Fernando Alonso was impressive in his first race for Ferrari at the 2010 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix winning the opening round of the season. Consistency paid dividends’ for the team with Felipe Massa coming home second ahead of Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
First over the line is the winner but it was Vettel that handed the victory to Alonso after his car faltered and lost some power in the last quarter of the race. Vettel had qualified fastest and lead for most of the race until he seemed to lose power but managed to hold onto fourth place.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) led team mate Michael Schumacher home for fifth and sixth places. This was an equally impressive debut for Schumacher who was never on the pace of the top three teams Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren.
There are some notable firsts for Grand Prix racing this year. While Schumacher’s return has overshadowed most activity in the pits, three new teams took to the gird with mixed results.
Lotus F1’s debut was remarkable with both cars completing the whole Grand Prix while two other debutante’s (Virgin and Hispania) failed.
The teams now head to Australia for the second round of the season in two weeks time.
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Bahrain F1 Grand Prix results
(Pos, Name, Team, Laps completed)
1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 49
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 49
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 49
4 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 49
5 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 49
6 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 49
7 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 49
8 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 49
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 49
10 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 49
11 Robert Kubica Renault 49
12 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 49
13 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 49
14 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 48
15 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 47
16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 46
17 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 46
Ret Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 28
Ret Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 17
Ret Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 16
Ret Vitaly Petrov Renault 13
Ret Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 11
Ret Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 2
Ret Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1
