Crazy start in Formula 1: Ferrari double victory after Verstappen fiasco in the final phase

Created: 03/21/2022, 08:09

By: Christoph Klaucke

Formula 1 started the new season on Sunday.

The first race at the Bahrain Grand Prix in the ticker to read.

• Formula 1: The Bahrain Grand Prix.

• Ferrari celebrates a double victory with Leclerc and Sainz, Red Bull experiences a fiasco.

• Mick Schumacher just missed his first points.

  The race in Sakhir in the ticker to read.

Formula 1: Bahrain race - the end result

+++ Ferrari celebrates its triumphant return to the top of Formula 1. For the first time since Singapore 2019, the Italian anthem will be heard at the award ceremony.

At that time, Sebastian Vettel still won.

The dominance of Red Bull and Mercedes in recent years seems to have been broken for the time being.

Which gives hope for an exciting Formula 1 season.

+++ What a start to the new year of Formula 1!

Ferrari starts the Grand Prix with a double victory.

World Champion Max Verstappen retires in second place shortly before the end of the race.

Teammate Sergio Perez was also caught in the last lap.

What a fiasco for Red Bull. Mick Schumacher just missed out on the points in eleventh place, but Haas colleague Kevin Magnussen managed a big surprise in fifth place.

Nico Hülkenberg ends up in the Aston Martin as 17th at the end of the field.

FINISH: double victory for Ferrari!

Charles Leclerc wins ahead of Carlos Sainz.

Lewis Hamilton inherits third place and finishes on the podium.

In eleventh place, Mick Schumacher narrowly missed his first points in Formula 1.

Round 57/57: madness in the last round!

The second Red Bull Sergio Perez spins, Lewis Hamilton and the rest of the field passes.

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Round 55/57: Off for the world champion!

Max Verstappen slowly rolls into the pits.

The Red Bull no longer has any power.

Bitter!

Round 54/57:

Verstappen loses second place.

Sainz overtakes.

Round 53/57:

Schumacher must also let Guanyu Zhou pass.

Too bad, the first points for Schumi Junior will have to wait.

Round 51/57:

Leclerc wins the restart, Verstappen is not within striking distance.

Rather, the world champion has to defend himself against Sainz's second Ferrari.

Mick Schumacher had to let Tsunoda past, and Alonso also passed the German.

Mick wasn't in the pits and with worn tires he can't do much about it.

Lap 50/57:

The safety car is still on the track.

The cars should first overtake the lapped drivers.

Round 47/57:

Many drivers take the chance and get fresh tires in the pits.

Mick Schumacher falls by the wayside and is now tenth.

Is that exciting?

The field could be shaken up a bit.

The cars are now driving behind the safety car.

Round 46/57: A car is on fire!

Pierre Gasly drives to the side of the track and quickly gets out of the car.

Help comes immediately and the fire is extinguished.

Gasly was on course for points in eighth place.

The virtual safety car is activated.

Lap 44/57:

Max Verstappen was in the pits again and seems to be having problems back on the track.

The team radio is nervously radioing back and forth.

Round 41/57:

Tsunoda in Alpha Tauri overtakes ex-world champion Fernando Alonso in Alpine-Renault.

The Spaniard is no longer in the points.

Mick Schumacher would like to go there, but the deficit can no longer be made up.

Round 37/57:

Magnussen stays tuned and can overtake Gasly again.

Lap 35/57:

Magnussen loses his position to Gasly after his pit stop.

Round 32/57:

Ferrari only needs 2.5 seconds in the pits.

Leclerc stays ahead of Verstappen.

The Dutchman radioed pissed off to the pits, he was told to drive carefully.

Lap 31/57:

Verstappen pits first again, Leclerc turns off one lap later.

Who stays ahead?

Round 31/57:

Alonso overtakes Mick Schumacher.

But the Spaniard was already in the pits.

Round 28/57:

"The tires are almost dead again," radios Verstappen to the Red Bull box.

Meanwhile, Hamilton gets new tires.

Lap 24/57:

At the top, Leclerc now has three seconds ahead of world champion Verstappen.

