Verstappen had closed in on Hamilton during his 17-lap third and final stint - during which he enjoyed an 11-lap tyre-life advantage over his rival - in what was a thrilling... read more »

It's not the best start to the season for us as we had our fair share of bad luck throughout the weekend. read more »

Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner was left frustrated by the "shades of grey" nature of track limits rules during the season-opening Bahrain GP. read more »

Nikita Mazepin apologised to Haas after spinning out three corners into his Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel's troubled start to life at Aston Martin continued to head in the wrong direction with more woes in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

With four laps to go in F1 2021's season opener, Verstappen went off track in Turn 4 in an attempt to snatch the victory away from leader Lewis Hamilton, forcing him to... read more »

The Mercedes driver's third and final stint was 11 laps longer than Verstappen's equivalent, as the Black Arrows opted to take an aggressive strategy to get ahead of... read more »

What a way to kick-start the 2021 season! Watch all the best bits from an enthralling race under the lights of Bahrain. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff still believes Red Bull are a "tiny edge" infront of the Silver Arrows, despite Lewis Hamilton's victory in Bahrain. read more »

Hamilton holds of Verstappen to win an epic battle at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel's underwhelming Aston Martin debut saw him leave the Bahrain Grand Prix with five penalty points on his superlicence for two different incidents during... read more »

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner says Max Verstappen was right to let Lewis Hamilton back through into the lead following his off-track overtake. As the Bahrain Grand... read more »

Max Verstappen returned to criticising the current cars after missing out on victory in Bahrain, saying track position is "too powerful". read more »

Max Verstappen fell foul of track limits rules as he came agonisingly close to beating Lewis Hamilton to the first win of the 2021 season in a spellbinding and dramatic Bahrain GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has described his titanic battle with Max Verstappen for the Bahrain Grand Prix Formula 1 victory as "one of the hardest". read more »

Lewis Hamilton said his thrilling Bahrain Grand Prix victory was one of the hardest races he's had in a while, after he claimed a 0.7s victory over Red Bull's Max... read more »

Updated F1 drivers' and constructors' world championship standings following the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was unhappy with the strategic choices made by Mercedes during the season-opening Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton fends off Max Verstappen to win the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix following a pulsating battle.  read more »

The first race of 2021 is in the books - hear what the Bahrain grid have to say about the race and the season ahead. We're LIVE from the paddock with Will Buxton, Pietro... read more »

Valtteri Bottas complained his race strategy applied by the Mercedes team had compromised his chances in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Sir Lewis Hamilton needed something "pretty special" to win the Bahrain Grand Prix, but that is exactly what he and Mercedes delivered. read more »

The world champion took victory in the F1 season opener as he eked out his tyres for a long final stint at Sakhir and held off pre-race favourite Verstappen for the... read more »

After reeling in leader Hamilton on fresher tyres during an absorbing duel, Verstappen used the DRS with four laps to go to attack the Briton into Turn 4.Verstappen managed to... read more »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton holds off Max Verstappen's Red Bull for victory in an extraordinary finish to the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »