Giles Richards' Bahrain GP report
With the verdict on Russell in, here’s our correspondent’s report on the race. Many thanks for joining us today, and for your patience as the stewards did their thing!
No penalty for Russell
News just in from the FIA: no penalty for the Mercedes driver in relation to what had been feared to have been a DRS infringement.
Second place therefore confirmed for Russell, and confirmation that the top of the standings read thusly:
Bahrain final result
1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1:35:39.435 25pts
2 George Russell (Mercedes) +15.499 18pts
3 Lando Norris (McLaren) +16.273 15pts
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +19.679 12pts
5 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +27.993 10pts
6 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +34.395 8pts
7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +36.002 6pts
8 Esteban Ocon (Haas) +44.244 4pts
9 Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) +45.061 2pts
10 Oliver Bearman (Haas) +47.593 1pt
Drivers standings
1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 77pts
2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 74
3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 69
4 George Russell (Mercedes) 63
Constructors
1 McLaren 151pts
2 Mercedes 93
3 Red Bull 71
4 Ferrari 57
