Formula 1 started the new season in Bahrain.
Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher had a difficult start - the race to read in the ticker.
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix - The bottom line
1 Hamilton |
2 Verstappen |
3 Bottas |
4 Norris |
5 perez |
6 Leclerc |
7 Ricciardo |
8 Sainz |
9 Tsunoda |
10 stroll |
11 Raikkonen |
12 Giovinazzi |
13 Ocon |
14 Russell |
15 Vettel |
16 Schumacher |
DNF Latifi |
DNF Gasly |
DNF Alonso |
DNF Mazepin |
Update from March 28th, 7:18 pm:
So that was it, the Bahrain Grand Prix.
It was an unbelievable start - at the end with the usual outcome.
Lewis Hamilton wins ahead of Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas.
Sebastian Vettel was meanwhile on course, but then drove Esteban Ocon into the rear.
After the race, he explained his accident *.
FINSIH: Nobody
really wants to talk about THE scene of the race.
Verstappen pulls past Hamilton, but comes off the track.
A short time later, Verstappen lets Hamilton pass again.
In the interviews after the race, neither of the two took a position.
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Verstappen: “Of course it's a shame, but we have to see it as positive.
We were able to fight them today and it's great to start the new year like this.
I felt problems in the corners today, we have to analyze that. "
Hamilton: “It's great to see fans here.
And well, it was such a tough race.
We knew it was going to be difficult.
We had to find the right balance to keep the tires alive.
Max sat on my neck.
I am very grateful that it worked. "
56/56:
Both of them are really
getting
everything out of their cars.
Verstappen pushes again, sucks himself in.
He's almost in the slipstream - that goes down to the last kilometer!
And that was it!
Lewis actually rocks Bahrain here!
Madness what a race!
In the end he doesn't have a 30 meter lead over Verstappen, but that's enough for the world champion.
And now we know why Verstappen made room after his overtaking maneuver: He was actually too far out of the track and then received the radio instruction: “Let Lewis pass.” Anyone who knows Verstappen knows: The Dutchman would have been on at that moment loved to bite the steering wheel.
Exciting scenes here in Bahrain - we'll analyze it again with the drivers.
Hamilton ahead of Verstappen and Bottas - the Finn at least gets the fastest race lap.
Vettel finished fifteenth, Schumacher sixteenth.
So the Germans end up on the last and penultimate place.
Vettel got a ten-second penalty for his crash.
55/56:
final spurt!
Verstappen is more than a second behind, so no DRS window.
That will probably not be enough anymore, Max has some problems here.
Is Hamilton laughing again in the end?
One more round!
54/56:
Verstappen was just off the track and so maybe gained an advantage.
Is that why he let Hamilton pass?
Both are fighting now, both have problems with the material!
Incredible racing, we've had that so seldom in the past few years!
53/56:
Verstappen first tries on the outside, Hamilton defends himself and is successful!
But then Verstappen sniffed him after all - now we have a winner.
Or not?
Verstappen suddenly has problems!
Hamilton back in front!
Madness!
52/56: Tough
fight for the top!
It's Verstappen's turn, only a second behind.
This means that the Red Bull driver can now activate DRS - it won't be long!
49/56:
There are still a few more laps here - and Verstappen is now
really getting
on with Hamilton!
There are a little more than two seconds left.
The Dutchman will still crack the world champion here.
Formula 1: what is Vettel doing there?
Giant ram in Bahrain
47/56:
Vettel has a slight damage to the front wing.
But it looks like he's going to do the final laps here.
But the race management is investigating - of course that was a gross blunder on the part of the German, he will get a penalty.
43/56:
What was going on?
Vettel and Ocon are suddenly across the line.
Oh dear!
The slow motion shows us what happened: Vettel thunders Ocon into the rear of Turn 1 - and then he complains on the team radio: “Why did I change the line there?” So today there will be nothing more to catch up with.
Pity!
2021 starts as 2020 left off.
42/56:
Hamilton is now ahead of Verstappen, the gap is six seconds.
