Charles Leclerc bags Bahrain Grand Prix
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc won Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after world champion Max Verstappen retired with just three laps remaining and Lewis Hamilton landed a surprise podium.
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Leclerc wins F1 opener for Ferrari as Red Bull implode
Charles Leclerc claimed a brilliant win for Ferrari at the season-opening Bahrain GP while Max Verstappen suffered a late reliability failure as a new era of Formula 1 got off to a pulsating start under the lights in the desert.
F1 Bahrain Grand Prix driver ratings as Charles Leclerc takes first race win of 2022 season
Charles Leclerc won the first race of the 2022 Formula 1 season for Ferrari after coming out on trop in a thrilling battle with Max Verstappen in Bahrain.
Charles Leclerc wins season-opening grand prix as both Red Bulls fail to finish
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after world champion Max Verstappen retired with just three laps remaining and Lewis Hamilton landed a surprise podium.
Mercdedes driver Lewis Hamilton 'back racing, doing what I love' at Bahrain Formuka 1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton is ‘grateful to be back racing’ ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix despite the problems with his Mercedes car. The former world champion is looking to retake the title this year, with current title holder Max Verstappen in P2, and Charles Leclerc in pole in a reinvigorated Ferrari car.
Hamilton: "Es un problema enorme que nunca había en un Fórmula 1"
Desde 2019, Mercedes siempre ganó la carrera inaugural de la temporada pero en 2022 se presume difícil: Lewis Hamilton sale quinto y George Russell, noveno. Leclerc hizo la pole por delante de Verstappen, Sainz y Pérez, y Alonso parte octavo con el Alpine. A una vuelta, Lewis y George se defendieron, pero el ritmo de carrera no les permite ser optimistas. Red Bull y Ferrari están delante, entre otras cosas porque han sabido resolver antes y mejor ese curioso rebote que sufren los monoplazas en las rectas como consecuencia del efecto suelo.
Russell: Friction more likely at Ferrari than Mercedes
George Russell says there is no conflict in the Mercedes garage as “Lewis has nothing to prove” – but suggests for the likes of Ferrari it is a different story.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc On Pole For Season-Opening Bahrain Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari secured pole position for Sunday's season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain as world champion Max Verstappen had to settle for second place in qualifying. Leclerc was 0.123 seconds faster than Red Bull's Verstappen while Carlos Sainz will start third on the grid in the second Ferrari. "It feels good! The last two years have been incredibly difficult for the team," said Leclerc, who took the 10th Formula One pole of his career.