Oscar Plastri are McLaren won the Bahrain Grand Prix George Russell are Mercedes and teammate Lando Norris To complete a podium without Ferrari. Charles Leclerc fourth, followed by Lewis Hamilton fifth. The Australian pilot, already winner in China this season, has conquered his fourth career victory dominating the weekend: pole position and race conducted from start to finish.
Flatri: “Fantastic victory”
“It is a great result, an incredible weekend started with the qualifications of yesterday. Today it was fantastic to complete the work with a victory. I am happy, I will never be able to thank the team enough. This has never been a gentle track with us and it is nice to have obtained the first victory for the team. Festa, it was a great weekend for everyone, “said Plastri after success.
Ferrari strategy
The Mercedes They were very aggressive, even a little surprise. The Safety Car came out just when they were faster. “If the pace had remained like this, we could have lengthened a little more and then mount the soft. Mount them at 23 laps from the term was really bold. I don’t know if ours was an aggressive strategy, when there is an accident of that type it is the episodes that are decisive. If the degradation is not so big you can choose the soft at the end”, he explained Frederic VasseurTeam Principal of Ferrari.
Vasseur: “Hamilton made a good comeback”
“I don’t know if it is the best that we could do – Vasseur highlighted – we decided to stretch the first Stint to get the freshest tires later, but then the safety car prevented us from having this advantage. The McLaren It is a step forward, at the second Stint we were there but on the average rubber they have at least two or three more tenths. At the moment we are in the group with Red Bull e Mercedes. I understand the frustration of Hamilton Because from free 1 to Q2 he did an excellent job. Starting from the ninth place is a handicap, but has made a good comeback “.
Leclerc: “today a mile possible result”
“The strategy was the one we wanted to do from the beginning. I had a different vision of the race, the right thing was to do two stops because with the soft we did not do what Russell did. For us today it was the best possible result. I found myself quite well until I found myself behind George, I suffered the overheating of the tires. I hope I can fight for the podium. It is really disappointing when you have done everything. still enough, “he concluded Charles Leclerc.