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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Anna Malyon

Lucky Lando Norris and key Zhou Guanyu decision – five F1 Bahrain GP stories you missed

Max Verstappen began the new Formula 1 season where he left off the previous year with an extraordinarily comfortable victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The race finished with a Red Bull one-two and an unexpected Aston Martin podium – Fernando Alonso was gifted third place after Charles Leclerc suffered an engine failure. Meanwhile, Mercedes were some way off the podium fight with Lewis Hamilton once again left to race with a sub-par car.

With such big storylines unfolding, it's easy to miss some of the other events taking place further back in the pack. Here are some of the moments you may have missed amid all the excitement as F1 returned for a new season:

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