First place, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands poses along with his trophy on the rostrum throughout the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix on the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Verstappen began at pole and maintained his dominance on his technique to a commanding one-two win for Red Bull forward of his teammate Sergio Perez in the primary race of the 2024 season.
Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen eased to victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday regardless of the turmoil surrounding his Red Bull workforce principal Christian Horner.
Verstappen began on pole place and was by no means significantly challenged on his technique to a commanding one-two win for Red Bull forward of his teammate Sergio Perez.
“Today went even better than expected,” Verstappen stated. “It was a lot of fun.”
He stated he felt “one with the car.”
Carlos Sainz Jr. was third for Ferrari after combating onerous with teammate Charles Leclerc.
At the beginning of the longest-ever F1 season at 24 races, Verstappen already reveals indicators of repeating his close to-excellent document from 2023, when the Dutch driver gained 19 of twenty-two races on his technique to a 3rd straight title.
Saturday was the eighth win in a row for Verstappen going again to September final yr. He set an F1 document of 10 consecutive wins final season.
Horner arrived on race day hand in hand along with his spouse Geri Halliwell, often known as Ginger Spice of the pop group the Spice Girls. The race got here after FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem stated the turmoil round Horner was “damaging the sport,” in feedback to the Financial Times.
The F1 paddock’s focus has firmly been on the Red Bull workforce principal this week, with Verstappen saying Saturday his boss was “probably a little bit distracted.”
On Wednesday, the workforce’s mum or dad firm dismissed a grievance of alleged misconduct by Horner towards a workforce worker. A day later throughout observe for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a file alleged to comprise proof towards Horner was emailed to just about 200 folks in the F1 paddock, together with Liberty Media, F1, the FIA, the opposite 9 workforce principals and a number of media retailers.
The authenticity of the recordsdata has not been verified by The Associated Press; the file got here from a generic e-mail account.
Charles Leclerc was fourth and George Russell was fifth, with Lando Norris sixth for McLaren and 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton seventh after an uneventful race in the second Mercedes. Oscar Piastri of McLaren was eighth, forward of the 2 Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
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