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Oscar Piastri celebrates 50th race with win from pole in Bahrain

SAKHIR: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri celebrated his 50th Formula One race with a pole-to-flag win in Bahrain on Sunday that sent him second overall and three points behind championship leading teammate Lando Norris. The Australian also became the season’s first repeat winner in four races and ended reigning champions McLaren’s long wait for victory at their Bahraini owners’ home Sakhir circuit. Norris finished third, after lining up sixth on the grid and then having to fight back from a five-second penalty for a jumped start under the floodlights. Mercedes’ George Russell held off his fellow Briton for second in a tense battle over the closing laps but faced a stewards’ enquiry for allegedly using the drag reduction system outside the defined zone. “It’s been an incredible weekend starting with qualifying yesterday and finishing the job today in style is nice,” said Piastri, who won by 15.499 seconds despite a safety car period wiping out his initial lead. “It’s very important given our owners.

Russell keeps second place despite wrong button error

SAKHIR, Bahrain : George Russell held onto second place at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday despite hitting the wrong button on his steering wheel and activating his Mercedes's drag reduction system (DRS) when it was not allowed.

Norris says he made too many mistakes, not clicking with car

SAKHIR, Bahrain :Formula One leader Lando Norris said he had made too many mistakes in a Bahrain Grand Prix won in impressive fashion by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri on Sunday, and was struggling to feel at one with his car.

Bahrain GP: Oscar Piastri secures dominant victory, holds off George Russell to win - ESPN

SAKHIR, Bahrain — Oscar Piastri comfortably won an action-packed Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday to narrow teammate Lando Norris' championship lead to three points.

Piastri celebrates 50th race with win from pole in Bahrain

SAKHIR, Bahrain :McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrated his 50th Formula One race with a pole-to-flag win in Bahrain on Sunday that sent him second overall and three points behind championship leading teammate Lando Norris.

Dejected Norris rues "clueless' qualifying

SAKHIR, Bahrain :Formula One leader Lando Norris lamented a "clueless" performance after qualifying only sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri romped to pole position.

Piastri on pole in Bahrain for his 50th F1 start

SAKHIR, Bahrain :McLaren's Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain ahead of his 50th Formula One start with George Russell putting his Mercedes alongside the Australian on the front row for Sunday's race.

Oscar Piastri on pole in Bahrain for his 50th F1 start

SAKHIR, Bahrain: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain ahead of his 50th Formula One start with George Russell putting his Mercedes alongside the Australian on the front row for Sunday’s race. Piastri’s championship-leading teammate Lando Norris qualified only sixth, a potentially significant blow in the title battle although closest rival Max Verstappen will start seventh for Red Bull. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc qualified third and Mercedes’ Italian rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli fourth with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly fifth. Piastri, who was also fastest in two out of three practice sessions, lapped the floodlit Sakhir circuit with a best time of one minute 29.841 seconds, 0.168 faster than Russell. The pole was his second of the season and his career. “I’ve felt confident out there pretty much all weekend,” said Piastri, who has a great chance to slash the 13-point championship gap to Norris — who leads Verstappen by just one after three races. “The others caught up a little bit closer than what I wanted but I still delivered the laps when it mattered, which was the most important thing at the end.” Russell said he was shocked to finish so close to Piastri after struggling for grip in the afternoon’s final practice. “I think if anybody said we’d have been within half a second of the McLarens we’d have taken it because we would have thought that would have been P3 on the grid.

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Oscar Piastri celebrates 50th race with win from pole in Bahrain

Russell keeps second place despite wrong button error

Norris says he made too many mistakes, not clicking with car

Bahrain GP: Oscar Piastri secures dominant victory, holds off George Russell to win - ESPN

Piastri celebrates 50th race with win from pole in Bahrain

Dejected Norris rues "clueless' qualifying

Piastri on pole in Bahrain for his 50th F1 start

Oscar Piastri on pole in Bahrain for his 50th F1 start