Team-by-team analysis of Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, listed in championship order:
Russell started sixth and Hamilton seventh, with the latter gaining two places at the start. Both ran a soft/hard/hard tyre strategy. A slow first pitstop dropped Russell to eighth but he moved back up when Leclerc retired.Leclerc and Sainz started on the second row, with the Monegasque using a fresh set of soft tyres saved from qualifying to take second from Perez into the first corner. Leclerc then pulled over with a loss of power 17 laps from the end.
Ocon collected a five-second penalty for being out of his grid position and was then handed a further, 10-second, penalty for serving the first one incorrectly. A third, five-second, penalty followed for speeding in the pitlane.Albon scored a point from 15th on the grid as Williams closed the gap among the tail-enders. U.S. rookie Sargeant started 16th and had a solid debut.Tsunoda lost some positions at the start to the Williams drivers and struggled to match their straight-line speed.
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