The first race of the 2024 Formula 1 season looked a lot like the 2023 season.
Max Verstappen easily won from pole position ahead of his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. Carlos Sainz finished a comfortable third ahead of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc.
Here are a few takeaways from Saturday’s season opener. We’ll try not to draw any solid conclusions from what we saw.
Red Bull is still comfortably ahead of everyone else
Verstappen made sure Charles Leclerc didn’t get past him at the start of the race and wasn’t challenged the rest of the way.