MANAMA : Max Verstappen has yet to win a Formula One season-opener or the Bahrain Grand Prix but Red Bull's double world champion can tick both boxes at Sakhir on Sunday and start where he left off last year. The Dutch 25-year-old won 15 races in 2022 including the final one in Abu Dhabi and showed in test
MANAMA : Max Verstappen has yet to win a Formula One season-opener or the Bahrain Grand Prix but Red Bull's double world champion can tick both boxes at Sakhir on Sunday and start where he left off last year.
In 2021 he led all three practice sessions and started on pole position - only to end up second to Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after having to hand back the lead late on for exceeding track limits. "He's been in a great place for the last few years now and I think he's at a stage in his career now where his confidence is obviously very high, he's got that experience and he just gets in and turns it on," said team boss Christian Horner.Charles Leclerc won in Bahrain last year in a Ferrari one-two from pole position with Carlos Sainz, and with fastest lap thrown in. Repeating the feat would be the perfect start for new team boss Fred Vasseur.
"We've got to go in with a bit of an open mind," said George Russell, who took the team's sole win last year while seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton - a five-times winner in Bahrain - drew a blank for the first time in his career.The evidence from testing suggests Aston Martin could be challenging for the podium although they have yet to say who will be partnering new recruit and double world champion Fernando Alonso.
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