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 »

Formula 1 2021 is alive and kicking as Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain GP after surviving a gripping late-race battle with Max Verstappen - with the season-opener serving up an... read more »

Sebastian Vettel's miserable first weekend with Aston Martin concluded with the four-time World Champion amassing a total of five penalty points at the Bahrain Grand Prix.... read more »

Mercedes and Red Bull deployed differing tyre strategies, with Verstappen's offset rubber life advantage in the final stint meaning he was chasing Hamilton after leading... read more »

Result of the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Full race results for the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season. read more »

FOLLOW CRASH.NET's LIVE COVERAGE OF THE SEASON-OPENING 2021 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX read more »

Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix after a very close battle with Max Verstappen in the closing stages of the race. Verstappen finished furiously in second after... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has won the opening race of the 2021 season in Bahrain, producing an eye-catching defence on Max Verstappen to take the victory. Both drivers... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen did their talking on the track with the Mercedes driver taking the win after a thrilling battle over the final six laps of the Bahrain GP. read more »

The first Formula 2 Feature Race of 2021 got under way in Bahrain! Guanyu Zhou started from pole, but will he convert it into his first Feature Race victory? For more F1®... read more »

Join us LIVE as we count down to the opening race of 2021 in Bahrain. Verstappen has the advantage after a stunning pole - can the Dutchman convert that into victory and an... read more »

Full starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season. read more »