Bianchi Achieves Back-to-Back Wins Against Vettel

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	73	Daniel Melrose		1:31.955
2	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:32.045
3	27	Jules Bianchi		1:32.077
4	47	Lando Norris		1:32.202
5	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:32.233
6	99	Mike Rockenfeller		1:32.332
7	96	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:32.621
8	55	Santiago Urrutia		1:32.631
9	7	Charles Leclerc		1:32.859
10	64	Dave Cassidy		1:32.518*
11	11	James James Davies		1:33.170
12	1	Pastor Maldonado		1:33.175
13	33	Salvatore Miccoli		1:33.314
14	35	Sergey Sirotkin		1:33.418
15	57	Dean Stoneman		1:33.650
16	22	Kazuki Nakajima		1:33.793
17	19	Jordan Davies		1:33.871
18	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:34.278
19	6	Artem Markelov		1:34.285
20	10	Pierre Gasly		1:34.495
21	14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1:34.612
22	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:34.660
23	98	Bradley Dagnall		1:34.294*
24	23	Alexander Albon		1:34.694

Report:

The 27th running of the Bahrain Grand Prix proved a thrilling race, where everything hinged on the slimmest of margins and minor decisions proved to have huge consequences, in short: a dream for every passionate fan of the sport.

Daniel Melrose scored consecutive poles and while he was not a factor when it came down to deciding the winner, he had a fun battle for third against Lando Norris, where he came up short, ending the race in fourth position. His fourth place and the ninth for Ármannsson made 2019’s trouble for now a distant memory for both teams.

The victory was decided, as it has been so often ever since 2018, between Caterham-Judd and Precision-Mercedes. This time around, the Düsseldorf-based team had the edge, as Bianchi always managed to keep the lead at around 2-3 seconds.

Behind them, a lot of overtaking was going on, the quick acceleration of the hydrogen fuel cells allowing for many beautiful slipstream moves. These helped Torrente and Cassidy, who both started way further back than they hoped, to slice through the competition to achieve some dazzling results and helping their championship rank.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	27	Jules Bianchi		56:15.364	15
2	18	Sebastian Vettel		+2.282	12
3	47	Lando Norris		+13.115	10
4	73	Daniel Melrose		+15.686	8
5	96	Diego Álvarez Torrente		+25.767	6
6	64	Dave Cassidy		+33.440	5
7	35	Sergey Sirotkin		+42.229	4
8	33	Salvatore Miccoli		+51.368	3
9	56	Einar Ármannsson		+59.503	2
10	11	James James Davies		+71.318	1
11	6	Artem Markelov		+72.950	0
12	94	Pascal Wehrlein		+77.178	0
13	22	Kazuki Nakajima		+80.013	0
14	14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		+84.573	0
15	19	Jordan Davies		+94.087	0
16	1	Pastor Maldonado		Transmission	0
17	98	Bradley Dagnall		1 Lap	0
18	10	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
DNF	23	Alexander Albon		Accident	0
DNF	7	Charles Leclerc		Motor	0
DNF	55	Santiago Urrutia		Transmission	0
DNF	57	Dean Stoneman		Accident	0
DNF	99	Mike Rockenfeller		Accident	0
DNF	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer		Loose Wheel	0

Fastest Lap:

Sebastian Vettel – 1:34.641

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Einar Ármannsson – got back-to-back P9s, this time even without major chaos.

Reject Of The Race:

Mike Rockenfeller – his race-ending mistake was that of a man half his age.