The second German Nico Hülkenberg at the other end of the field cannot quite keep up with the pace and is clearly in last place, six seconds behind Ricciardo.

Lap 23/57:

Schumacher's teammate Kevin Magnussen is a strong seventh, the Dane also started the race from that position.

Magnussen has a stable six seconds ahead of his pursuer Gasly.

Round 20/57

: Mick Schumacher is now in 14th place.

Points are possible today.

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: race in Bahrain – amazing duel between Leclerc and Verstappen

Lap 19/57:

Verstappen is late on the brakes again and passes, but cannot stay in front.

The question is whether the Dutchman won't ruin his tires here, it was just really smoking.

Round 18/57: What a duel between Leclerc and Verstappen!

The world champion overtakes again, but has to let the Monegasque go again in the next corner.

It's a constant back and forth!

Lap 17/57:

Verstappen attacks and suddenly overtakes Leclerc at the end of the straight.

Then the Dutchman unpacks the crowbar.

But Leclerc countered with DRS and took the lead again.

This is racing as the rule changes had hoped it would be.

Lap 16/57:

Leclerc comes back on the track after the pit stop just before Verstappen.

The world champion tries everything to overtake with a better tire temperature.

But Leclerc can assert himself.

Round 13/57:

Mick Schumacher is also in the pits and initially falls back to the end of the field.

It remains to be hoped that the Haas team will make the car competitive again.

Round 12/57:

Lewis Hamilton is the first to pit, that was fixed.

The Brit is in P11 but has to let Zhou pass directly.

Round 11/57:

Stroll grabs Mick Schumacher.

The German falls back to 16th place.

Round 9/57: Brakes

at Nico Hulkenberg!

The Emmericher brakes when attempting to overtake Mick Schumacher.

Team colleague Stroll takes advantage of this and overtakes Hülkenberg.

Round 8/57:

Schumacher apparently has problems and falls back to 15th position.

Directly behind the German is Nico Hulkenberg in the Aston Martin.

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Race in Bahrain – Mick Schumacher falls back after Dreher

Round 4/57: Madness!

Mick Schumacher was pushed from behind by Esteban Ocon in tenth place.

The German turns, but drives on again immediately.

Ocon now faces a 10-second penalty.

Round 2/57:

Mick Schumacher has apparently turned, but can continue.

That costs him a few positions and he is now 13th.

START: The 2022 Formula 1 season has begun!

Leclerc and Verstappen duel for the top, but the order remains the same.

Hamilton was able to advance to fourth place.

Sainz is third, Magnussen fifth.

Mick Schumacher has made up two positions and is tenth, so in the points.

Update from March 20th, 4 p.m.:

The drivers go into the lap formation, all the cars have gone away.

Now it's time to bring the tires to the optimum temperature.

Update from March 20, 3:57 p.m .:

Formula 1 will start the new season in a few minutes.

The tension rises.

Is there another duel for the world title between Hamilton and Verstappen?

Or is there a surprise?

The Ferraris with pole setter Leclerc made everyone sit up and take notice.

Mick Schumacher also wants to benefit from the rule changes, which are intended to herald a new era in Formula 1.

Michael Schumacher's son has his first points in sight in his second year in F1.

Schumi Junior starts the race from twelfth place on the grid.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain – Mercedes team boss hopes for improvement

Update from March 20, 3:50 p.m .:

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is not particularly optimistic before the first Formula 1 race of the new season.

"It's actually like a test for us.

Every lap gives a better understanding of the car," said Wolff on Sky.

"We raised the car a bit to avoid bouncing, but of course that comes at the cost of performance."

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain - start at sunset

Update from March 20, 3:45 p.m .:

The Formula 1 race in Bahrain is a twilight race.

The Grand Prix begins at sunset and ends at night.

However, the route is illuminated by 495 floodlight masts.

The strategy of the teams should be particularly interesting.

There is often higher tire degradation in Bahrain because the track surface is one of the roughest of the season.

This is even more true this year with the new cars and bigger tires.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain – Hülkenberg celebrates a comeback

Update from March 20, 3:35 p.m .:

Nico Hülkenberg is celebrating his comeback in Formula 1 today – after a 17-month break.

