Sergio Perez’s F1 future may be uncertain – but whatever happens, the Mexican is now an F1 winner, having benefited from a nightmare Sakhir Grand Prix for Mercedes when his first Formula 1 win was claimed, as Renault’s Esteban Oaken and Racing Point’s Lance Stroll were completed. Wild evening podium in Bahrain.
It initially seemed as though George Russell was preparing for an incredible first victory for Mercedes on his first outing, with Paul-seater Voltaire Botas winning for most of the Grand Prix. But Mercedes gave Russell the wrong tires when he was hit under a safety car on the Ap 63 lap of the Aap, forcing him to stop another pit to correct the error – when Russell suffered a puncture that cost him at least the flag for his first thing. Left on P9. Never finish F1 points.
On his 190th F1 start, Perez was forced to dig a hole at the end of Lap 1, he finished last after being caught in a Turn 4 crash that removed Charles Leclerc of Ferrin and Max Verstapen of the Red Bull, and was to be investigated later. Race.
But the incredible pace from the Mexican benefited them from the pitfall of a Mercedes – which left Walteri Bottas on an old hard tire, Finn was coming home P8 – to claim his and his racing point’s first win, a week after the MGU-K failure Was taken.
After a difficult return on the F1, with Renault’s Oko claiming its first podium finish in the game, Stroll caught charging Carlos Signs to take the second rostrum of the year, with McLaren driver in the pixies and Renault’s Daniel Ricardo ahead.
Next to Daniel Kavyat’s Alfatouri, Alex Alban was the only Red Bull victim.
The Mercedes pairing of Bottas and Russell housed Lando Norris’ second McLaren in their P8 and P9 positions, taking the final word of Sakhir’s stunning evening.
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