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00:00Hello everybody and welcome to the Race Notebook from the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix.
00:09Here we go, Oscar Piastri from Melbourne, Australia.
00:13Race winner, win number four after win number three of course at the Chinese Grand Prix is now win number four.
00:23And has closed to within just a few points of championship leader Lando Norris.
00:29Four points, sorry, three points indeed to within championship leader Lando Norris while Max Verstappen has dropped back.
00:37So a significant day for Oscar Piastri, number one. A significant day for McLaren, number two.
00:44Because you see, after testing, so let me tell you, if you were following us during testing and all the notebooks I did and all of that,
00:50you remember I would have said that if the Grand Prix, Bahrain Grand Prix had happened after Bahrain testing,
00:55it would have been a McLaren 1-2 and George Russell would have been third.
00:59Now because of Lando's problems in qualifying, it was a McLaren 1-3 and George Russell was second.
01:04So at least, you know, we know that testing works and when they were testing they were showing all their pace
01:09and that Mercedes was the second quickest car today. But with Lando only third today following that mistake in qualifying
01:16and he's just said you would have heard from him just talking to Rachel that the car's not clicking for him,
01:22that let Oscar back in. But the significant thing is, go back to your position,
01:27so it's about to be the photo with Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Abdullah from Talakat and the board member of Ferrari,
01:35sorry, of McLaren standing here with Randeep Singh in the middle, the sporting director.
01:41The thing is, is that this was a nervous weekend. McLaren race team, used to be McLaren International,
01:50the McLaren Racing wanted this so much for their Bahraini investors, the majority investors from Bahrain here.
02:02And they wanted it so much just to say thank you so that they could throw off the kind of the curse.
02:09Here we go, Zach and the drivers coming in. So they could throw off the curse of Bahrain.
02:16And they hadn't led many races here before. They hadn't won here before.
02:21I'm not even sure they've been on pole here before, but they did it today.
02:25And just the relief. Can you imagine? Quickest car in Formula One.
02:29You know, won two races already in the season, got beaten by Max Verstappen at the last one.
02:34Come here thinking, you know, we have to make amends for Japan where Max really handed it to us on a plate.
02:41And the relief of doing it. And had there been anything go wrong, you know, it would have just been so the most awful thing for words.
02:51I'm sure for Andrea Stella, Zach Brown, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
02:55So the relief of actually winning and closing it out. Now, of course, look, it would have been lovely to have a one, two.
03:01But Lando, as I say, not clicking with the car and just couldn't get past George Russell.
03:07Even George Russell with an ailing car with various bits falling off of the thing.
03:12But yeah, a really, really great drive from Oscar Piastri. Won by 16 seconds in the end.
03:19So Lando Norris third, Oscar Piastri first, making amends for Japan.
03:24Even Oscar, the only problem Oscar had today was that there was no drink available because the pump failed.
03:29But Oscar saw off the George Russell challenge early on as Lando Norris took Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc off the start for P3.
03:36But then got to Lando got done for being too far forward in the box, a five second penalty.
03:41He served it at the first stops when he put it on lap 15, held it all together.
03:52Well done. Very good. Don't know if there's going to be, there's probably not going to be a spray of champagne.
03:58Because of, of course, to respect to the local alcohol laws.
04:05So I don't know if they can spray some rose water. I'm sure there'll be some little presents a bit later on.
04:12And here we have Oscar Piastri. Hello. Well done.
04:17Fourth win and now three points behind Lando in the championship.
04:21Yes, I am three points behind.
04:24You've overturned a 23 point deficit since the Australian Grand Prix, now just to be three points behind.
04:33Yeah, it's been a good string of races.
04:35I think, I think even Melbourne, you know, apart from one corner that didn't go very well.
04:41I was, was happy with that weekend. I've been happy with every weekend since.
04:44And, you know, I think this has been, been the best one yet.
04:47So very, very proud of what I've been able to achieve so far this year.
04:52Very proud of the, the whole team. You know, we've obviously got a great car and, and a good team behind it.
04:58Making sure we get the most out of it as well. So very, very proud.
