Nico Rosberg continued his winning streak. Won the three final stages of last season (in Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi), this year he won two races (Australia and Bahrain). What will be next?
It's no secret that the «Formula 1» commands, as in any other form of motor sport, there is a division between the first and second numbers. At times the rated, and sometimes not even recognized, but that does not cease to be the norm.
At the Grand Prix of Bahrain «second» defeated the «first» — Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the first place, as the representative of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was second. The leader of the German team's Lewis Hamilton was third — for it is tantamount to defeat. A Ferrari engine quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel has exploded in the lap...
The qualifying heats, to everyone's regret, held in the same format as in Australia. In the interval between the first and the second stage the team was unable to reach agreement on the issue of changes in the new format qualifying and before the audience in Bahrain again appeared indigestible spectacle that ended with the same result.
The first row of the grid staked out a current world champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. On the second row were two Ferrari, followed by Red Bull Daniel Riccardo, and further — the two Williams. However, this state of affairs remained only until the first turn distance.
On lap Ferrari owner of the third starting position Sebastian Vettel puffed, then slow down and pull over. In this race for the German ended before it began. The reason for the vanishing Seb has not yet been announced, but the trend is alarming: in Australia caught fire engine car Raikkonen, now it is the turn of Vettel. But that was only the beginning.
Even before the start — after the warm-up lap — he returned to the pits Jolyon Palmer. His Renault and has not returned to the track...
Nico Rosberg responded to the starting extinguished lights better than his colleagues at Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, but it turned out to be the most expeditious Williams drivers — and this has become a problem for all of the same British!
Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa «with shoes» and ahead of Kimi before the first corner Hamilton caught. And then Bottas rushed to the attack on Lewis. The result is not the most intelligent maneuver was a collision Finn, the British and joined them Daniel Riccardo.
From the first turn left Rosberg leader after him — Weight, Bottas, Riccardo, Raikkonen, Grosjean and Hamilton was only seventh. However, on this adventure in the first round did not end there.
Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz faced as a result of which both went into the pits — Mexican with a broken wing, and the Spaniard with a puncture wheels.
Actually, that's all «acute» events on the track and over. Viewers and fans had to watch the breakthroughs Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and — most importantly — Daniil Kvyat. As a result, the Finn quickly moved into second and third place on the British, and the position they maintained until the finish. A fight they failed to lead Rosberg and the German won a second victory of the season.
Kvyat after the first wave of pit stops was in 14th place, and then began his ascent to the top. One by one ufimets left behind Kevin Magnussen, Pascal Verlyayna, Felipe Nasr, Valtteri Bottas, debutant F1 Stoffel Vandoorne and Daniel on the last lap ahead of Felipe Massa. The result — an excellent seventh place for the fifteenth launched only Russian racer Red Bull Racing.
And whom Kvyat did not have time to get ahead? In addition to the top three winners — Rosberg, Raikkonen and Hamilton — Daniel finished ahead of three pilots.
In fourth place I finished the race his teammate Red Bull Racing team, Daniel Riccardo. Excellent fifth place on the account of Romain Grosjean — pilot debuted in the Australian team Haas F1 is that gaining points in all stages, in which took part a new team. A sixth finished Max Verstappen — Dutch success is hardly surprising someone.
Following Kvyat finished race two pilots Williams — Felipe Massa finished eighth and suffered punishment as a form of travel through the pit lane for a collision with Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas finished ninth Grand Prix of Bahrain.
And finally, the last point won newcomer «Formula 1» Stoffel Vandoorne — Belgian replaced at McLaren by physicians not authorized to start in Bahrain, Fernando Alonso.
List of those out in the second stage the riders eventually consisted of five names. In addition to Sebastian Vettel and Jolyon Palmer, who left the race on lap before the finish line is not reached Jenson Button, Esteban Gutierrez and Carlos Sainz Jr.
The third phase of «Formula-1» will be held April 17 in China.
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