F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri wins from pole position to close gap in championship

Oscar Piastri has led a perfect pole position career to win the Bahrein Grand Prix, his second victory in this season of Formula 1.

The Australian was in his own class to beat George Russell de Mercedes in the second and his teammate in McLaren, Lando Norris, third.

Norris produced a good recovery unit after being penalized five seconds for a false start, while the world champion Max Verstappen suffered two terror stops to place sixth.

A security car on Tour 3 of 57 grouped the field after Piasstri had built a great advantage, but once the race resumed, the Australian showed that it was faster in Bahrain’s desert.

Pastri’s victory was the first victory of the Bahrain Grand Prix for McLaren.

“Great to have this result here, it has been an incredible weekend,” said the Australian after the race.

“Finishing the job today, with style, was pleasant.

“I can’t thank the team enough for the car they have given us. It is quite useful.”

Piastri moves secondly in the classification of the pilot championship, just three points from Norris.

When Piastri obtained a brilliant launch outside the line, his teammate Norris was penalized for a false start.

Norris jumped from sixth to third in the opening corners, but his McLaren rolled beyond his grid box while the British driver faced the first march before the lights went out.

The Mercedes driver, George Russell, was able to jump from third to second start, since most drivers started in the soft compound tire.

Ferrari chose to start in the middle complex, a deviation from his rivals.

Norris faced Tour 10 of 57, trying a massive change for offset fulfilling its five -second penalty for the false beginning.

As Piastri and Russell moved away from a distance, the difference in the boxes strategy allowed Leclerc to overcome Norris for third place.

A safety car on Tour 33 to clear the rubble on the track grouped the field and turned the race into a 21 -laps shooting when the races resumed in Tour 36.

Both McLaren drivers had middle tires, and the Ferraris had the hard compound, while Russell led the final period in the soft tire.

Initially, Norris fell to the fifth place of the restart behind both Ferraris, but he could make his way to affirm the podium.

Russell fought the team and the problems of the computer with his Mercedes towards the end, which led to the rear wing that opens incorrectly at the end of the race.

He was investigated after the race, but it was discovered that he was not to blame, since his car was suffering a cable brake and other technical failures.

“We were having all kinds of failures, a return in which I clicks the radio button and opened the DRS,” Russell said after the race.

“I hit near and backed away, so I didn’t get any advantage.”

But there were no problems for Piastri, which made each position winner, claiming the victory for more than 15 seconds.

Red Bull Pit Stops Cost Verstappen Honey

The Bahrain Grand Prix was a race to forget for the world champion Defensor Max Verstappen, who cut a furious figure while watching his rivals in the distance.

The Red Bull fought for PACE all weekend around Bahrein’s international circuit, with Verstappen from the seventh place on Monday morning, Aest.

But any hope of a Verstappen master class was reduced by two horrible stops in boxes, which sent it by the network.

Verstappen’s first stop occurred in Tour 10 of 57, but was stationary for almost five seconds, since the automated green light is supposed to shine so that the driver knows that he leaves the wells, never blinked for the world champion.

The Red Bull AS had hard compounds screwed to his car, a deviation from his rivals that were by means and demonstrated the wrong choice.

Trapped in traffic, Verstappen complained about the lack of grip and overheating in his car.

Red Bull called Verstappen for his next stop at Vuelta 27, before expected, but the problems to separate his right front tire kept him parked for 6.7 seconds, an eternity in the modern F1.

Verstappen could jump from 13 to eighth when he did not stop under the security car in Tour 33.

Despite having older tires for the final period, Verstappen was able to climb to the sixth, passing Pierre Gasly de Alpine in the last round.