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The first race of 2010 was a processional affair After months of anticipation and despite a mouth-watering line-up of teams and drivers, not to mention the biggest grid in 15 years, the Bahrain Grand Prix was a damp squib. And that’s putting it politely
Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Deficit to fastest lap 1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1′58.287 2 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1′59.393 1.106 3 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1′59.487 1.200 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1′59.560 1.273 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1′59.732 1.445 6 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1′59.833 1.546 7 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1′59.906 1.619 8 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1′59.964 1.677 9 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1′59.970 1.683 10 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2′00.080 1.793 11 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 2′00.204 1.917 12 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2′00.218 1.931 13 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2′00.236 1.949 14 Robert Kubica Renault 2′00.474 2.187 15 Nico Hülkenberg Williams-Cosworth 2′01.401 3.114 16 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 2′01.650 3.363 17 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 2′02.701 4.414 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 2′02.930 4.643 19 Vitaly Petrov Renault 2′04.307 6.020 20 Kamui Kobyashi Sauber-Ferrari 2′05.044 6.757 21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 2′07.062 8.775 22 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 2′09.127 10.840 23 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 2′09.361 11.074 24 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 2′34.479 36.192 Top 50 fastest laps Rank Driver Lap time Lap 1 Fernando Alonso 118.287 45 2 Fernando Alonso 118.879 36 3 Adrian Sutil 119.393 49 4 Fernando Alonso 119.406 41 5 Fernando Alonso 119.448 44 6 Fernando Alonso 119.477 35 7 Mark Webber 119.487 45 8 Fernando Alonso 119.528 37 9 Lewis Hamilton 119.56 42 10 Fernando Alonso 119.576 42 11 Fernando Alonso 119.583 29 12 Fernando Alonso 119.587 40 13 Lewis Hamilton 119.59 43 14 Adrian Sutil 119.601 43 15 Adrian Sutil 119.618 44 16 Fernando Alonso 119.622 38 17 Fernando Alonso 119.626 39 18 Lewis Hamilton 119.706 33 19 Lewis Hamilton 119.731 41 20 Felipe Massa 119.732 38 21 Mark Webber 119.786 46 22 Felipe Massa 119.811 37 23 Rubens Barrichello 119.833 47 24 Felipe Massa 119.837 42 25 Felipe Massa 119.847 44 26 Mark Webber 119.891 44 27 Mark Webber 119.894 33 28 Lewis Hamilton 119.904 36 29 Vitantonio Liuzzi 119.906 39 30 Jaime Alguersuari 119.964 28 31 Jenson Button 119.97 45 32 Vitantonio Liuzzi 119.997 47 33 Fernando Alonso 120.015 46 34 Rubens Barrichello 120.018 41 35 Fernando Alonso 120.019 30 36 Mark Webber 120.036 34 37 Lewis Hamilton 120.036 29 38 Fernando Alonso 120.053 48 39 Lewis Hamilton 120.062 35 40 Sebastien Buemi 120.08 41 41 Mark Webber 120.089 47 42 Felipe Massa 120.104 32 43 Rubens Barrichello 120.112 44 44 Rubens Barrichello 120.114 43 45 Felipe Massa 120.117 19 46 Rubens Barrichello 120.119 45 47 Vitantonio Liuzzi 120.139 40 48 Lewis Hamilton 120.15 34 49 Vitantonio Liuzzi 120.164 38 50 Vitantonio Liuzzi 120.169 45
Review the Bahrain Grand Prix live blog below. Bahrain Grand Prix Pre-race notes Both Ferraris have had precautionary engine changes. They will not lose places on the grid
Ferrari’s race pace could halt Vettel’s charge Can Sebastian Vettel start 2010 the way he ended 2009 – with a win? He’ll have to keep the fastest Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso behind him for 49 laps of the punishing Bahrain circuit.
Fernando Alonso is the fastest man in Bahrain ahead of qualifying A third different car headed the third practice session ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
There’s not much to choose between the two McLaren drivers so far The second practice session at Bahrain brought further evidence of Ferrari’s long-run pace but Mercedes and McLaren are up there with the on one-lap performance. We look set for an entertaining qualifying session tomorrow. Here’s how all the teams got on in second practice today: McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari FP2 times: McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull The McLaren and Mercedes drivers set their fastest times on qualifying simulations, as did Felipe Massa.
Ferrari’s consistent pace was clear to see in first practice at Bahrain Adrian Sutil was fastest in the first practice session at Bahrain but Felipe Massa impressed with his consistency in the Ferrari. Here’s a look at the data from free practice 1.
Review the Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 2 live blog below. Free practice 2 – Bahrain Grand Prix Useful links Track map Live F1 video FAQ Live F1 timing Use this button on the Live Blog panel to turn off auto scrolling so you can read earlier messages.