The Emmerich jumps in at short notice for Sebastian Vettel, who is suffering from Corona.

Despite a lack of test drives with the newly modeled cars, the Hulk put the Aston Martin in 17th place on the grid and took more than two tenths off teammate Lance Stroll - an achievement that cannot be overestimated.

Hülkenberg only made his way to Bahrain on Thursday, before he said goodbye to his daughter, who was only a few months old.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain – Michael Schumacher with the fastest lap

Update from March 20, 3:25 p.m .:

The desert race in Bahrain has been held in Sakhir since 2004, interrupted from 2011 due to political unrest.

Michael Schumacher won the premiere and also drove the fastest race lap at the time, which is still the case today.

Record winner in Bahrain is Lewis Hamilton with five successes, the Briton has recently won three times in a row.

Today, however, the dethroned world champion has to stretch himself in view of starting position five.

By the way: Sebastian Vettel celebrated four victories here, only one more in Singapore.

However, the four-time world champion is missing today due to a corona infection.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain – Mick Schumacher is fighting for the first championship points

Update from March 20, 3:15 p.m .:

The new season in Formula 1 starts in less than an hour with the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Mick Schumacher finally wants the first points in his second year.

The son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will start the race from position 12 - the best result of his career.

Schumi Junior was annoyed about "a few mistakes", because there could have been a lot more.

“We had a car that could definitely make it into Q3.

So it's a shame I didn't make it.

But luckily I still have 22 more attempts," said Schumacher on Sky.

Something about the car "simply didn't fit." His new teammate Kevin Magnussen ended up in P7.

But Schumacher has not lost sight of the first points.

"I think that's possible at the moment.

If we have a good strategy, we should get into a real position where we can do it," said Schumacher.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: race in Bahrain - trouble with Mick Schumacher despite top starting position

Preliminary report:

Sakhir - Formula 1* starts the new season.

It starts on Sunday (4 p.m.) with the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The race in the desert state is also intended to herald a new era in the premier class of motorsport.

Changes to the rules, especially with regard to the aerodynamics of the cars, should make overtaking easier and bring the field of drivers closer together overall.

Formula 1 in the live ticker today: Surprise in qualifying – Ferrari ahead of Mercedes

The eagerly awaited first qualifying already provided a foretaste of this idea.

Lo and behold: the dominator of recent years, Mercedes, has to be content with the third row of the grid for the time being.

Lewis Hamilton only puts the Silver Arrow in fifth place.

His new teammate George Russell was only ninth.

"The boys in front of us are in a league of their own," said record world champion Hamilton.

Charles Leclerc grabbed pole position in the Ferrari, his teammate Carlos Sainz is third.

"It's a great reward for the team.

It's good for us, for the Tifosi and maybe for Formula 1 as a whole," said Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto.

"It's a boost for the rest of the season." World champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is second, team-mate Sergio Perez fourth.

Formula 1: Mick Schumacher struggles despite the best starting position in his career.

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Formula 1 today in the live ticker: Mick Schumacher gets the best starting position of his career

It is the tenth career pole for Leclerc, he also got his first in Bahrain in 2019.

Maybe the Monegasse with the powerful Ferrari engine can even get his third Formula 1 victory.

Mick Schumacher also has a Ferrari engine in his racing car.

In his second Formula 1 season, the 22-year-old is not driving the red goddess like his father Michael Schumacher once did, but in an improved Haas.

Mick Schumacher

His new teammate Kevin Magnussen even surprised with seventh place.

"I think it will be an exciting year for us," said Haas team boss Günther Steiner.

Formula 1 in the live ticker today: Vettel is out with Corona - Hülkenberg takes over

Sebastian Vettel is out with a corona infection.

Nico Hülkenberg makes his comeback for the Heppenheimer.

In 17th place, the Rhinelander even left his Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll behind in qualifying.

"Of course we're not satisfied with 17th place, but personally I'm happy," said Hulkenberg, who last drove a Formula 1 car 17 months ago.

He was able to "put in a few clean laps without making any mistakes", although he had little experience.

"I'll enjoy every lap in the car." Follow the Formula 1 opener in Bahrain here in the live ticker.