2024-03-02 17:31:08
18:09
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17:36
Max Verstappen wins the 1st GP of the season!
Easy on the Sakhir circuit, the Dutch title holder won the first Grand Prix of the season with more than 20 seconds ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez. Behind the Red Bull double, Carlos Sainz completes the podium. Charles Leclerc and George Russell finished 4th and 5th respectively.
17:31
Fixed positions
The positions seem frozen as the drivers have just entered the last three laps.
17:29
Verstappen’s ballad
Verstappen has just exceeded 20 seconds ahead of his teammate Perez. What a first for the world champion this season!
17:28
Only 5 rounds left
There are only five laps left to complete before the end of this first GP of the season.
17:26
Leclerc finishes well
Leclerc (4th) also keeps his pace and his lead over Russell (5th). There is more than 3 seconds between the two men.
17:24
Perez holds his 2nd place
Perez seems in a good position to hold his second place. Despite his hard rubber, Sainz gains nothing (+4″064) on the Red Bull driver.
17:20
The top 5 with 10 laps remaining
1/ Verstappen (Red Bull)
2/ Perez (Red Bull) : 17″590
3/ Sainz (Ferrari) : 3″445
4/ Leclerc (Ferrari) : 11″449
5/ Russell (Mercedes) : 1″426
17:19
Leclerc overtakes Russell
Russell misses a corner and opens the door for Leclerc who overtakes his opponent, taking advantage of his big mistake. The Ferrari driver’s pressure has paid off, he will now have to hold on to his 4th place.
17:17
Leclerc pushes
Russell negotiates his turns poorly, stressed by the pressure put on by Leclerc. The latter finished much better after a start to the race disrupted by technical problems.
17:14
Leclerc on the attack
Leclerc puts pressure on Russell. It won’t be long before he tries to attack him.
17:12
Leclerc plays for 4th place
The first places should no longer move given the gaps. Only Leclerc (5th) will fight until the end to overtake Russell (4th), who is less than a second ahead of the Monegasque driver.
17:08
Alonso slips
Note that Alonso, 8th, did not stop once this afternoon. He is the only driver in this case, and slides from lap to lap.
17:07
The top 5 with 20 laps remaining
1/ Verstappen (Red Bull)
2/ Perez (Red Bull) : 18″221
3/ Sainz (Ferrari) : 1″909
4/ Russell (Mercedes) : 7″252
5/ Leclerc (Ferrari) : 1″646
17:04
Verstappen well ahead
For his part, Verstappen has more than 40 seconds ahead of Perez. The leader takes advantage of this and stops to put on the soft rubber in his turn.
17:03
Perez stops
Perez, who is 30 seconds ahead of Sainz, has just stopped in the pits.
17:02
Russell again 4th
Russell took advantage of Leclerc’s stop to return to 4th. The latter is now 3.571 seconds behind the Mercedes driver.
17:00
Leclerc at a standstill
Second pit stop for Leclerc. The hard tires await him.
16:59
Russell’s pressure
Russell has just dropped Alonso to move back into 6th position. He now has Piastri and Leclerc, who have not yet stopped, in his sights.
16:57
Ocon and Gasly far behind
On the Alpine side, the race continues to be complicated: Ocon and Gasly remain at the back of the grid (17th and 18th).
16:55
Russell stops
Russell has just stopped in the pits, fearing the undercut from Leclerc and Ferrari. He has just come out in 9th position.
16:54
A podium already known?
The Verstappen – Perez – Sainz podium risks being hard to dislodge, the gap between Sainz and Russell widening more and more and is now approaching 10 seconds.
16:51
The top 5 after 30 laps
1/ Verstappen (Red Bull)
2/ Perez (Red Bull) : 14″738
3/ Sainz (Ferrari) : 2″215
4/ Russell (Mercedes) : 8″236
5/ Leclerc (Ferrari) : 1″244
16:50
Fixed positions
The positions have been fixed for around ten laps, even though we have just passed the halfway mark. The drivers begin to stop for the second time.
16:46
Sainz in the fight
For his part, Sainz is picking up, tenth by tenth, in second position kept by Perez. He now has less than two seconds to make up.
16:44
Verstappen still ahead of Perez
Verstappen is now 10 seconds ahead of Perez. On the last lap, the world champion was 8 tenths behind his teammate, proof of his superiority today.
