2024-03-03 03:58:38
The 2024 F1 Round 1 Bahrain Grand Prix was a noteworthy race for a variety of reasons. One of them, of course, was Max Verstappen’s commanding performance at Red Bull. However, what is even more noteworthy is that for the first time in F1 history, all the cars that started the opening race took the checkered flag. Saturday’s race at the Bahrain International Circuit produced some interesting numbers.
■ Red Bull Racing started their 20th season in F1 with their 114th victory, tying them with Williams for fourth place on the all-time list. ■ Verstappen has won eight consecutive races since last year. ■ Verstappen has now recorded two of his longest four-race win streaks in history (10 races, 8 races) in the past 10 months. ■ Verstappen completed his fifth career Grand Slam this weekend, tying Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher’s total and third place on the all-time list behind Lewis Hamilton (six) and Jim Clark (eight). It became. ■ Verstappen became the first driver since Michael Schumacher in 2004 to complete a Grand Slam in the opening race of a season. McLaren’s 2024 season started off well with two cars scoring points. ■ Verstappen has finished in the points for 42 consecutive races (second longest streak in history following Hamilton’s 48 races). ■ Red Bull achieved a one-two finish in the opening race for the second consecutive year (Verstappen beat Sergio Perez by 11.987 seconds in 2023). ■ Perez’s second place today was his best finish since the 2023 Italian Grand Prix nine races ago. ■ Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz’s 3rd place podium was his fourth podium finish since the start of 2023. ■ Charles Leclerc, in his second Ferrari, finished fourth and scored 12 points. In 2023, he might only score 6 points in the opening three races combined. ■George Russell finished 5th and Lewis Hamilton 7th, giving Mercedes the same result as in Bahrain in 2023, but with a new driver. ■ Lando Norris finished 6th and Oscar Piastri 8th, marking McLaren’s first place in the season opener since 2021. A rare but unwelcome honor for Logan Sargent – he finishes the race, but is lapped by 19 cars. ■ Piastri earned the same points in this race as he did in the first five races of 2023. ■ Hamilton’s seventh place was his worst result in Bahrain since the hybrid era began in 2014. ■ Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was 9th. He finished on the podium in the opening three races last year. With his teammate Lance Stroll in 10th place, Aston Martin secured points with both cars in Bahrain for the second year in a row. ■ Haas’ Kevin Magnussen finished 12th, his best result since scoring points at the Singapore Grand Prix eight races ago. ■ For the first time in F1 history, no retirements occurred in the opening race of the season.
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