China News Service, March 6th. According to the F1 World Championship news, in the early morning of March 6th, Beijing time, the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening match of the 2023 season, ended at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Verstappen led most of the races to get off to a comfortable start to the season.
Perez also played steadily and got second.
In addition, Alonso won the third place, representing the first race of Aston Martin on the podium.
This is also the 99th F1 podium of his career.
Previously, in qualifying on Saturday, Verstappen successfully won the first pole position of the 2023 season with his outstanding performance.
Another Red Bull driver, Perez, occupied the second place, and the Red Bull Racing Team took over the front row of the grid.
In order to save a set of new soft tires for the main race, Leclerc only hit one lap in Q3, and he and his teammate Sainz ranked third and fourth.
The sudden emergence of Aston Martin has attracted much attention.
Alonso ranked fifth, and Stoll, who has not yet fully recovered from an arm injury, also won eighth.
Hulkenberg, who returned to F1 this year, won tenth for Haas in the first qualifying session.
The three rookies of Sargent, Piastri and De Vries ranked 16th, 18th and 19th respectively.
In this competition, in the end, Verstappen almost took the lead and won the first championship of the 2023 season.
Perez also performed well, finishing second.
Alonso won the third place and stood on the podium again after Qatar in 2021.
Sainz was fourth and Hamilton fifth.
The sixth to tenth drivers are Stoll, Russell, Bottas, Gasly and Albon.
Zhou Guanyu set the fastest lap at the last moment, but will not get points because he failed to rank in the top ten.
In the post-race interview, Alonso said: "It is a great thing to be on the podium in the first race of the year. It is really unbelievable to have the second best car on the track."