Max Verstappen cruised to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix, stamping his authority on the season in the opening race.
After winning his second consecutive world championship in October 2022 with four races to spare and setting a record for the most race wins in a season, Verstappen began this weekend as the outright favorite. And the Dutchman justified that tag in emphatic style, leading from start to finish as he won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the first time in his career.
Also a big thank you to the team, what they’ve done over the winter to give us such a quick race car again.” From his first acceleration, Verstappen started streaking away from the rest of the field, while Leclerc outmaneuvered Perez to move into second and split the two Red Bull cars. After just 10 laps, Verstappen had already amassed a sizable advantage, which only continued to grow through the first wave of pit stops.
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