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Get ready for 2023 F1 testing, with comprehensive coverage of all three days in Bahrain right here on The Race Live Hub.
Bahrain GP 5th March 2023
An ominous start or an outlier? That was the main question after the Bahrain Grand Prix as Red Bull breezed to a 1-2 in the 2023 F1 season opener led by defending champion Max Verstappen.
But if that result appeared a formality, there was some solace to take from Fernando Alonso’s charge to the podium places – a popular result as Aston Martin’s AMR23 shook up the conventional order at the front.
Check out how that, and another concerning reliability issue for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari, unfolded with our live coverage recap from the Bahrain weekend.

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