But the Dutchman in the Red Bull will probably still grab the world champion here, he is getting closer lap after lap.
Vettel's one-stop strategy may still wash him into the points - he is currently twelfth.
Formula 1 in Bahrain: Alonso retired, Mercedes screwed up Bottas's stop, Vettel is working his way up
34/56:
A world champion is out!
Alonso has problems with the rear brakes.
He has to finish the race.
It's a shame, he made a decent impression here in the Alpine.
31/56:
Oh my god!
Giant buck from Mercedes, Bottas needs more than ten seconds to change tires!
There were problems with the Silver Arrows, really bitter for the Finn.
Vettel continues to work his way forward, already 13th place!
30/56:
Why did Hamilton come in so early?
He could have stayed out longer, he says.
But Mercedes wanted to avoid the undercut by Verstappen.
Meanwhile, Mick Schumacher is lapped.
29/56:
Hamilton is now
switching
to hard tires.
“We're going long”, says Mercedes - the world champion now has to hold out 27 laps with these tires.
Is this strategy against Verstappen worthwhile?
Formula 1 in Bahrain NOW in the live ticker - Vettel finally comes in the box
26/56:
Vettel in the box!
The Aston Martin is back in 17th place.
The good news: The German is on a one-stop strategy.
You lose around 23 seconds by visiting the pit - which all your competitors now have ahead of them.
That way he could make up some ground.
24/56:
Verstappen is getting closer to Hamilton again!
It's only four seconds now.
Vettel was still the only one not in the box.
And now the wear and tear is noticeable.
Only 13th place. Schumacher, in contrast to his team mate Mazepin, is still in the race - 18th place. Not much more is possible today, he will probably be overtaken by Gasly shortly.
He lost a lot of time because of a broken front wing at the beginning of the race.
21/56:
Strong scenes!
Vettel drives really big on his worn tires here!
First, Sainz and Alonso sit on his neck - at some point he has to admit defeat to both of them.
Then Sainz Alonso swallows - and Vettel counters strongly!
The German pushes past Alonso again.
19/56:
Apparently there are problems with Max Verstappen.
And so we have the familiar image back - Lewis Hamilton leads!
In the meantime all drivers were in the pits.
Except Sebastian Vettel.
He's probably following a one-stop strategy here - the four-time world champion is currently still outside.
Vettel is still doing well and is currently eighth in the points.
17/56:
Vettel duels with his past - he loses the fight against Leclerc in the Ferrari.
16/56:
Sebastian Vettel is already in seventh place!
But of course he wasn't in the pits, most of the competition was.
Nevertheless: The German was the last to start.
Maybe more is possible here.
14/56: Those
were good first undercuts here in the box!
Alonso slips past Stroll.
And Hamilton was already at the tire change - will it pay off later?
12/56:
The action continues to level off.
Verstappen is in front, Hamilton is one and a half seconds behind.
Then Bottas comes six seconds behind on top, six seconds later comes the rest of the field, which is currently led by Lando Norris.
Vettel is currently at 14, Schumacher at 18. It's time for the first stops - so the field is mixed up again.
8/56: Great
duel there between Lando Norris in a McLaren and Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari!
The two youngsters don’t give each other anything, in the end the Briton swallows the Monegasque.
Sebastian Vettel has lost two places again, Mick Schumacher is penultimate.
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Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - Vettel makes up seven places at the start
6/56:
Leclerc has to give up his third place again, Bottas hits back nicely.
Verstappen is in the lead, Hamilton is just over a second behind.
The field is slowly sorting itself out and after this chaos start there is some calm.
One of the big winners of this turbulent season opener: Sebastian Vettel!
He has already made up seven places and the points are within reach again.
5/56:
Let's break it down again: Gasly, who was actually really strong this weekend, crashes Ricciardo on the rear and loses his front wing.
He has to go to the box.
Schumacher, like colleague Mazepin, suddenly said goodbye to the track - is there a problem with the Haas?
At least Mick could still catch his car and is still in the race!