05:02Apart from the drink not working, was it all fine today?
05:05Yeah, apart from that, it was, it was good.
05:07Um, you know, I got, had a good start, was able to manage the race pretty comfortably and, um, yeah, it was a nice gap to have at the end.
05:15A bit more hydration probably would have been good, but, um, it's all right. Bahrain's not, uh, not too physical.
05:21Even the safety car was perfect.
05:23Yeah, it was pretty, it was pretty much perfect. Yeah.
05:26Um, I mean, I probably would have been happy if it didn't come out at all.
05:30But, you know, we had, uh, still another medium tyre left and it was pretty much the perfect timing to put that on.
05:36So, um, that, that worked, worked very well for us. And, um, yeah, I was able to have a good last in.
05:43Good. Jetta next. Any thoughts?
05:45Uh, I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a tough race.
05:48It's going to be pretty warm again, I assume. And, uh, it's a circuit that I really enjoy.
05:53So, um, yeah, hopefully we can be strong there again.
05:56And, uh, yeah, have some more success. That's the plan.
05:59Well, win by 16 seconds, 15.4 actually.
06:03Um, in this Formula One, that's hats off.
06:09Thank you very much.
06:10How tight it is at the moment.
06:12That is impressive.
06:13Yeah, I was pretty happy with it.
06:14That's impressive.
06:15All right, listen, go and say well done to Tom.
06:17And I think it's the first time you've seen Tom and all your, all your mechanics.
06:20Thank you very much for sparing, uh, the time, Oscar.
06:22So, uh, yeah, I mean, that's, it's crazy when you think about it.
06:26I mean, I know George Russell was like, you know, like a sort of, uh, is like a fighter pilot in a, in a, in a spitfire with various things failing.
06:34Like, I don't know, like Tom Hardy in, in Dunkirk.
06:37But, but you know, uh, 16 seconds.
06:41In this Formula, it's winning by 16 seconds.
06:43When they've previously only been, you know, covered by, uh, a few.
06:47Oh, look, it's Alessandro Aluni Bravi.
06:49Nice to see him again.
06:50Guy with the glasses.
06:51Simon.
06:52No, no, no.
06:53You were looking at him.
06:54Gray hair.
06:55Used to be at Sauber.
06:56I know.
06:57Alessandro Aluni Bravi.
06:58Now works for McLaren.
06:59Um, but, uh, yeah, it's crazy.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Even, yeah.
07:03Even, even considering that Oscar got completely in control.
07:06Um, as for Lando, he fought with Lewis Hamilton and then chased him and got past, even though, as he said, he needed to give the place back.
07:12Um, got, uh, chased George Russell, uh, and couldn't get past, uh, sorry, Lando made heavy work, really, of racing Charles Leclerc.
07:23But finally got him around the outside after trying to get him around the outside, uh, before.
07:27Again, around the outside with Lando.
07:29I mean, I get it.
07:30If the other driver has to, um, has to, is covering the inside, then you gotta go around the outside.
07:35But, you know, Lando struggling, toiling around the outside of passing drivers gives me, kind of, Max Verstappen vibes.
07:41Of 2024.
07:42And I'm sure Lando's thinking, oh no, I've gotta go, uh, pass this guy around the outside again.
07:47I'd really rather not.
07:48But, uh, but, uh, anyway, listen, he made it work.
07:50So it was, uh, it was good.
07:52It was good racing in the end.
07:53And Lando recovered, uh, for P3.
07:55But interesting what Lando's saying about he's just not clicking with the car.
07:59So something, someone, something's clipping, you know, Oscar's clicking with the car.
08:03So what is it about this car?
08:04Is it the fact that, well, I think it's probably the same thing that Lando's been, not complaining about, but noting about how difficult the rear of the car is.
08:10Especially on, in qualifying.
08:13Um, and Lando's been able to live, sorry, Oscar's been able to live with it.
08:17So pretty consistent messages from, from, uh, testing.
08:21And as Lando said at the beginning of the weekend, don't expect me to be on pole position.
08:25Cause I'm still not quite where I want to be with the car.
