitting, missing the chance to get the undercut on Leclerc. Further misery was piled on Red Bull when Verstappen’s teammate, Sergio Perez, spun out of third place on the last lap due to the same issue.

F1's three-horse race: Five things to take away from Bahrain. Dewi Preece. By Dewi Preece, 1 News Sport Reporter. 0 min ago Source: 1News. After an action-packed opening round in Bahrain, Formula 1 has returned at it's high-speed, high-intensity best.

While the field looks significantly more competitive, the race for constructors’ and drivers’ championships already look to be a three-horse race in both. And with no disrespect to Sainz, Perez or Russell, there appears to be a significant enough difference within the teams to make the drivers’ championship a three-horse race too. For most of the off-season, and even pre-season McLaren were tipped by many to be leading the midfield, if not challenging the top teams in 2022. Even accounting for steering issues caused during a pit stop, the Dutchman looked to be splitting the Ferraris on the podium, before losing power and barely making it back to the pits. For large parts of the race, it appeared as though we were set to re-write a long-standing record of no retirements in the season-opening race. Forget the prancing horse, Ferrari have galloped straight out of the paddock and out of the blocks in Bahrain.

Charles Leclerc says leading a Ferrari 1-2 at the 2022 Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain is the perfect way to respond following two years that “have been ...

I think today he was driving well enough to get P2, but I had a good run on him and then he had to retire. The hard work is paying off on and we are there.” It hasn't been easy but it's incredible to be back at the top.”

Ferrari 'properly back' at the top of F1 after Bahrain GP ... Ferrari ended a 45-race winless streak on Sunday to start Formula One's new era with a flourish and a one-two finish in Bahrain that sent the sport's oldest and most glamorous team back to the top ...

It's incredible to be back at the top." "Now it's starting in the best way possible... It's great to see Carlos and Charles up there as well."