Thank you all.
Thank you all for joining us in this intense race with an exciting finish, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again!
🏁 END OF RACE: VICTORY FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN.
🏁 Lap 57
We entered the last lap and will take the first Grand Prix of the year Max Verstappen behind the Mexican Sergio Pérez and the Spanish Fernando Alonso
🏁 Lap 54
Carlos Sainz begins to escape from Lewis Hamilton to defend that fourth position;
This is how Fernando Alonso won the fight between Spaniards
🏁 Lap 50
Lewis Hamilton closes in on Carlos Sainz as he battles for fourth place;
🏁 Lap 47
Ten laps to go in the Bahrain Grand Prix
🏁 Lap 46
Fernando Alonso third after overtaking Carlos Sainz in the beautiful Spanish duel;
🏁 Lap 44
Ocon retires, the second after Piastri's retirement;
This was Fernando Alonso's overtaking of Lewis Hamilton.
🟨 🏁 Lap 41
Virtual Safety Car after Charles Leclerc stalls
🏁 Lap 38
Fernando Alonso overtakes Lewis Hamilton to move into fifth place;
🏁 Lap 37
Stop of Max Verstappen who remains 36 seconds ahead of Sergio Pérez
🏁 Lap 35
Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso stop, the Mexican is still second and the Spaniard sixth, but very close to Lewis Hamilton
🏁 Lap 34
Leclerc stops and starts behind Fernando Alonso and in front of his teammate, Carlos Sainz;
🏁 Lap 32
Lance Stroll overtakes Russell and moves into pole position;
🏁 Lap 32
Stops of the two Mercedes, Stroll and Carlos Sainz
This was the moment when Sergio Perez overtook Leclerc.
The Mexican driver is second and is only ahead of his team mate
🏁 Lap 29
Another penalty for Ocon this time for going faster than allowed in Pit Lane, this time 5 seconds.
🏁 Lap 26
Sergio Pérez overtakes Charles Leclerc and moves into second place;
🏁 Lap 21
Fast lap by Sergio Pé rez looking to close in on Leclerc
Piastri's retirement
McClaren driver failed to finish his first race as a Formula 1 driver
🏁 Lap 18
Stop of the Mexican Sergio Pérez that is placed in third position but put soft
🏁 Lap 17
Fernando Alonso overtakes Bottas and places the Spanish driver in sixth position;
This is how Fernando Alonso overtook Rusell
🏁 Lap 16
Oacute; scar Piastri retired and also Ocon was penalized five seconds for being badly positioned at the start
🏁 Lap 15
Fernando Alonso stops in front of Russell, but behind Lewis Hamilton;
🏁 Lap 14
Double stop of Ferrari and bad stop of Rusell who has taken five seconds
🏁 Lap 13
Fernando Alonso overtakes Russell and moves into fifth position;
🏁 Lap 12
Fernando Alonso squeezes Rusell
🏁 Lap 10
The first stop is for Gasly of 3.7 seconds who puts hard
🏁 Lap 9
Rusell is already very close to Lewis Hamilton, while Fernando Alonso is closing in on the Mercedes.
🏁 Lap 5
Stroll overtakes Bottas and moves up to eighth place;
There has been contact between Stroll and Fernando Alonso.
On lap 1 the two Aston Martins had a collision.
This was the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix
🏁 Lap 1
The Mercedes, Hamilton and Russell have overtaken Fernando Alonso who is seventh;
🏁 THE RACE BEGINS
Clean start and Leclerc has overtaken Sergio Pérez at the start
Warm-up lap
All start on soft tires except Magnussen, who starts on hard;
All drivers already on the grid
Less than 15 minutes before the start of the race, the Bahrain anthem is played and the grid looks like this
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Fernando Alonso makes his Aston Martin debut
The two-time world champion Spanish driver makes his debut at Aston Martin after his time at Alpine. Fernando Alonso is looking for his 33rd victory in Formula 1.
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Who won the last Bahrain Grand Prix?
Last year's Bahrain Grand Prix was won by Charles Leclerc behind Carlos Sainz with a bad memory for Red Bull where both drivers had to retire.
We remind you of the grid positions
These are the grid positions of the drivers before the start of the race with Sergio Perez starting from second position behind his teammate and defending champion Max Verstappen.
