Charles Leclerc converted his P1 to victory in qualifying and his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. overtook Verstappen in the later stages of the race.
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Ferrari announced its return to F1’s top field after a two-year hiatus, with Leclerc converting his pole position into an unparalleled race victory, including the fastest lap of the race. His teammate Sainz also caught up to P2 when Verstappen suffered problems with his engine and steering wheel, following a late safety car restart that eventually led to the retirement of the world champion. This meant that for the first time in two years Ferrari had won; A margin of more than 40 races when Vettel won ahead of Leclerc, with his last race win in Singapore in 2019. Leclerc now leads the world championship and leads the Ferrari constructors.
For Red Bull, the race turned into a nightmare as Sergio Pérez’s second Red Bull also suffered engine reliability issues, resulting in his car spinning and retiring in the final stages of the race, which led to Lewis Hamilton and George Handed an unexpected P3 and P4 to Russell. , While Mercedes did well with the damage limit, it was speculated that the Silver Arrows lacked a great race pace for Ferrari and Red Bull that could be as large as per second.
Leclerc led all the laps of the race and also managed the fastest lap
When technical directives were issued by the FIA in 2019, they were directed primarily at fuel flow regulations targeting Ferrari, which displayed terrible straight-line speeds. In the wake of the rules, all Ferrari-powered teams lost performance, which made the Haas and Alfa Romeo teams even worse as the teams were battling at the end of the grid for the past two seasons. The new Ferrari engine appears to be very reliable and incredibly powerful. Kevin Magnussen, who returned for Haas, managed an unexpected P5. Valtteri Bottas managed P6 in his first race for Alfa Romeo, while his rookie teammate Guanyue Zhou managed P10. There were 5 Ferrari powered cars in the top 10. And in the second Haas Mick Schumacher was P11 just outside the mark.
Magnussen manages P5 after unexpectedly returning to F1
For Red Bull, it was a disaster because, in addition to the late retirement of its main team, Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri was the first car to be retired in the race on lap 47, when his car lost power and caught fire, causing a fire. The security car started. Among the other AlphaTauri in P8 Tsunoda was the only saving grace for the Red Bull powertrain which made his debut as an engine manufacturer in this race. This is a branding change as the engine was developed and is maintained by Honda after leaving F1 at the end of last season. For Alpine, it was also a good race as Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso managed P7 and P9 and its new engine held its own against rivals.
Lance Stroll came P12 at Aston Martin followed by Alex Albon at Williams. The McLaren duo of Ricciardo and Norris ended their grueling weekend with a terrific P14 and P15. Nicolas Latifi (Williams) managed P16, while Nico Hulkenberg, who was recruited to replace COVID19 victim Sebastian Vettel, managed P17 and was one of the last finishing cars on the grid, scored by Lawrence Stroll. Aston Martin is underperforming given the investment made. Team.
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:35.673
2 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +5.598s
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +9.675s
4 George Russell Mercedes +11.211s
5 Kevin Magnussen Haas +14.754s
6 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Racing +16.119s
7 Esteban Ocon Alpine +19.423s
8 Yuki Tsunoda Alphatauri +20.386s
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine +22.390s
10 Guanyue Zhou Alfa Romeo Racing +23.064s
11 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +45.873S
12 Mick Schumacher Haas +32.574s
13 Alex Albon Williams +53.932s
14 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +54.975s
15 Lando Norris McLaren +56.335s
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams +61.795s
17 Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin +63.829s
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Sergio Perez Red Bull Engine
Max Verstappen Red Bull
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Fire
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