Ferrari double at Bahrain Grand Prix, Verstappen drops out

In free practice and qualifying for the first grand prix of the Formula 1 season, the Ferrari and Red Bull cars were evenly matched. But on Sunday after the race in Bahrain, Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were on the podium as numbers one and two and the Red Bull team was in a minor hiatus due to a crash on the final lap of Sergio Pérez and the retirement of Sergio Pérez just before that. Max Verstappen due to technical problems. The world champion is on zero points, while Leclerc and Sainz scored 25 and 18 points respectively, and Briton Lewis Hamilton also got 15 points. He finished third in his Mercedes, which there were many doubts about. “The fact that we are out with two cars and score zero points is dramatic,” Verstappen told Viaplay. The 24-year-old Dutchman was also not pleased with the team strategy. “Next time I will go back to my own feeling.”

Winner Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) celebrates his Grand Prix victory with champagne. Behind him his teammate Carlos Sainz.
Photo Giuseppe Cacace/AFP
Max Verstappen explains afterwards what went wrong during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Photo Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) applauds number three Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) for winner Charles Leclerc.
Photo Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

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