George Russell placed on a dominant efficiency however some horrible luck was so as which handed the race win to Sergio Perez, his and Racing Point’s first in Formula 1.
View PhotosPerez received the dramatic race after being handed the lead because of a botched pitstop by Mercedes
The race within the outer circuit at Sakhir was Mercedes to lose, and that is precisely what occurred. After, overtaking Valtteri Bottas firstly of the race, George Russell placed on a dominant efficiency pulling forward of his extra skilled teammate temping for the seven-time world champion. But some horrible luck was so as which handed the race win to Sergio Perez, his and Racing Point’s first win within the sport.
Perez who crashed with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the primary lap, which resulted in him dropping to P20 and the 2 retiring got here roaring again to win his first race in his 10-year lengthy profession. He additionally turns into the primary Mexican in 50 years to win in F1. This was additionally the Racing Point crew’s first race win.
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Russell lead a lot of the race until a botched pitstop and puncture ruined his race
Perez was joined with Esteban Ocon who got here in at a career-best P2 for the Renault alongside Lance Stroll within the different Racing Point automobile in P3. Carlos Sainz Jr got here P4 within the McLaren, whereas Daniel Ricciardo got here P5 within the different Renault. Alex Albon got here P6 within the lone Red Bull, adopted by Daniil Kvyat within the AlphaTauri.
But the actual turning level of the race got here when Nicholas Latifi retired within the Williams which triggered a security automobile. During that interval Mercedes determined to double stack Russell and Bottas for the pitstop who have been main at P1 and P2 – however that pitstop was a catastrophe. On Russell’s automobile, they put the incorrect tyres whereas on Bottas a mix-up induced them to place again the outdated tyres which made him uncompetitive and a sitting duck for different vehicles to move him.
This win may result in Perez getting a set for Red Bull in 2021
Unfortunately for Russell, he was pressured to pit once more and dropped to P5, however began to make floor once more and shortly marched to P2, however a puncture pressured him to pit once more which dropped him all the way down to P15. Russell nonetheless raced to complete in a career-best P9 together with the quickest lap of the race, one place behind Bottas who managed P8.
Lando Norris within the different McLaren topped up the factors in P10, adopted by Pierre Gasly within the AlphaTauri in P11. Antonio Giovinazzi completed at P12 within the Alfa Romeo forward of Sebastian Vettel within the Ferrari who simply managed P13 in his penultimate race with the prancing horse. His former teammate Kimi Raikkonen completed P14 within the second Alfa Romeo, adopted by Kevin Magnussen within the Haas in P15, with debutants Jack Aitken within the Williams and Pietro Fittipaldi within the Haas coming P16 and P17.
Verstappen, Leclerc and Latifi did not end the race.
Result
1 Sergio Perez Racing Point
2 Esteban Ocon Renault +10.546s
3 Lance Stroll Racing Point +11.869s
4 Carlos Sainz McLaren +12.580s
5 Daniel Ricciardo Renault +13.330s
6 Alex Albon Red Bull +13.842s
7 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri +14.534s
8 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +15.389s
9 George Russell Mercedes +18.556s
10 Lando Norris McLaren +19.541s
11 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +20.527s
12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing +24.111s
13 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +22.611s
14 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing +26.153s
15 Kevin Magnussen1 Haas +32.370s
16 Jack Aitken Williams +33.674s
17 Pietro Fittipaldi Haas +36.858s
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