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Vettel takes 1st at Bahrain Grand Prix

In a tit for tat competition between Hamilton and Vettel, this time around at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Vettel emerged victoriously assisted by a 5-second penalty which Hamilton had to face. Bottas, who started first on the grid, came in third whilst the 2nd Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen, finished 4th.

Max Verstappen who had a hell of a race in China met with an unfortunate brake failure and crashed into the barrier after turn 4 of the race.

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Vettel managed to take the lead after the safety car was deployed on lap 13 when Carlos Sainz’s Toro Rosso crashed into Williams driver Lance Stroll. The crash triggered a flurry of activity at the pitstops which then allowed for the Ferrari to take the lead.

Hamilton was awarded the 5-second penalty when he tried to block Ricciardo at the pit entrance by slowing down because he knew he had to wait behind Bottas.

With the victory early this morning, it seems to be a close head-to-head between Ferrari and Mercedes this season.

Here are the full results from the race.

POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
1 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 57 1:33:53.374 25
2 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 57 +6.660s 18
3 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 57 +20.397s 15
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 57 +22.475s 12
5 3 Daniel Ricciardo RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 57 +39.346s 10
6 19 Felipe Massa WILLIAMS MERCEDES 57 +54.326s 8
7 11 Sergio Perez FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 57 +62.606s 6
8 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS FERRARI 57 +74.865s 4
9 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 57 +80.188s 2
10 31 Esteban Ocon FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 57 +95.711s 1
11 94 Pascal Wehrlein SAUBER FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
12 26 Daniil Kvyat TORO ROSSO 56 +1 lap 0
13 30 Jolyon Palmer RENAULT 56 +1 lap 0
14 14 Fernando Alonso MCLAREN HONDA 54 DNF 0
NC 9 Marcus Ericsson SAUBER FERRARI 50 DNF 0
NC 55 Carlos Sainz TORO ROSSO 12 DNF 0
NC 18 Lance Stroll WILLIAMS MERCEDES 12 DNF 0
NC 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 11 DNF 0
NC 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 8 DNF 0
NC 2 Stoffel Vandoorne MCLAREN HONDA 0 DNS 0