George Russell finishes second; Lando Norris thirdFerrari’s Leclerc and Hamilton take fourth and fifth
Flawless was the assessment of Oscar Piastri’s race engineer after the Australian delivered an absolutely consummate victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Calm and controlled throughout, this was a champion’s drive from Piastri that has made it abundantly clear he is in contention to return said championship this season.
The former Olympic rowing silver medallist Tom Stallard is Piastri’s engineer but unflappable, almost preternaturally composed, Piastri barely needed so much as a gentle nudge from him all race, such was the ease with which he drove from pole to flag to take McLaren’s first victory at the Sakhir circuit.
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