16:42
Hamilton far behind
For his part, Hamilton is stuck in the soft underbelly of the race, in 8th place, stuck between Piastri and Alonso.
16:40
Verstappen facilitate
Verstappen strings together the best laps and maintains his lead over Perez, over whom he has a lead of almost 9 seconds. Behind, Sainz pushes but doesn’t catch much on the Mexican.
16:35
The top 5 after 20 laps
1/ Verstappen (Red Bull)
2/ Perez (Red Bull) : 6″117
3/ Sainz (Ferrari) : 2″837
4/ Russell (Mercedes) : 1″985
5/ Leclerc (Ferrari) : 1″180
16:33
Sainz in third position
Unleashed, Sainz has just overtaken Russell to get on the provisional podium. Will he have the pace necessary to close the 2″558 separating him from Perez?
16:32
Verstappen stops
After 17 laps, Verstappen pits and stops for the first time today. The stoppage is a bit long, but the title holder has some margin, with 27 seconds ahead of Perez.
16:31
Sainz passes Leclerc again
Definitely stronger today, Sainz has just passed his teammate again in a corner. He now occupies 4th place and is coming back strongly on Russell.
16:30
Wheel lock problems for Leclerc
In difficulty at the start of the race, Charles Leclerc complained to his team about wheel locks at the front hindering him in the turns.
16:28
Sainz emerges behind Leclerc
With the stoppage play, Alonso now occupies 2nd position, 25 seconds behind Verstappen. Note that Sainz (7th) comes out behind Leclerc (6th) despite all the efforts made to overtake him. A Ferrari strategy?
16:26
Verstappen facilitate
Verstappen, for his part, is having a quiet race and is more than eleven seconds ahead of Sainz, his runner-up, who has just been called to the pits.
16:25
Russell and Leclerc will have to come back
George Russell came out 12th, Charles Leclerc 14th. Norris and Alonso, who have not yet stopped, took their places in the top 5.
16:24
Perez stopped
Perez, Piastri and Hamilton have just done the same.
16:24
Russell and Leclerc stop
Russell and Leclerc pitted simultaneously. They chose to start again with hard tires.
16:21
Sainz ahead of Leclerc
It’s done, Sainz has just passed Leclerc. The two men engaged in a real battle but the Spaniard overtook his teammate.
16:19
The top 5 after 10 laps
1/ Verstappen (Red Bull)
2/ Russell (Mercedes) : 7″041
3/ Perez (Red Bull) : 1″265
4/ Leclerc (Ferrari) : 0″965
5/ Sainz (Ferrari) : 0″574
16:18
Sainz pushes
It is now Sainz’s turn to put pressure on Leclerc. The Spaniard told the radio that he had “a better pace” than the drivers in front of him. He should try to overtake his teammate at Ferrari.
16:16
Perez doubles Leclerc
Perez’s pressure on Leclerc finally paid off. Like his overtaking by Russell, the Ferrari driver this time sees the Mexican from Red Bull pass him in a corner. Starting in 2nd position, Leclerc is now 4th.
16:13
Gasly and Ocon come back
Note that Gasly and Ocon, who started at the back of the grid, took advantage of the difficulties experienced by Stroll and Hülkenberg to move up to 16 and 17th places.
16:12
Verstappen breaks away
Perez puts a lot of pressure on Leclerc who is having a complicated start to the race. For his part, Verstappen now has a lead of 4.026 seconds over his runner-up, Russell.
16:09
Verstappen still in the lead
Verstappen completed the third lap 1.928 seconds ahead of Russell.
16:08
Leclerc overtaken by Russell
Superb maneuver from Russell, passing from the outside on a bend to take second position from Leclerc.
16:07
Hülkenberg fell ten places
The only driver missed out on this start was Nico Hülkenberg. From 10th place, he rose to 20th in less than a lap.
16:06
Verstappen remains in the lead
Very few position changes to note despite a big start. Verstappen remains in the lead ahead of Leclerc.
16:05
Cannon start
It went off very strong! Russell managed to hold on to his third position despite pressure from Perez, who overtook Sainz in P4. Lance Stroll made a mistake at the end of the grid.
16:02
Let’s go to Bahrain!
The start of the first Grand Prix of the season has just been given!
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