Alexander Albon Takes Ferrari’s First Victory in Bahrain Since 2013

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Diff.
1	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:37.943	1:37.557
2	57	Dean Stoneman		1:37.863	1:37.859	+0.302
3	1	Artem Markelov		1:38.708	1:38.523	+0.966
4	37	Victoria Desai		1:38.598	1:38.710	+1.041
5	23	Alexander Albon		1:38.680	1:38.834	+1.123
6	39	Sho Tsuboi		1:38.916	1:38.709	+1.152
7	33	Max Verstappen		1:39.059	1:38.714	+1.157
8	29	Roger Ibe		1:38.751	1:39.688	+1.194
9	20	Kevin Magnussen		1:38.958	1:38.836	+1.279
10	77	Valtteri Bottas		1:38.994	1:38.876	+1.319
11	70	Sérgio Sette Câmara		1:39.278	1:38.995	+1.438
12	47	Lando Norris		1:39.443	1:39.107	+1.550
13	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:39.135	1:39.648	+1.578
14	26	Robert Shwartzman		1:39.329	1:39.302	+1.745
15	11	Terry Hawkin		1:40.807	1:40.793	+3.236
16	31	Esteban Ocon		1:41.256	1:41.150	+3.593
17	23	Jules Bianchi		1:41.628	1:41.459	+3.902
19	4	Robin Frijns		1:41.829	1:41.622	+4.065
18	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		1:41.750	1:41.624	+4.067
20	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:41.840	1:41.652	+4.095
21	95	Beitske Visser		1:42.188	1:42.039	+4.482
22	7	Charles Leclerc		1:43.294	1:43.112	+5.555
23	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1:43.503	1:44.056	+5.946
24	84	Jack Aitken		1:44.405	1:44.433	+6.848

Report:

The main story going away from the Bahrain Grand Prix will be the relationship between the Ferrari teammates. Despite a 1-2 finish, the team’s first win in Bahrain for almost a decade, a first-lap incident between the two was what was on everyone’s lips.

Alexander Albon will not really care, he becomes the first driver this season to win multiple Grands Prix and takes the championship lead to Limassol. Victoria Desai in second took her second second place in a row, so all in all she could be happy with events as well.

The Ferrari-powered teams were mostly unstoppable, but the Ferrari-build gearboxes for Williams broke down, preventing a theoretical 1-2-3-4-5-6 finish for cars with Ferrari motors. Sebastian Vettel was left to secure fifth place, the best he could have hoped for.

A team clearly struggling was Precision, they were out of contention for points even before the first half dozen of laps were ran. BR Mansell once more did not get the scores they want, Markelov suffering a technical issue and Tsuboi losing one point with a late error.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	23	Alexander Albon		60:53.581	15
2	37	Victoria Desai		+2.541	12
3	29	Roger Ibe		+11.361	10
4	33	Max Verstappen		+17.567	8
5	18	Sebastian Vettel		+28.337	6
6	47	Lando Norris		+33.300	5
7	20	Kevin Magnussen		+61.890	4
8	11	Terry Hawkin		+80.961	3
9	39	Sho Tsuboi		+92.068	2
10	14	Esteban Ocon		+96.426	1
11	23	Jules Bianchi		1 Lap
12	95	Beitske Visser		1 Lap
13	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1 Lap
14	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1 Lap
15	57	Dean Stoneman		1 Lap
16	85	Jack Aitken		2 Laps
17	4	Robin Frijns		3 Laps
18	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		4 Laps
19	70	Sérgio Sette Câmara		Transmission
DNF	1	Artem Markelov		Oil Leak
DNF	7	Charles Leclerc		Oil Leak
DNF	56	Einar Ármannsson		Motor
DNF	26	Robert Shwartzman		Transmission
DNF	77	Valtteri Bottas		Transmission

Fastest Lap:

Victoria Desai – 1:41.873

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Beitske Visser – the young lady proves her immense talent in the Loonmotor.

Reject Of The Race:

Lando Norris – random accident right as the race ends is not what he needs to recover from his previous race-altering mistakes.