A scintillating season opener had a great deal of excitement, some interesting talking points and has made us F1 fans even more excited for the remaining 22 races of the season.

Red Bull: Starting as they mean to go on with an utterly dominant display from Red Bull with a 1-2. Verstappen was almost 40 seconds clear of Alonso. If this is an indicator of what to come then Red Bull will be breezing their way to another championship.

Aston Martin: Not quite the win we were all hoping for but a podium for Alonso is something we can all celebrate. Additionally, Stroll put in a heroic performance to take P6 despite his broken bones and collision with his teammate. Nice to see another team up there.

Ferrari: A concerning return to their form of last year with Leclerc retiring from the race with an engine issue – where have we seen that before? Sainz just missed out on a podium after succumbing to tyre degradation and ended up P4.

Mercedes: A disappointing performance for Mercedes as they did not match up to their expectations. Hamilton fought well with Alonso but ended up P5 whereas Russell suffered from a slow stop and ended up P7.

Alfa Romeo: A shock result for Bottas as he took an excellent P8. Zhou ended up in the place where you’d expect the car to be in P16.

Alpine: A tale of two halves for Alpine as Ocon had an unbearable race with 20 seconds worth of penalties for various things. Gasly put in a great effort from last to P9.

Williams: A source of F1 joy was the fact that Williams have got a point on the board at the first race as Alex Albon took P10! Sargeant also drove a great debut ending up P12.

AlphaTauri: So close but yet so far for Tsunoda as his fight to get into the points ended up with him missing out in P11. De Vries put in a decent effort and was P14.

Haas: Damage from the start led Hulkenberg unable to capitalise on his great qualifying and ended up P15. Magnussen drove decently to take P13.

McLaren: A woeful day for the team from Woking as Piastri had to retire due to electrical issues and Norris had to endure six pit stops due to a myriad of mechanical issues.

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