08:28But clearly drive it, call it driving style, call it skill, call it, uh, Oscar and his work with Tom Stellar there, uh, next to him, to his right, to our left.
08:36Um, working on that qualifying, uh, performance over the winter is paying off in double time because, uh, yeah, he's really producing the goods in qualifying.
08:46And that is meaning that he can win races by 16 seconds, 15.8.
08:51Um, Oscar in the ascendancy I've put on.
08:54So just think about that as we go to, uh, as we go to Saudi Arabia, where the Oscar is now in the ascendancy.
09:00Lando still leads the championship, but as I said, only by three points.
09:03Uh, and Oscar's closed down a 23 point deficit, as we've already said, since the Australian Grand Prix.
09:08Right, um, I'll do Ferrari, but you can carry on looking at this because there's not much to look at a Ferrari.
09:12Uh, Lewis Hamilton fifth, uh, Charles Leclerc fourth, just not fast enough.
09:16Uh, Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were medium starters.
09:19And, um, really hurt, uh, Leclerc down, uh, to the turn one and on the first lap, starting on the medium tyre when everybody else was starting on the soft.
09:28Leclerc dropped two places to P4.
09:31Lewis stayed P9, both pitted on the same lap, uh, which was lap 18, which was pretty good.
09:35And then they were quick, mysteriously, so, uh, second set of tyres was good.
09:39Leclerc got Lando Norris, uh, even though Norris got him back later.
09:42But with, on lap 26, with younger tyres, uh, Lewis Hamilton's P6 passed, uh, Antonelli.
09:47Both pitted under the safety car, which was good.
09:49That really transformed Lewis Hamilton's race.
09:51And Charles Leclerc held off Lando Norris, as I said, for a few races, as Lando toiled around the outside.
09:57But eventually Lando got him, and Charles Leclerc said,
09:59a bit frustrating when, you know, you've got a good rep, when you've got a good car.
10:02Well, you haven't, you've got not as good a car as the McLaren.
10:05But when you've had a good race, a bit frustrating then to actually only finish off the podium.
10:10But, uh, fourth is a good result for Charles Leclerc, even though he started second.
10:14But fifth is a great recovery for Lewis Hamilton, uh, you would have to say.
10:20Um, this, uh, some photo, it is a lovely trophy, actually.
10:25I was sort of eyeballing it on the, uh, on the, on the grid.
10:28And it's got all of the past winners engraved on the side.
10:31Uh, you probably can't see, because it's got rose water on it.
10:33And then there's the, uh, the FIA President's Medal.
10:36And, uh, yeah, you don't see that, uh, very often.
10:39It looks like it's got quite a bit of heft to it, doesn't it?
10:41It's got Oscar Piastri's signature on it.
10:43Do they manage to do that?
10:44Do they print that, or is that Mohammed Ben Salim's signature?
10:50Is it the winner's signature?
10:53Is that the winner's signature?
10:54No, no, no.
10:55Is it the winner's signature on the FIA President's Medal?
10:58And if so, how do they manage to print that at the last...
11:02What does it say?
11:04Oh, no, it...
11:05No, it's the FIA President's signature.
11:08No wonder.
11:09Then they can print them all.
11:11100...
11:121,129th race.
11:14Thank you, Sophie.
11:15You learn something every day.
11:16Right, no, it's Mohammed Ben Salim's signature.
11:19Little details, eh?
11:20Formula One.
11:21You never knew.
11:22It's actually...
11:23Yeah, of course, because it wouldn't.
11:24How would they engrave it if it was...
11:26Right.
11:27Sorry about that.
11:28If you've ever wondered what's on the FIA President's Medal,
11:31then it's Mohammed's signature and whatever race it was,
11:35which they can always engrave at the beginning.
11:37But, yeah.
11:38Red Bull, let's do them.
11:40Then we'll probably have to take a break
11:42because I've got to get back into the pit lane.
11:45Can you see the Red Bulls?
11:46No, they're still in Parc Ferme.
11:48Are we going to make this mistake again, Simon,
11:50that we're seeing somebody in Parc Ferme under investigation?
