Max Verstappen wins rain-delayed Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia

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Max Verstappen won the rain-hit Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, taking his and Red Bull's first victory of the year after a dominant drive in a race delayed by one hour and 33 minutes. Heavy rain and then a string of technical problems during wet formation laps forced the long delay and left the FIA deciding starting order. Mercedes's Kimi Antonelli finished second, gaining a massive championship advantage when team-mate George Russell retired with a power unit failure five laps from the end; Antonelli now leads Russell by 84 points with six or seven races remaining. Lewis Hamilton recovered from an early tyre-choice error on slicks at the wet start to pass Red Bull's Isack Hadjar for third with three laps to go. Verstappen repassed Russell on lap six, pitted for slicks under a safety car after Valtteri Bottas spun on lap nine, and passed Antonelli at Turn Four when the race resumed four laps later. A late safety car for Alex Albon produced a four-lap dash to the flag, but Verstappen remained unchallenged; Russell stopped before Turn One with five laps to go, and Lando Norris briefly ran through gravel avoiding Russell's stranded car. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso finished immediately ahead of Norris to score points for the team for only their third time this season.

Formula 1

@f1tv.bsky.social

MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX IN MALAYSIA 🏁🏆🎉 #F1 #BahrainGP

2676d ago

ard2025.bsky.social8

Keep this circuit on the calendar! Money is not everything #F1 Malaysia thank you

Sleepyspecs7

DU DU DU DU MAX VERSTAPPEN

Neera Tanden Still Eats Laura Loomer's Ass3

What a drive by Lewis!!!

Sjoerd2

This is the better way to have money messing up F1. Do not race in the dessert, but sponsor a race somewhere else, where they do have a proper race track.

futurama72.bsky.social2

You need to go back to internal combustion engines as soon as possible, or F1 will disappear. This version of F1 is crap.

Philip J. Fry2

what a total clusterfuck, FIA showing it's incompetence yet again.. push a FIA software update before the warm up lap, and all the cars grind to a halt (those that followed the FIA instructions that is..) Painfully overly extended safety car procedures at the end.

Quoting this

𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚜8

He remembered how to be Max VerGoenn

leslie🍓🏁5

THANK GOD WE GET THIS GRAPHIC FINALLY

penta3

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

𝔹𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 ×͜×3

Verstappen ganando. Alonso 8º y con 3 puntitos. Pues se ha quedado un buen domingo 😏😏 #F1 || #BahrainGP

all4n2

max max max super max

EmmaKittyKat 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈2

What an entertaining chaos that was! We had everything! Rain, cars getting blue screened, tire strategy thrown out the window, drivers pushing and make the best out of their situation! I'm still wrapping my head around! Missed Sepang so much, I hope they bring it back full time! #F1

minimalist2

Adamım 1'inci bitirmemiş olsa erkek tenasül uzvu gibi yarış oldu

Chain Bear F1

@chainbear.bsky.social

The fact that no one knows where they are on the grid is very apt in a Bahrain GP that isn't in Bahrain

506d ago

Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁

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We’ve had #F1 GPs in countries not in the event name before - eg, San Marino in Italy & Luxembourg in Germany - but Bahrain in Malaysia feels sillier because, unlike the others, Sepang has hosted only Malaysian GPs in the past. So I’m calling today’s F1 GP #NotTheMalaysianGP. Max Verstappen won it.

536d ago

sbsb6969.bsky.social2

Swiss GP at Dijon where the French GP had been held?

Rob1

It's #NotTheMalaysianGP, it's a very naughty... track. Idk, it sounded better in my own head.

Vocemundi1

Fun bit of context: the race keeps the Bahrain name because the original Bahrain event did not take place earlier in the year due to the war in the Middle East. F1 last raced at Sepang in 2017, when Verstappen also won.

The Associated Press

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Max Verstappen has taken his first win of the year but a retirement for George Russell handed a huge title boost to Kimi Antonelli at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

336d ago

PlanetF1

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We had to wait for it, but Max Verstappen wins an absolute thriller at Sepang!

316d ago

Andrew Benson

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Hamilton and Verstappen bemused after glitch turns F1 into 'Lego race' - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

155d ago

Kym Illman

@kymillmanf1.bsky.social

MAX IS BACK It’s been 15 races since Max Verstappen last stood on the top step of the podium, but he’s back on top here in Sepang. It’s a fitting place to end that drought, having secured his second career victory at this circuit when Formula One last raced here. #f1 #f1news #bahraingp

96d ago

Rory Mitchell

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Verstappen wins the #BahrainGP in Malaysia! Antonelli P2, and Hamilton salvages a P3 after being P15 at one stage. #F1

76d ago

Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ

@dreyesceron.bsky.social

I slept through the Bahrain (Malaysia) GP this morning so I just got caught up watching the archived broadcast this race rules and I need F1 to never drop Sepang from the calendar ever again

115d ago

Sean Kelly

@virtualstatman.bsky.social

Max Verstappen has now won as many Grands Prix with Red Bull as Michael Schumacher did with Ferrari (72 each) #BahrainGP

106d ago

leslie🍓🏁

@edogawa.bsky.social

the anthem being delayed, the crowd scream singing dudududu max verstappen, and actually hearing the dutch anthem finally....................... i'm in tears i love this so much

106d ago

sarah zedig 🐐

@hmsnofun.bsky.social

absolutely heroic drive from Lewis Hamilton in the Bahrain GP today to go from P2 to P3

75d ago

Rob

@robm.bsky.social

Alonso is saltier than the Dead Sea 🙄 #F1 #BahrainGP www.the-race.com/formula-1/wa...

85d ago

Racingnews365

@racingnews365.com

One word says it all from Max! #F1 #MalaysianGP #Bahrain #Sepang Max Verstappen and Red Bull-Ford make F1 history: 'Incredible!'

46d ago

orinoco boo

@nocontroller.bsky.social

Watching a the bahrain gp in malaysia and the cars can’t get wet now apparently? Maybe it’s all the ai slop that runs the cars? What a cluster fuck of year of F1 lol

76d ago

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