Marko Hanželic
Just looking at the point winners brings a number of things that would have seemed almost unimaginable last year. Both Red Bull Racing they finished the race prematurely due to technical problems, and we are in fifth place Kevin Magnussen v Haas, that is, a racer who would not compete at all this season and a team that was a permanent holder of the red lantern last year. The XNUMX-year-old also scored his first point in his first race Guanyu-Zhou (Alfa Romeo).
The very start of the first race under the new rules did not bring major changes in the order, as it did Leclerc in the first corner he repulsed the attack without much difficulty Max Verstappen, he followed them Sainz. Sergio Perez he lost two places right at the start as he was overtaken by Hamilton and Magnussen. Even worse, the very beginning of the race started for Valtteria Bottas, who dropped to 14st place.
On the other hand, he managed to break into the top ten Mick Schumacher, which he rotated by contact Or with. The Alpine racer received a five-second penalty for the incident. Perez soon succeeded the city against Magnussen get back. They lost the most at the start of the race both McLaren racers, because they are so Norris feces Ricciardo dropped to 18th and 20th place. The reason for this was the tires of the medium compound.
If there were no major changes in the foreground in the first part of the race, we watched interesting matches in the background. Let's just mention Albon and his duels with both Alfa Romeo racers. They were the first to turn into the pits for the first time Hamilton in Alonso, with the Briton wearing a set of hard compound tires and Alonso wearing medium compound tires. The seven-time world champion had quite a few problems in the beginning, as hard tires proved to be difficult. So at Ferrari as in Red Bullu they opted for soft compound tires.
In the following rounds we watched a very interesting duel of the leader Leclerc and his first pursuer Verstappen. The Dutchman twice managed to get in front of Monaco, but the latter always found the right answer and returned the soap for dear life.
The race was also interesting from the point of view of choosing strategies, as we saw completely different approaches with different teams. That's right Alonso He turned into the pits for the second time before halfway through the race and put on a set of hard tires, while Norris stopped in the pits first and continued with hard compound tires. Apparently, we had three stops in the pits with most drivers.
After other stops, things are at the very top or first five places they haven’t changed anything at all, and the most pleasant surprise so far is Magnussen in seventh place. You were something of a team driver last year Haas they could not represent.
In the 44th round Verstappen once again stopped in the pits to increase the pressure on both Ferrari, and the matter was cut by a safety car that drove onto the track after is Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri AT03 burned at the start-finish plane. Leclerc he was given the opportunity to change the wheels again, but did not decide to do so Schumacher, who thus advanced to tenth place.
The restart did not confuse the order at the top, but technical difficulties did Verstappen. The world champion had eight laps before the end of the morale park your RB18 into the pits, allowing her to be fulfilled Hamilton's prophecy about the Reds ’double victory in Bahrain. Speaking of the seven-time world champion - after he spun due to engine problems Sergio Perez, Hamilton ended up on the podium.
His teammate George Russell he finished just behind him and scored more points Magnussen, Bottas, Ocon, Tsunoda, Alonso in Zhou, who scored his first point on his Formula 1 debut, thus more than drawing attention to himself.
Results - Bahrain GP
