Verstappen cruises to F1 Bahrain Grand Prix win

By F1 correspondent Michael Butterworth

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Red Bull's Max Verstappen started the 2023 Formula 1 season as he had finished 2022, scoring an ominously easy win in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.

Having dominated the 2022 season, Red Bull's pre-season testing form had suggested that they would remain the team to beat in 2023, and that assertion was borne out when Ve