11:54I don't think so.
11:55I can't see anybody being weighed.
11:57I can't see any weights on a scale.
11:59I can't see any worried scrutineers looking...
12:04I'm not making this mistake again.
12:06Not after China.
12:07I can't see anybody looking worried or cars not being returned.
12:12No.
12:13Okay.
12:14I think we're in the clear.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Is there anyone on there?
12:18I'll take a quick look.
12:19You stay there.
12:20No.
12:22No.
12:23There's no one there.
12:24I think we're in the clear.
12:25Good.
12:26Right.
12:27Red Bull Racing.
12:28Max Verstappen sixth.
12:29Inspector Max.
12:30Now taking over the inspector thing from Sebastian Vettel,
12:34seeing that Lando Norris was too far ahead in his grid box
12:39and reported it, which of course the FIA already knew about.
12:42Yuki Tsunoda P9.
12:44Max was asked on the formation lap,
12:47or laps to the grid, do you want a flap adjust?
12:50And he said, no, because the car doesn't turn already.
12:52And GP said, yes, I know, but we can make it turn more
12:54if we give you a flap adjust.
12:56And then he said, there we go.
12:57Look, we've just been released.
12:58Then we know nobody is, no one's being investigated.
13:02GP said, well, we can do, we can do that.
13:04And then you'll have more of a front or end.
13:06And Max said, no, no, don't do that.
13:07Because then I'll have terminal oversteer.
13:09Then I won't make it through the corners.
13:11So before the race had even started,
13:13Max was realizing this was a difficult car.
13:15And so it continued.
13:16No, not much pace.
13:18One place, dropped one place off the start,
13:20the Verstappen, a nice opposite,
13:22nice opportunistic move that Yuki Tsunoda did.
13:26Up to P9, then pitted on lap 12.
13:29Both drivers' pit stops were slow
13:31because they had a problem
13:32with their automatic pit stop light system
13:35with an electronic glitch,
13:36which they are currently in the process
13:38of throwing in the bin.
13:40But they'll sort that out.
13:42And then there was a problem
13:43on Max Verstappen's front right in his second stop.
13:47So Jonathan Wheatley leaves
13:48and the whole thing falls to pieces.
13:50So whoever's taking over that part
13:51of Jonathan Wheatley's job
13:52will need to maybe text Jonathan Wheatley
13:56and say, well, of course,
13:57he's not going to do that.
13:58He's a Salva team principal.
13:59But yeah, not good.
14:00Slow stops.
14:01Max lost time behind Ocon.
14:02Yuki cleared Isaac Hadjar.
14:04Max made a second stop on lap 28,
14:06chased Pierre Gasly
14:07and got him on the last lap.
14:08Gasly was annoyed.
14:09That was a great opportunity.
14:10Final points gain for Max Verstappen,
14:13finishing sixth.
14:14Yuki Tsunoda finishing ninth.
14:15But Yuki couldn't get Esteban Ocon.
14:17I've got to tell you a little story
14:19before we make our way to the exit
14:20and we take a break.
14:21At the end of the race,
14:22I was waiting around here
14:25for some team principals.
14:27And Raymond Vermeulen, Max's manager,
14:30came into the Red Bull garage
14:32and gave Helmut Marko what can only be described
14:35as a right piece of his mind.
14:37And then was remonstrating with Helmut Marko.
14:39Helmut Marko was just standing there,
14:40taking it.
14:41And then, whoa, hello.
14:42We're going to get out of this pit lane.
14:44And Helmut was just taking it.
14:47And then Raymond stormed off
14:48the back of the garage,
14:50sort of taking his pass off as he went.
14:52So, yeah, clearly they are not happy.
14:54Right.
14:55Things are getting busy in here.
14:56We've had the photo.
14:57So we're going to move into the pit lane,
14:58into the paddock.
14:59More notebook in a bit.
15:08Hiya.
15:09Welcome back to the race notebook
15:11from the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix.
15:13Now, I spoke too soon about all of those cars
15:16being released from Park Fermet
15:17with no further investigations.
