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The 2023 Formula One World Championship gets underway on Sunday with the Bahrain Grand Prix, which is being held at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Red Bull Racing were the dominant team, with reigning world champion Max Verstappen leading a one-two finish ahead of teammate Sergio Perez, who was 12 seconds behind.
Completing the top three is Fernando Alonso, racing for the first time at Aston Martin. The doubles world champion finished about 38 seconds behind the winner.
Red Bull locked up the front row of the starting grid, with Verstappen on pole and quicker than his teammate off the line when the light turned green. Perez was stuck and lost his place to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and is trying to defend third place to another Ferrari driver, Carlos Sainz.
Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix 2023
Behind them, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll brushed past Alonso as he entered Turn 4, allowing Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes-Benz AMG’s George Russell to advance. Alonso then put up a great fight to get past Russell and then Hamilton.
Ahead of that is a lonely race for Verstappen and Perez. However, there was a problem for Leclerc. After pressing Perez, the Ferrari driver was forced to retire on lap 41 after his car stopped. This freed up third place for Sainz but he didn’t last long as Alonso got past him and secured the final podium spot just four laps later.
Other impressive runs came from Williams’ Alexander Albon, who finished 10th, and US driver Logan Sargeant, who in his F1 debut finished 12th for Williams. Fellow rookies Nyck de Vries and Oscar Piastri had opposite results. While Piastri had to retire on lap 14 after his McLaren failed to start following a steering wheel change, de Vries rode solidly to finish 14th in his AlphaTauri.
Following last weekend’s action, Verstappen leads the 2023 Drivers’ Championship with 25 points. Perez is second with 18 points and Alonso is third with 15 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 43 points, compared to 23 from Aston Martin and 16 from Mercedes. The next race on the calendar is the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in two weeks.
Fernando Alonso at the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2023
Following are the complete results of the 2023 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
2) Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing +11.987 seconds
3) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +38.637 seconds
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +48.052 seconds
5) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +50.977 seconds
6) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +54.502 seconds
7) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +55.873 seconds
8) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +72.647 seconds
9) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +73.753 seconds
10) Alexander Albon, Williams +89.77 seconds
11) Yuki Tsunoda, Alpha Tauri +90.870 seconds
12) Sergeant Logan, Williams +1 lap
13) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +1 round
14) Nyck De Vries, AlphaTauri +1 lap
15) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +1 round
16) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
17) Lando Norris, McLaren +1 lap
NC) Esteban Ocon, Alps – DNF
NC) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – DNF
NC) Oscar Piastry, McLaren – DNF
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