Australian Oscar Piastri has earned another majestic pole-to-flag Formula One triumph at the Bahrain Grand Prix, suddenly looking every inch the new man to beat in the F1 world championship race.
The McLaren ace hailed it as an "incredible weekend" as he made his 50th grand prix start on Sunday feel like a coming-of-age procession while moving into second place in the drivers' standings, now breathing down the neck of his low-on-confidence teammate Lando Norris.
After he held off a challenge on the first corner from Mercedes' George Russell at the floodlit Sakhir circuit, Piastri then utterly dominated, even after a mid-race restart under the safety car.