15:19Because as soon as I check the old,
15:22the old idiot tablet,
15:24that I see that Nika Hulkenberg
15:28has been done for plank wear,
15:29a la Lewis Hamilton in China.
15:31So I'll read it out if you want to know.
15:34The car number 27,
15:36the plank wear of skid wear of car number 27 was checked.
15:39The rear most skid, that again,
15:42was measured according to the team's legality documents.
15:45The recorded measurement was 8.4 in the left-hand side,
15:488.5 in the centre line,
15:50and 8.4 on the right-hand side.
15:51As this is less than the 9mm minimum thickness,
15:54this is sounding exactly like Lewis Hamilton in China,
15:57as required by technical regulations.
15:59I'm referring this matter to the stewards,
16:01says Joe Bauer, the Formula 1 technical delegate.
16:04So Nika Hulkenberg,
16:05from an absolutely glorious finishing position of 13th,
16:09is going to be disqualified.
16:11That means that everybody behind him,
16:14Isaac Hadjar, is going to move up.
16:16But I'll get to that in good time.
16:19We are celebrating,
16:20or Lando, Oscar Piastri,
16:22is celebrating a win,
16:24a McLaren win,
16:25at their second home race here in Bahrain.
16:27And by the way,
16:28he moves up,
16:30does Oscar Piastri,
16:31to joint favourite with the bookies,
16:33whereas pre-season,
16:34this seemed like a very optimistic bet.
16:37Oscar Piastri was only fifth
16:39behind Lando,
16:41and Max,
16:42and some other drivers.
16:45But yeah,
16:46Oscar now joint favourite.
16:48Right.
16:49Mercedes,
16:50AMG, Patronus,
16:51Formula 1 team,
16:52to give them their full name,
16:53because it's right in front of me,
16:54with this rather cool garage thing.
16:56George Russell second.
16:58Top off,
16:59he took his top off in the,
17:01in the cool down room,
17:02in a brilliantly George kind of way.
17:05But I like the,
17:06I like the sort of podcast,
17:07the chat between them all.
17:08But a great start from George Russell.
17:10Challenged Oscar,
17:11Oscar Piastri on turn one,
17:12but then got squeezed out,
17:13by the McLaren driver,
17:14as he held his,
17:15his third position off pole position.
17:17But George made amends,
17:19for the one place drop,
17:20which was Andrew Shovlin's fault,
17:21by the way.
17:22Not chief mechanic,
17:23Matt Dean.
17:24It was entirely Shov's fault,
17:26not Matt Dean's fault at all.
17:28Releasing the cars too early,
17:30and qualifying into a session,
17:31and getting the one step,
17:33one grid,
17:34place grid penalty.
17:35But Kimi Antonelli dropped two places,
17:37after going wide,
17:38on lap one,
17:39down from P7 to P,
17:41down to P7,
17:42then he made it back to P6.
17:43Kimi pitted on lap 13,
17:45quite early,
17:46got past Max Verstappen,
17:47then cooked his tyres,
17:48dropped to P8,
17:49stopped again,
17:50and then stopped again,
17:51under the safety car.
17:52And when you three stop today,
17:53it means that you don't score any points.
17:55So it was only 11th for Kimi Antonelli,
17:57that was why.
17:58Three stop didn't quite work,
17:59but he only finished 4 tenths of a second,
18:01behind Oli Behrman for the final point.
18:03So it was very close for Kimi Antonelli,
18:05but no Ciabatta today.
18:08But George Russell,
18:09questioned going onto the soft tyre at the safety car,
18:12took advantage of the safety car,
18:14but it was absolutely the right decision,
18:16and he powered through with an a-link car,
18:19various things not working,
18:21to a very creditable P2,
18:23and back on the podium.
18:25And yeah,
18:27it was a great drive from George Russell.
18:30Right, Aston Martin,
18:31not a great drive,
18:33well, probably a great drive,
18:34but you'd never know,
18:35because the car,
18:36in testing,
18:37was the ninth or tenth quickest,
18:39or rather slowest car.
