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After a tense fight in the final rounds of the Bahrain GP race, Lewis Hamilton held Max Verstappen behind and started a new season with victory.
Both athletes made two stops in today’s competition. Hamilton last did this 10 laps before Verstappen. And when the Dutchman made his last stop and returned to the track, the Mercedes driver had more than 7 seconds ahead. predominance.
The Red Bull athlete managed to overtake the leader and overtake him 4 laps before the finish line, but Verstappen made it off-track at turn four, so he had to get back into position. Despite all efforts, the Dutch still failed to overtake Hamilton in the remaining laps, who triumphed in the first race of this year’s F-1 season.
The second Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas, climbed the last step of the awards stage, losing 10 seconds at one of the stops.
McLaren’s Lando Norris finished fourth behind the leading trio. The British managed to overtake teammate Daniel Ricciardo at the start of the race, and after a while also Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc.
The season did not start with much success for new Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez. The Mexican car stopped on the track during the warm-up lap due to a technical failure. The athlete still managed to start the competition, but had to start it from the technical service area. However, S. Pérez managed to beat more than one opponent and finish in fifth place.
C. Leclerc, who had long been fighting for a place in the top five, finished the first race of the season in sixth place, leaving behind D. Ricciardo and his teammate Carlos Sainz.
