Oscar Piastri won the Bahrain Grand Prix to give McLaren its maiden victory in a what could be considered its second home race at the Bahrain Intl Circuit.

For the Australian, it was his fourth Formula 1 victory, equaling the total scored by Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the team in 1966.

Piastri can also be pleased with his first hat-trick (pole, win and fastest race lap) in what are the early days of his career.

Piastri led from start to finish, nailing the initial getaway and then a Safety Car restart later in the race to become the first two-time winner this season.

Its great to have this result out here. Its been an incredible weekend, starting off with qualifying yesterday. To finish the job today in style was nice, Piastri said. I cant thank the team enough for the car theyve given us its pretty handy out there. Its been a great weekend, and Im very proud of what Ive done this weekend as well.

Im very proud to do it here in Bahrain as well, its obviously a very important race for us given our owners. Its never been a track thats been kind to us, so its nice to finally have that first win for the team here.

McLaren is owned by the island countrys sovereign wealth fund.

Piastri defeated Mercedes driver George Russell by a whopping 15.499 seconds.

Piastris McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, rallied to finish third and maintained the Formula 1 point lead by three points over Piastri. Norris has finished in the top three in all four races this season.

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top five, with four-time world champion Max Verstappen fighting his way to a sixth-place effort for Red Bull

Oliver Bearman finished 10^th for the U.S.-based Haas Ferrari operation.