How dramatic Bahrain GP unfolded

Summary

Vettel holds on to win, Bottas 2nd, Hamilton up to 3rd from 9th
Raikkonen runs over mechanic in pits - breaking his leg
Hamilton overtakes three cars in one corner
Both Red Bulls out early on
Ricciardo, Verstappen, Raikkonen out

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

The story so far...published at 16:42 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Lap 17/57
A quick reminder of what's happened in a thrilling and action-packed race so far
- Hamilton overtakes three cars in one stunning move
- Both Red Bulls out early on - Verstappen after picking up a puncture following collision with Hamilton while Ricciardo stops with possible systems failure
- Sebastian Vettel leads by 2.8 seconds
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Ricciardo outpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
The sight no Red Bull fan wants to see. Daniel Ricciardo's car being recovered after an engine failure.
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Lap 17/57
Brendon Hartley is now fifth, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Marcus Ericsson seventh.
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Lap 15/57
Who is gaining?
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Lap 13/57
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Hass made a mess of those pit stops last race, but not this time with Kevin Magnussen's early pit stop.
It is their first correct pit stop of the season! It's a positive.
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Pierre Gasly started fifth and is still there. He said he was qualifying lap was his best in Formula 1 and he is living the dream today.
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Cat and mouse timepublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
This is the cat and mouse period of the race. It is about managing the tyres, everyone is on a similar pace, managing things.
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Get Involved #f1published at 16:36 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Ranting MrP: Poor @danielricciardo, external. You can almost feel the anger and frustration. Last straw, Bahrain?
Deji Guerrero: Verstappen thinks car racing is all about pressing the throttle. After all this time, he refuses to learn the craft. Maybe the hype is getting to him.
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Lap 12/57
Magnussen and Hulkenberg, who let's just say have had issues in the past, get overly friendly again. We may be hearing more from them on that one later on.
Magnussen comes straight into the pits, maybe a little bit of damage from that incident?
Ferrari leadpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Lap 12/57
It is all going swimmingly for Sebastian Vettel. He leads and is on course to two wins from two races. Still, we are only in lap 12 of 57.
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'A drastic failure'published at 16:33 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
That is a drastic failure for Daniel Ricciardo. It was all fine and then suddenly he lost drive and power.
Verstappen complained about a lack of power when he got that puncture and that was when Ricciardo stopped so a bit of investigation for Red Bull.
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Lap 12/57
We have just seen from inside Daniel Ricciardo's car when he had to pull over. Everything just shuts down. Power gone. Nothing else he could have done.
Damage for Strollpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Lap 11/57
Damage to the front wing for Lance Stroll and into the pits he comes. He is 17th, with only Sergio Perez, who got hit by Brendon Hartley early on, behind him.
'Hamilton reeling them in'published at 16:31 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Lewis Hamilton is lapping very quickly, he is the fastest man on the track. He is on the soft tyre, the three in front are on the super-soft tyre and he is reeling them in.
Hamilton has clean air and the Red Bulls are out of the way for him. It's a real blessing for him.
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Force India sum up all our feelings about the start with a GIF.
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Lap 11/57
We are still waiting to hear the official diagnosis to what went wrong with Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull. He had been quickest on the first practice session on Friday, but that seems a long, long time ago now.
Red Bull's race over inside the first six laps.
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Hartley time penaltypublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Lap 10/57
Brendon Hartley gets a 10-second penalty for banging into Sergio Perez on the start.
Sparks fly as Hamilton chargespublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
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Anything happening?published at 16:28 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
What a start to this race.
A quick reminder...
- Bottas gets past Kimi Raikkonen up into second on the first corner
- Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collide, the incident causes a puncture to the Dutchman. He makes it back to the pits and gets back out there, but doesn't last long and has to pull out
- Daniel Ricciardo's race is done, as he has to pull over by the side of the track
- Lewis Hamilton moves past three cars in one move and is now fourth
- Sebastian Vettel leads after a good start from pole
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Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 8 April 2018
Another one gone for Hamilton. Pierre Gasly his latest victim. Only the Ferraris in first and third and team-mate Valtteri Bottas are in his way now.