Vettel is already fourteenth.
4/56:
Bernd Mayländer comes into the pits, restart!
Verstappen stays in front again, Leclerc swallows Bottas and there is already smoke in the back!
Pierre Gasly seems to have said goodbye and Mick Schumacher also had problems!
3/56: Mazepin's
Haas is towed away, we still have a safety car phase.
1/56:
Nikita Mazepin is out.
The Haas pilot flew out after the second corner.
Yellow flag, the Russian announced via team radio that he was "ok".
We look at the start again.
Hamilton has really tried everything, but Verstappen cooks him clean.
And what was going on at Mazepin?
The Russian said goodbye without outside interference - of course the son of a rich investor is new to Formula 1 and of course he is allowed to make mistakes.
But it wasn't his first this weekend.
Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker - Delayed start due to Red Bull problems
Start:
The good news for Sebastian Vettel - he is no longer last.
Here we go!
Verstappen stays in front, the sparks are flying, Hamilton just can't get past - and there was a crash in the back!
A Haas is out.
Hopefully not Mick Schumacher.
5:03 p.m.:
Let's go!
Or not?
There is excitement about a Red Bull who broke down.
What's going on at Sergio Perez?
There's another introductory round - that's a crazy start here!
The Mexican has to start from the pits after his car stalled due to technical problems.
4:50 p.m.:
We are extremely curious to see how Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher will fare here at the season opener.
Especially the son of the Formula 1 legend should tingle - it is his first Grand Prix in the premier class.
His sister Gina is sure to keep her fingers crossed, who recently announced good news.
4.43 p.m .:
"We race as one" - that is also the motto of the drivers in 2021.
With this, the pilots want to continue to set an example against racism.
The national anthem of Bahrain follows.
And then it goes slowly but surely, finally going here in Manama-Sakhir!
4.33 p.m.:
Andreas Seidl is at Sky for an interview.
The Bavarian is team principal at McLaren and naturally hopes for a good start to the season.
His drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris are six and seven.
“Of course we hope that we can get Pierre Gasly right away.
But first we have to get through the first lap well, ”he explains.
16:21:
The countdown is on!
Now it's off to the installation lap.
Test the entire technique again, practice a start again - completely normal procedure.
4:03 p.m.:
It starts here in Sakhir in
just under
an hour!
Sebastian blows Vettel to the big race to catch up?
The four-time champion knows how to start from far behind - in his last Ferrari season, the Heppenheimer had to prove himself again and again against the Williams, Haas and Alfas.
Formula 1: penalty for Sebastian Vettel - Aston Martin driver starts from last place in Bahrain
Update from March 28, 2:55 p.m.:
Horror start for Sebastian Vettel in the new season!
Qualifying already went anything but rosy for him on Saturday, the German only finished 18th in his new Aston Martin. Now things are getting even worse for him.
The ex-world champion was subsequently given a penalty - and thus moved back to the last place on the grid.
The race management came to the opinion on Sunday that Vettel had violated the requirements for double waved yellow flags in the qualification for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
A good two and a half hours before the start of the race, it was announced that the offense would be sanctioned by moving five starting positions back.
For Vettel, who should have started in 18th place anyway, this means 20th place and thus the last starting position.
The punished offense happened in the first period of Saturday's qualifying.
Haas new driver Nikita Mazepin had previously spun in his car and was on the track in the first corner.
At this point, Vettel started his last fast lap in the first period.
According to the race stewards, the Heppenheimer did not adhere to the requirements that must be complied with in a double yellow flag phase - according to the regulations, it is not allowed to drive another significant lap time.
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Update, 5:04 p.m.:
The Dutchman Max Verstappen grabs pole position in front of Lewis Hamilton!
The Red Bull driver can beat the Briton by four tenths, while Valtteri Bottas finished third after Q3.
Charles Leclerc came fourth, Pierre Gasly came fifth.
Ricciardo, Norris, Sainz and Alonso follow.
“Congratulations to Max, I gave everything I had but it wasn't enough.
I got everything out of the car, ”said Hamilton after missing pole.
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - Vettel frustrated after early qualification
Update, 4:50 p.m.:
After his early departure in Q1, Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel spoke up.
"We should have been more careful and positioned ourselves better," the 33-year-old annoyed at the Sky microphone.
"But afterwards you are always smarter, today it hit us hard," he added.
“We are far from the points.
It depends on how far Lance
(Stroll, editor's note) is
still going ”.
The Heppenheimer gave a preview of his first Grand Prix race for his new employer in Bahrain.
"Tomorrow is a long race, it is a difficult race in terms of the tires," said Vettel.
His car was "better to drive than in the training sessions".
“The car felt very good, unfortunately we couldn't show it,” he said before his first race.
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - Vettel and Schumacher already out in Q1
4:22 p.m.:
Bitter start for the German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher, both of whom have already retired in Q1.
With Schumi junior that was to be expected given the inferior Haas car, the Formula 1 debutant landed in penultimate place, but clearly ahead of teammate Nikita Mazepin.
Vettel was thwarted on his last lap by a spin from the Russian and was only 18th. In addition, Nicholas Latifi and Esteban Ocon were eliminated.
Max Verstappen set the fastest time, Lewis Hamilton came third.
It’s about to continue with Q2.
4:06 p.m.:
Behind Mick Schumacher's name, the 1 for the fastest time appears for the first time in his young career.
However, Schumacher was generally the first driver to have put a time into the ranking so far.
Now the other drivers also roll onto the track and Q1 can really get going.
4:01 p.m.:
And
let
's go!
The first Formula 1 cars hit the track in Bahrain and do the first few laps on the track.
3.40 p.m.:
How are Sebastian Vettel and debutant Mick Schumacher doing in qualifying before the start of the season on Sunday?
The answer will be available from 4 p.m. in the live ticker.
Update from March 27, 2:20 p.m.:
Finally Formula 1 again!
It still takes less than two hours for the premier class of motorsport to finally start the new season.
At 4 p.m., the Bahrain Grand Prix will be heralded with qualifying and the question of who will start from the longed-for pole position in Sunday's race will be answered.
The fastest man in 3rd practice, which was held on Saturday afternoon, was once again Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Defending champion Lewis Hamilton drove the second fastest time in his Mercedes.
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - the new season is in the starting blocks
First report from March 26th, 11:14 am:
Sakhir - Finally!
Formula 1 * starts its new season on the last weekend in March.
So the wait is over, a historic year in the premier class of motorsport begins.
Will Lewis Hamilton finally crown himself the sole record world champion?
How is Sebastian Vettel * doing in the Aston Martin?
And what can we expect from Mick Schumacher * in his premiere season?
These and many other questions will occupy us for the next nine months.
The starting shot is now given in Bahrain.
The first points of the year 2021 * will be awarded here - but the racing weekend starts anything but ideal, because: Corona alarm on Sebastian Vettel's team!
Does the nightmare continue straight away after its disaster year at Ferrari?
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - Corona cases at Aston Martin
A spokesman for Aston Martin confirmed to the German press agency on Friday that there were two corona cases at the British racing team immediately before the start of the season.
The employees are already in quarantine, further precautionary measures have been taken, it said.
At first it was not known exactly who it is and what tasks the people have.
Almost exactly a year ago, the 2020 season was supposed to start in Australia.
Back then, in mid-March, the corona situation was far more confusing.
Everything was actually ready for the first race in Melbourne, the teams and fans had even arrived.
Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the live ticker - The schedule for the start of the season
Friday, 12.30 p.m .: First free practice
Friday, 4 p.m .: Second free practice
Saturday, 12.45 p.m .: Third free practice
Saturday, 3:30 p.m .: qualifying
Sunday, 4:55 p.m .: Race
A Corona case at McLaren then caused a stir.
Ultimately, the Grand Prix was called off, the season only started in July in Austria - and ended as always in the recent past: Hamilton became world champion *.
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