18:41And low,
18:42you come back to the circuit,
18:43a few weeks later,
18:44and it's still the slowest car,
18:46or one of the slowest cars.
18:47Because Lance Stroll was 18th today,
18:50and Fernando Alonso 16th.
18:52Fernando was a medium starter,
18:54Lance was a soft starter,
18:55Lance pitted first,
18:56both pitted again under the safety car,
18:58and,
18:59yeah,
19:00first,
19:01actually, by the way,
19:02it was first safety car since Melbourne,
19:03which was interesting.
19:04Not much pace on either tyre.
19:05Fernando finished two seconds behind Jack Doohan.
19:08Lance Stroll at least beat Gabriel Portoletto,
19:11but,
19:12well,
19:13that's it.
19:14That is it.
19:15And it was only 16th and 18th,
19:18but nice that Fernando Alonso,
19:20as one of the world champions,
19:24signed Jackie Stewart's crash helmet,
19:27for that great run in the Tyrell.
19:2985 year old Sir Jackie Stewart,
19:31driving that Tyrell around.
19:32Bit frustrating, I guess,
19:33for him that it was behind a safety car,
19:35but it was absolutely fantastic.
19:36If you didn't know about it,
19:37then read all about it on our social channels,
19:40with all of the world champions who signed the crash helmet.
19:43Right.
19:44Alpine.
19:45Hooray.
19:46They are off the mark.
19:47Simon, come on.
19:48Get a trot on.
19:49We've got to go down to Alpine,
19:50because we need to see some happy people down here.
19:52And they deserve it,
19:53because not only are they off the mark points-wise,
19:55but they are also suddenly up to P9.
19:58They've overtaken Sauber on points places,
20:02because Gasly was P7 today.
20:04Woohoo.
20:05Gasly quite early.
20:06It was quick early on.
20:08Jack Doohan pitted on lap 10.
20:10Gasly pitted on lap 11.
20:12Early stops worked well initially.
20:13Jack Doohan ran P9 with Gasly P5.
20:15They had the pace on the Williams,
20:17which is pretty much what we saw in the test.
20:20And Gasly stayed out at the safety car on the hard tyre,
20:25because he only just put it on.
20:26That was also the right decision.
20:27And there is the Gas man,
20:29just with his back towards us.
20:31You can see his logo on his hat.
20:32That's how he knows it's him.
20:33And there is Jack Doohan as well.
20:35And go on then.
20:36Go up.
20:37Go up there.
20:38Gatecrash this.
20:39They've just scored a load of points.
20:40And yeah, not really much more to say.
20:45Gas was annoyed to get done by Max Verstappen at the end.
20:49He would have finished P6.
20:50An honourable P6.
20:52He deserved P6, but it ended up as P7.
20:54I probably won't say that too loudly.
20:56But yeah, very good stuff.
20:58Straight into P9 in the constructors.
21:00And a relief for everybody in this Alpine team.
21:04And surely Jack Doohan's points.
21:06First points.
21:07He was only his 15th today.
21:08But surely his first points are coming soon.
21:10Now they've got that points drought out of the way.
21:16No, no, no points drought for Haas.
21:18Well, there was at the last race, but they are back in the points.
21:23And another great result for Esteban Ocon.
21:26Eighth today.
21:27Oli Behrmann tenth.
21:28So always great when the team can score points with both cars.
21:31And that puts Haas past Williams for P5 in the constructors.
21:35So Williams didn't score any points today and Haas scored a massive handful.
21:39So well done to them.
21:40And Oli Behrmann up five places from the last on the grid.
21:44Esteban Ocon pitted on lap nine.
21:46Kept his tyres in great condition.
21:48He was running P6.
21:49Ocon stayed out of the safety car having pitted just before.
21:52Oli Behrmann closed up.
21:54Ran P10.
21:55Ocon was P8 on old tyres.
21:56Very old tyres actually.
21:57Esteban Ocon finished with 30 lap old hards.
22:01And that was a great strategy.
22:03Oli Behrmann very good too.
22:04And scored a point for P10.
22:06And his dad came on the radio slightly randomly.
