Race Highlights | 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix

our journey around the world to Crown a

champion is going to start in a few

moments time green flag at the back

Formula 1 in 2024 begins when the five

red lights go out the new season is

underway and it's a good reaction time

for Max a stappen little bit of a wiggle

when he applied the power for the second

part of the start but he maintains the

lead charl Clair trying to go around the

outside How brave is he feeling he's not

he's in second place and it's Sergio

Perez who finds himself in fourth George

Russell is in third place the spinner

was L stroll in the background for Aston

Martin it's Max aaen with the lead who

will be second there's damage to one of

the salvers in the background there

falling to the back of the field I

believe it's vry botas side by side the

two McLarens go V stapen then lir

Russell being harried and it's Lando

Norris who was ahead of his teammate so

that's hulkenberg is cleared and then

they're going to have

contact a that's all on hulkenberg isn't

it just just drifted into the back and

completely rear ended

stroll great getaway from valter there

you can see hulkenberg and I think does

he touch the back of hulkenberg as

well that is a pass for position that is

Lando Norris getting past Fernando

Alonzo Alonzo pleasantly surprised

yesterday that the green Aston Martin

was quick over one lap but he was

worried this is George Russell trying to

go all the way around the outside and

get P sh Clair and he'll do so what a

way to start your season and George

Russell with a fine

move the McLaren have steadily passed

Fernando Alonzo Lando did it a while ago

this is Oscar pastri sneaking up the

inside on the previous

lap he draws alongside the Scarlet

Ferrari lir has been driving on his

mirrors time and time and time again and

to the inside car 11 at turn 11 Perez

improves he's up to third place and this

is going to be how Sergio Perez got

pasted it's going to be a lock up there

it is he got so close to Russell

actually lir but he's kept doing that

lock up in these opening laps and he's

done it again on lap

seven Le Hamilton is in the slipstream

of Fernando Alonzo these two had a great

battle here last year there is no battle

this year Hamilton getting past and

Alonzo's fears about the race Pace are

proving

correct two Ferraris about to do battle

monz are all over again look at how

sparks flying as the teammates go wheel

tohe to the inside Carlos SS charlot

Clair refusing to give it up but he's

got no choice and that was elbows out

Brilliance from Carlos

sign signs has been called in there is

the one move you're allowed to make

Perez knows what's coming tries the Up

and Under applies the power super

aggressive stuff and position gained for

Sergio Perez who moves in to a net

second place in the

race L Clair's also got ahead of ss in

in the pit stop phase that's an

interesting call from Ferrari to invert

the cars effectively by pitting lir

first and giving him the undercut over

his teammate that's a late lung and a

half my word from downtown to take the

place from Carlos signs he came from

another post code I love it I love it I

love to see drivers having the

confidence to send it on the brakes and

if you want to win races and you want to

win championships you've got to have

that kind of

Bravery oh another chance here we go

sparks flying down into turn number one

Carlos SS has the fastest half of the

Grand Prix he's got the bit between his

teeth he's got all the racing cliches

that you want but either way he is

driving in a way at this circuit that

we've never seen from him before it's

been the charlot Clair show in the past

that is a rocket ship move say goodbye

to Carlos SS because he's going to go

and Chase the Red

Bulls this is how he was able to take

the place no fight at all from the

Alpine waving him through it's a sorry

State of Affairs for for uh for Alpine

not least qualifying on the back row

they're not even putting up a fight with

an

RB horrible pit stop for Val botas he's

been there for 39 seconds as they tried

to get wrong Tire where have we gone

here is that the nut being delivered so

that's the nut back to the gun and this

is game over no matter what happens so

pit stops this is one of Greater

consequence in the Grand Prix George

Russell coming in nice and early getting

another set of the half tires Bas it's

reminiscent of the nightmare he had in

Monaco a few years ago 52 seconds and

race

ruined the scooteria get out ahead of

Lando Norris who was the threat there

it's very close in the background and is

it going to be a position gained piastri

Dives to the inside claims the place off

the road tires are cold Hamilton takes

it by the time they get to turn number

two and it's eighth position for the

Mercedes driver

this next little section we're quite

telling cuz he's quite close to George

can he get away with turn 10 without any

under rotation yes he can but no George

Russell can't George Russell off the

road Charla Clair will join him side by

side but with the inside line heading

into turn 11 and all of that hard work

lap after lap after lap pays off the

Ferrari is up to fourth place in the

season open at Grand Prix and charlot

Clair finds a way by

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the green Aston Martins on the main

straight and that swap of position for

the drivers two-time world champion and

Driver who's won here before the only

driver in the field who was racing here

in 2004 in the first Grand Prix in

Bahrain that is still on the grid today

and he's up to

n Yuki driver zap driver zap are you

kidding me now so Yuki doesn't love that

idea we're talking about working with a

senior team they got to work with their

own drivers at the moment

so Ricardo knows that there it is yeah

there we go opens the door Ricardo goes

through sonoda listening to the team

instructions yeah thanks guys I

appreciate it sonoda didn't love the

team instruction and he's not being shy

in reporting

it the Dutch driver continues his

domination of Formula 1 New Year but no

new winner Max V stappen still the

driver to beat Max V stappen wins the

season opener he takes the bin Grand

Prix and Max fapman is lighting up a

trail once again Red Bull expected Red

Bull delivered and Perez comes across

the line to make it a great day for Red

Bull they're one and two across the line

chased home by caros SS who put together

a superb performance down at turn one

with overtake after overtake he'll be

satisfied and the celebrations are

underway it was always likely to be Red

Bull but that is a statement Drive of 57

laps of not attack all the time but when

he did need to attack Max aaen

underlined in Block caps

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