Vettel wins the Bahrain Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel took control of the race from start to finished and managed to win the Bahrain Grand Prix and secure his 49th victory in this 200th Grand Prix start. Lewis Hamilton had to fight from 9th place on the grid to complete the podium together with teammate Valtteri Bottas.

The two Red Bulls had such a disappointing day as both cars had to retire with Max Verstappen picking up a puncture whilst Daniel Ricciardo had to face a car failure. -Lewis Hamilton had to start from 9th at grid due to a 5-place penalty.

Disaster struck for Kimi Raikkonen as his car hit one of the mechanics as he pulled away from the pits. The mechanic suffered shinbone and fibula fractures and because this was Raikkonen’s second incident, he was ultimately stopped from racing.

Here are the race results:

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	57	1:32:01.940	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	57	+0.699s	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	57	+6.512s	15
4	10	Pierre Gasly	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	57	+62.234s	12
5	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	57	+75.046s	10
6	27	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	57	+99.024s	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	MCLAREN RENAULT	56	+1 lap	6
8	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	MCLAREN RENAULT	56	+1 lap	4
9	9	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	56	+1 lap	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	56	+1 lap	1
11	55	Carlos Sainz	RENAULT	56	+1 lap	0
12	16	Charles Leclerc	SAUBER FERRARI	56	+1 lap	0
13	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	56	+1 lap	0
14	18	Lance Stroll	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	56	+1 lap	0
15	35	Sergey Sirotkin	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	56	+1 lap	0
16	11	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	56	+1 lap	0
17	28	Brendon Hartley	SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA	56	+1 lap	0
NC	7	Kimi Räikkönen	FERRARI	35	DNF	0
NC	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	3	DNF	0
NC	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	1	DNF	0