22:08I don't know his dad had radio privileges.
22:11Transmit privileges.
22:12But came on his radio and said well done son.
22:14He said oh thanks dad.
22:15I think inherent in Oli's response was what are you doing on the radio par.
22:19But anyway that was nice I suppose.
22:21Racing Bulls.
22:22What a horrendous weekend for them.
22:23And a horrendous race.
22:25Liam Lawson.
22:27Chaotic and incident prone.
22:32And got 15 seconds full of penalties.
22:35Bad start for Hadjar.
22:36Isaac Hadjar finished 14th.
22:38Liam Lawson finished 17th.
22:39Bad start for Hadjar.
22:40Down 4 places to P16.
22:42Pitted on lap 6.
22:43The tyres just didn't last.
22:44They degraded.
22:45The car was slow.
22:46Liam was P19.
22:48Isaac P14.
22:49Had a track limits warning.
22:50Dropped to P19 after the second stop.
22:52Liam I can't overtake.
22:54Lawson tapped Lance Stroll and got a 5 second penalty.
22:57And then got a 10 second penalty on top of that.
22:59And when your car is slow.
23:01What you don't want to be doing is picking up 15 seconds of race time lost on penalties.
23:05So one to learn from Liam Lawson.
23:07Because that was an ouch horrendous end to a horrendous weekend.
23:12And it could have been so much more for Racing Bulls.
23:14Could have been so much more for Williams.
23:16Alex Albon 12th.
23:17Sainz was a DNF.
23:18In fact only DNF of the race.
23:21Even though Nico Halkenberg is about to get disqualified.
23:23So Sainz up to P6 off the start.
23:27Up two places.
23:29Alex Albon also up two places.
23:31To lap.
23:33On lap one.
23:35Sainz fought with Lewis Hamilton.
23:37Sainz pitted later than Yuki.
23:39And passed him.
23:40But lost a bit of his front wing.
23:42Then Sainz got a 10 second penalty for forcing Antonelli off.
23:45Served it.
23:46But got a hole in the side pod after Yuki hit him.
23:48So it was a bit frustrated about it.
23:51Retired on lap 47.
23:52Alex Albon chased Kimi Antonelli and Oli Berman.
23:55But didn't manage to get them at the end.
23:57And won't move up with any of the disqualification of Halkenberg.
24:01So let's finally do Nico Halkenberg.
24:03Do they know that he's about to get disqualified?
24:05No, I don't think they do.
24:06Or maybe they do.
24:07But they don't look too upset about it.
24:10Because it's not as if they were going to.
24:12There's the team manager Beat Zender on the phone.
24:14But Halkenberg finished 13th.
24:16But is about to get disqualified.
24:18Gabriel Bortoleto finished 19th.
24:19But isn't about to get disqualified.
24:21Terrible start for both.
24:22Down to 19th and 20th off the start.
24:24Halkenberg pitted on lap 6.
24:25Gabriel Bortoleto pitted on 10th.
24:26Gabriel Bortoleto pitted on the safety car.
24:27But Halk stayed out.
24:2830 old lap tyres.
24:29Maybe they could argue something about the safety car.
24:31But I don't think it's going to work.
24:32And Gabriel Bortoleto finished last.
24:34Right.
24:35That is it.
24:36Join us again for the F1 show podcast.
24:39Which will be on Tuesday or Wednesday.
24:41Then it's the Saudi Grand Prix on the 18th, 19th and 20th of April.
24:46I won't be there.
24:48It's my first of this year's races not on site.
24:53So the notebook will return at the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May.
24:58Have a lovely Easter if you celebrate it.
25:00Have a lovely week and enjoy the Saudi Grand Prix.
25:02I'll be watching it myself on Sky F1.
25:04And I'll see you in Miami.
25:05But the rest of us will see you in Saudi in just a week's time.
25:09The third of the triple header.
25:10Congratulations to Oscar Piastri.
25:12Advance Australia Fair once again.
25:14And no surprise that the Royal Tower here in Bahrain is papaya tonight.
25:20Goodbye everyone.
25:21Goodbye everyone.