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Detailed explanation-1: -Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position ahead of Red Bull Racing teammates Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position ahead of Red Bull Racing teammates Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon. The race was the last of the season to be won by a Mercedes driver; the final two races at Sakhir and Abu Dhabi were won by Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Max Verstappen won his first World Championship (and the first for a Dutch driver), driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda. Lewis Hamilton, the defending champion, finished runner-up, driving for Mercedes. Mercedes won their eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamilton’s teammate Nico Rosberg won in 2016, and Sebastian Vettel won another two editions of the race for Ferrari in 2017 and 2018. Lewis Hamilton then proceeded to win the following three Grands Prix, in 2019, 2020, and 2021, setting the record for the most Bahrain Grand Prix wins, with five.

Detailed explanation-5: -It wasn’t the usual glitzy affair, with Covid restrictions in place, but Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have been officially crowned F1 world champions for 2020 during the FIA’s virtual Prize-Giving ceremony on Friday evening.