Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position, leading almost the entire race as he opened the defense of his back-to-back F1 titles.
It was Verstappen's 36th career win but the Dutchman's first at the flood-lit Sakhir circuit, where he retired just laps from the end in last year's opening race.
This time it was Charles Leclerc, after winning last year, who retired on Lap 41 of 57 when his“No, no, no, no," pleaded Leclerc over his radio as his car slowed to a stop. Ferrari had changed an engine
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