These are the four new drivers in Formula 1
Two of them are making their debut, Oscar Piastri who was last season the reserve of Alpine and this year will be Ricciardo's replacement at McClaren. Also making his debut today is Sargent, the American driver who will make his debut with Williams. While the other two novelties are Nico Hulkenberg who returns to have a seat in Formula 1 three years later, although in 2022 he will replace Vettel in the first Grand Prix. Finally, Nyck de Vries is the novelty in Alpha Tauri, who already participated last season in the Italian Grand Prix with Williams;
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What time is the Formula 1 race at the Bahrain Grand Prix?
This is the kick-off time of the race in several countries
Argentina: 7:00 hrs.
Bolivia: 9:00 hrs.
Brazil: 10:00 hrs.
Chile: 9:00 hrs.
Colombia: 9:00 hrs.
Ecuador: 9:00 hrs.
Spain: 16:00 hrs.
México: 9:00 hrs.
Paraguay: 10: 00 hrs.
Peru: 9:00 hrs.
Uruguay: 11:00 hrs.
England: 15: 00 hrs
EEUU:10:00 hrs.
Australia: 00:00 hrs.
India: 19:15 hrs
The first pole position of the season went to ...
Max Verstappen took his 21st career pole position and first of the season ahead of teammate Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc.
Bahrain Grand Prix standings (grid positions )
1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Pérez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Fernando Alonso
6. George Russell
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Lance Stroll
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Nico Hulkenberg
11. Nico Hulkenberg
12. Valtteri Bottas
13. Guanyu Zhou
14. Yuki Tsunoda
15. Alexander Albon
16. Logan Sargeant
17. Kevin Magnussen
18. Oscar Piastri
19. Nyck De Vries
20. Pierre Gasly
These are the 20 pilots of this new season
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
Red Bull: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
McLaren F1: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll
Alpine: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
AlphaTauri: Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries
Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou
Haas: Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg
Williams: Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant
Twelfth season in Formula 1 for Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez came to Formula 1 in 2011 in the hands of Sauber and there he spent his first two years. Already in 2013 he went to Mclaren where he spent only one year and the following year he signed for Racing Point where he stayed until 2020 and precisely that year he achieved his first race as a Formula 1 driver. In 2021 he came to Red Bull and in his first year he achieved a victory and fourth place in the standings and last year finished third with two victories and adding his first pole position of his life. This is his third year at Red Bull and he is aiming to improve on his recent season's numbers.
Who were the winners of the Bahrain Grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton is the driver who has won the Bahrain Grand Prix the most times with 5 victories, ahead of Sebastian Vettel (4) and Fernando Alonso (3). While Ferrari is the constructor team with the most victories achieved, seven in total, the last one in 2022 with the victory of Charles Leclerc. The fastest lap of this circuit is Pedro de la Rosa achieved in 2005 with a time of 1:31.447 that he achieved in 2015. These are the winners here:
2004 Michael Schumacher
2005 Fernando Alonso
2006 Fernando Alonso
2007 Felipe Massa
2008 Felipe Massa
2009 Jenson Button
2010 Fernando Alonso
2011 No se disputó.
2012 Sebastian Vettel
2013 Sebastian Vettel
2014 Lewis Hamilton
2015 Lewis Hamilton
2016 Nico Rosberg
2017 Sebastian Vettel
2018 Sebastian Vettel
2019 Lewis Hamilton
2020 Lewis Hamilton
2021 Lewis Hamilton
2022: Charles Leclerc
Circuit
The first race of the 2023 season will be held at the international circuit of Bahrain, a Middle Eastern country. The first Formula 1 race held here was in 2004 and 17 editions have been held since then. The 2011 race was suspended due to the critical situation the country was going through. The circuit is 5.412 kilometers long. It has 15 curves, six of them are to the left and nine to the right. It was inaugurated on March 17, 2004 and has a capacity for 70000 spectators.
The 2023 Formula 1 season begins
This Sunday, Formula 1 kicks off with the Bahrain Grand Prix. This will be the 74th season in the Formula 1 World Championship and will be the longest in history with 23 Grand Prix starting this March 5th and its final date on November 26th. Max Verstappen, reigning champion, defends his title as champion after winning his second title last season;
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