The Australian’s win within the second F1 race previously three rounds catapults him to second within the drivers’ standings.
Oscar Piastri gained his second Components One race of the season, using the pole place right into a victory within the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Along with his fourth profession victory, Piastri moved into second place within the driver standings, three factors behind his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris.
“That must be one hell of a celebration tonight. Mega weekend everybody. That was fairly rattling enjoyable,” Piastri mentioned on Sunday after marking his fiftieth begin in good model.
Piastri constructed his lead all through the race and gained by a dominant 15.5 seconds, leaving the jockeying for place to these behind him.
Amongst these preventing for the rostrum was George Russell of Mercedes, who rode smooth tyres for twenty-four laps on the finish of the race and needed to struggle points together with his gearbox and DRS system however had sufficient to struggle off Norris for second place by lower than a second.
Norris, who began sixth, gained a spot on the rostrum regardless of being penalised 5 seconds for being out of place in his grid field.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton completed fourth and fifth, respectively. For Hamilton, the seven-time world champion, it was his greatest end with Ferrari, which he joined this season.
Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen, the four-time defending F1 champion, completed sixth after encountering troubles at each of his pit stops. Pierre Gasly was seventh and scored the primary factors of the season for Alpine.
For Piastri, the Bahrain Grand Prix marked the fiftieth race begin of his F1 profession. He’s the primary multiple-race winner of the 2025 season after taking the race victory on the Chinese language Grand Prix on March 23.
