The Bahrain Grand Prix was no surprise, with Oscar Piastri taking a comfortable victory from start to finish in a race that was not very intense.
Piastri made a great start and easily maintained his leading position. However, George Russell started strongly, moving up to second place, not to mention Lando Norris, who jumped straight onto the podium thanks to a strong start. Not only did the top teams shine, but also the smaller teams showed their strengths: Pierre Gasly maintained fifth position, while Carlos Sainz quickly climbed up to sixth.
However, the Spaniard could not enjoy it for long, because first Kimi Antonelli caught up with him, and then Max Verstappen also overtook him. Shortly afterwards, Lewis Hamilton did the same, although the Williams driver fought an impressive battle with him, but ultimately lost. In the meantime, the second Red Bull was constantly closing in on Yuki Tsunoda, and after the tenth lap, pit stops began. We saw different tactics, and the last ones to change tires were Scuderia Ferrari and Alex Albon. After the reorganization, we again saw the order Piastri-Russell-Norris, but the situation of Haas and Esteban Ocon was much more interesting: the Frenchman, starting from the back of the grid, was driving steadily in sixth place.
We were already halfway through the race when Charles Leclerc gained the pace, overtaking Norris and taking third place from him. Meanwhile, Verstappen was clearly struggling, having one of his worst races in recent memory. On lap 32, the plot twist came: Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz got into a serious fight, with the two cars colliding, causing debris to cover the track. The safety car came out, and with it the strategy we had seen up until that point was ruined. The restart was handled perfectly by Piastri, and after a thrilling clash, everything returned to normal, with Piastri-Russell-Leclerc still leading the Bahrain Grand Prix.
It is obvious that we will not remember this race as the race of the decade, apart from the battles in the middle of the field, hardly anything worth noting happened. The last laps were brightened by the agile attacks of Norris, who after long attempts took third place from Leclerc and there he was also signalled as the finisher. The Bahrain Grand Prix was therefore won by Oscar Piastri ahead of George Russell and his team-mate, who thus moved up to second place in the individual points classification.
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