You might assume Max Verstappen was too busy leading the Bahrain Grand Prix to pay too much attention to the on-track squabbles happening behind him.
But, in truth, the Dutchman didn't really have an awful lot of work to do. He sped off the start line and never looked back, barely having to push his car as he cruised to victory unchallenged, with no-one else able to match the pace of these Red Bull cars.
Fortunately for the watching fans, in the absence of a fight for the race win there was at least some battling going on further back. One of them involved Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, with the former McLaren team-mates rolling back the years to duel.
Alonso started ahead of Hamilton on the grid, but was overtaken by the Mercedes cars on the first lap. Lance Stroll accidentally tagged his team-mate on the first lap, which left the Spaniard with more work to do on his quest to finish on the podium.
The Aston Martin cars were showing more pace than the Mercedes drivers could manage as the race wore on. But still, Hamilton was not going to let his old rival move past without putting up a fight.
Alonso managed to get ahead but the seven-time world champion struck back to move ahead again. It was on the second attempt that the 41-year-old managed to make the overtake stick, before going on to beat Carlos Sainz to third place.
Fans were not the only ones enjoying the fight. Verstappen was so devoid of action as he led the race that he even took his eyes off the road to watch it unfold on the big screen – as revealed by Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko.
After the race, the Austrian wanted to show Verstappen what had happened between Hamilton and Alonso, having enjoyed the duel himself. But, as he explained to OE24, it was not necessary.
"After the race I wanted to show the images to Max," Marko told the Austrian newspaper. "But he said he had already watched everything on the big screen during the race."
