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Formula 1 in Bahrain: Pérez wins after pit stop chaos around the Mercedes team

2020-12-08T11:58:35.080Z


For a long time it looked like a possible one-two for Mercedes - with Hamilton replacement George Russell at the helm. But mistakes at the pit stop prevented that. Sergio Perez benefited - also because Verstappen left early.


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Sergio Perez

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Sergio Pérez won the Sakhir Grand Prix at Racing Point.

Esteban Ocon (Renault) and the second Racing Point driver Lance Stroll also made it onto the podium.

It looked long after the first Formula 1 victory of 22-year-old George Russell, who competed in a Mercedes for the first time for Corona-infected world champion Lewis Hamilton.

But a chaotic pit stop by the Mercedes team cost the team a possible double victory.

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