Charles Leclerc of Ferrari won the Formula One season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday after reigning champion Max Verstappen was forced out with engine trouble with just two laps remaining.
LET’S GOOOOO!!!! First win of the season ❤️
So incredibly proud of the whole team for the incredible work produced to get us back to this level. It is only the beginning, it’s now time to work harder than ever to stay there 👊 @ScuderiaFerrari pic.twitter.com/OcXcoX54KN— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) March 20, 2022
Carlos Sainz made it a Ferrari one-two while Lewis Hamilton snatched third place for Mercedes after Sergio Perez added to Red Bull´s disastrous day by spinning out of the race on the last lap.
“That’s exactly how we should start the season. One-two baby, one-two. Mamma mia,” Leclerc said on the team radio.
🇧🇭Ferrari is back! Congrats everyone! This 1-2 is the perfect reward for the endless job done to recover and we share our joy with every Tifosi. I didn’t feel at home in the car this weekend, but we go again next week. Congrats to Charles. Forza Ferrari!
👉https://t.co/5iKVrp224X pic.twitter.com/hmI0a5z2ir— Carlos Sainz (@Carlossainz55) March 20, 2022
Once the race trophy was in his hands, Leclerc said: “I’m so happy. We knew this was a big opportunity for the team and the guys have done an incredible job building into amazing car.
“A one-two today with Carlos – we couldn’t hope for better. It’s incredible to be back at the top.”
“A big, big congratulations to Ferrari, it’s so good to see them doing well again,” said Hamilton.
“It was such a difficult race – we’ve struggled throughout practice and this was the best result we could hope for. We’re grateful for these points.” Credible to be back at the top.”
Great start to the season. We gave it our all and ended up with the best result we could have. Well done to the Ferraris, great to see them share the podium. Big week of work ahead but I know we got this pic.twitter.com/p3HXaIR1XF
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) March 20, 2022
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Did anyone predict these top 10s before the race on Sunday? 🤯#BahrainGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/bWQbDvAXGx
— Formula 1 (@F1) March 21, 2022
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