The first leg of this year’s F-1 season has started on the track in Bahrain.



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Max Verstappen is ahead of Lewis Hamilton, but after a few hundred meters the drivers change position again. Lewis Hamilton is ahead again.

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There are five laps left until the end. Max Verstappen is just one second behind Lewis Hamilton. The Red Bull rider is riding on newer tires so he can expect to bend in the final laps.

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There are 8 laps left until the end of the race. Race leader Lewis Hamilton and runner-up Max Verstappen are separated by about 2.5 seconds.

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S. Vettel and E. Ocon meet. Both cars can continue the race. They lose several positions at the same time.

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Max Verstappen is the second to change tires. He returns to second place behind Lewis Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas is in third place at the moment.

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Lewis Hamilton changes tires for the second time. Come back third in line. The leader is Max Verstappen, who has made a change so far.

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Fernando Alonso retires from the race due to brake problems. You drive to the service area, but the mechanics push your car into the garage.

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Valtteri Bottas loses up to 11 seconds in the pits and loses his third place. He returns to the lineup in fifth place. Third is Lando Norris.

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The race in Bahrain is halfway there. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton leads them. He also has the best lap time.

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After a tire change, Max Verstappen returns to the standings behind Lewis Hamilton and loses the lead.

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Lewis Hamilton has already changed his tires and is in third place. Red Bull, whose driver Max Verstappen is the current race leader, is already planning to change tires. It will soon be clear whether Max Verstappen will be able to return to the track as the leader after a tire change.

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The first tire changes begin.

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Sergio Pérez, who started from the pits, already climbed to eleventh place, which he had won in the classification.

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Qualifying winner Max Verstappen is currently leading the race. The second trip is Lewis Hamilton. Behind him is Walter Bott.

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On the third lap, Sergio Pérez, who started the race from the pits due to car problems, goes on to change the tires. The team made this decision because a safety car appeared on the track due to an accident with Russian Nikita Mazepin.

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Immediately after the start, Nikita Mazepin, who had already managed to make mistakes during training, turned on the track. The Russian turned on the track at the first corner and crashed into the barriers. The F-1 rookie performance in the first round ended with just a few hundred yards. The driver gets out of the car and leaves the track.

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Sergio Pérez stopped on the track in the training round. The Red Bull car starts again after a while, but such a cold shower doesn’t promise anything good for the team. Sergio Pérez will have to start from the technical service bar, although he had won the eleventh starting position in the standings.

Qualification

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen posted the fastest time in the third part of qualifying. He covered a lap in 1 min. 28.997 seconds and won the first pole position of the season. Lewis Hamilton was second and Valtteri Bottas, a friend of the latter’s team, was third. Charles Leclerc will start the fourth race.

Gasly de Piere finished in fifth place. Daniel Ricciardo ranked sixth. Bottom position: Lando Norris. The eighth, ninth and tenth places were shared by Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, respectively.



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