Verstappen wins dramatic Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Verstappen led home the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli.
Max Verstappen has taken his and Red Bull’s first win of the year with a dominant drive in a dramatic Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia that started amid chaotic and unprecedented scenes.
Verstappen led home the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli, who took a giant leap towards his first world title when team-mate George Russell retired from third place with a power unit failure with five laps to go.
Lewis Hamilton drove an extraordinary race after dropping towards the back with an incorrect tyre choice for a wet start to fight back to pass Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar for third place with three laps to go.
All that came after a delay of an hour and a half caused initially by heavy rain and then by a series of bizarre technical problems that left several cars crawling as they completed formation laps on the wet track behind the safety car.
Antonelli now leads Russell by 84 points with six races remaining.