2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	VII Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Date:	March 14, 2010
Place:	as-Sachir
Course:	Bahrain International Circuit
Length:	308.405 km in 49 laps of 6.299 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 43,400
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 54.101 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 58.287 min (lap 45)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Third:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix took place on March 14th at the Bahrain International Circuit in as-Sachir and was the first race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

For the first time since 2006 the season opener took place on the Bahrain International Circuit. The design of the racetrack was also new, with a new section added between turns 4 and 15. This changed the length of the route by 887 meters - from 5.412 to 6.299 kilometers. From the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship , however, the original and shorter route variant will be used again.

Lotus , HRT and Virgin started as new teams for the first time. The Constructors' World Champion Brawn GP was taken over by Mercedes and renamed the Mercedes Grand Prix . For the German car manufacturer, it meant returning to Formula 1 as a works team. The BMW Sauber team was bought back by Peter Sauber .

Karun Chandhok , Lucas di Grassi , Nico Hülkenberg , Witali Petrow and Bruno Senna made their Formula 1 debut. Michael Schumacher returned to Formula 1 after a three-year break for Mercedes, contested his 250th Grand Prix and Pedro de la Rosa returned to Formula 1 as a driver for Sauber. Timo Glock and Felipe Massa , who had to pause a few races after accidents in the preseason, were also back at the start . World champion Jenson Button contested his first race for McLaren- Mercedes.

With Fernando Alonso , Massa (twice each), Schumacher and Button (once each), all of the former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg on the return of Mercedes as a works team to Formula 1

For the first time since 1993 , refueling was prohibited in the race. In addition, a new points system was introduced in which the ten best pilots received points for the first time. Furthermore, for the first time since 1995 , 24 pilots were registered for the race. In addition, it was the first Grand Prix in which a former racing driver was used as a race steward. The four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost took on this task at the season opener.

training

In the first free practice session of the season, Force India Mercedes driver Adrian Sutil set the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso and Robert Kubica followed in second and third place . In the second free practice session, Nico Rosberg took the lead in the field. Lewis Hamilton finished second ahead of Rosberg's team-mate Schumacher. In the third free practice on Saturday, Alonso set the fastest lap ahead of Rosberg and Mark Webber .

HRT Cosworth driver Chandhok was unable to drive on the track in any training session because his racing car was not yet ready to drive due to missing parts.

Qualifying

Felipe Massa returned to Formula 1 after his accident

As in the third free practice session, Alonso achieved the fastest lap in the first part of qualifying. The HRT, Lotus and Virgin pilots and Jaime Alguersuari were eliminated. In the second qualifying phase, Sebastian Vettel took the lead in the field. The Sauber and Williams pilots as well as Vitantonio Liuzzi , Sébastien Buemi and Petrow were eliminated. Vettel was also the fastest in the last part of qualifying and thus secured pole position . Massa and Alonso started the race from second and third place.

run

At the start of the first race of the season, Vettel kept the lead from Alonso, who was able to overtake his teammate Massa before the first corner. There were also other postponements: Mercedes driver Rosberg overtook Hamilton and his teammate Schumacher, like Button, passed Webber. Webber lost some oil on the first corner, which triggered a cloud of smoke and Sutil collided with Kubica after a spin. Sutil and Kubica lost some places as a result. Unlike Kubica, his teammate Petrov got off to a good start on his debut and improved from 17th to eleventh place.

Nico Hulkenberg made his debut in Bahrain

After the first lap, the race was over for Chandhok, as he had spun after a driving error. For di Grassi, too, the race was over after a short time, as he had to complain about a hydraulic defect on lap three. The first three pilots gradually separated themselves from the rest of the field, keeping their distances between them constant. Before the leading group made their pit stops, Kamui Kobayashi and Petrow retired with technical problems and Glock had to retire a little later.

Kubica was the first to pit in the eleventh lap. After the other teams saw that the Pole was setting the fastest lap times, the teams reacted and Hamilton and Schumacher began their pit stops. Within the next two laps, the remaining drivers, who were in the top eight places, came to make their pit stop. The only shift in this was when Hamilton moved past Rosberg.

After Senna was eliminated in the 19th lap, only Lotus was in the race among the new racing teams. At the top the situation changed insofar as the Ferrari were able to reduce their gap to Vettel a little. After de la Rosa had also ended his race prematurely with a technical defect, Alonso increased his pressure on Vettel and was able to catch up with the Red Bull driver. However, his tires couldn't withstand the stresses and he had to slow down a bit first.

A little later, however, the Spaniard finally passed Vettel. He was helped by the fact that the German could no longer drive with full commitment due to a technical defect. While it was suspected that his exhaust was damaged during the course of the race, it turned out after the race that a spark plug in his Renault engine was responsible for the loss of power. One lap after Alonso also overtook his team-mate Massa Vettel and gave Scuderia a double lead.

Eleven laps before the end, Vettel had to give up third place to Hamilton. However, his lead over fifth-placed Rosberg was so great that he retained fourth place. In the end, Alonso won his first race for Ferrari ahead of Massa. Hamilton crossed the finish line in third behind the Ferrari drivers. The other points went to Vettel, Rosberg, Schumacher, Button, Webber, Liuzzi and Barrichello.

Shortly before the end of the race, Buemi and Jarno Trulli also had to park their cars. Both came into the ranking, however.

Alonso became the fifth Ferrari driver with his victory after Juan Manuel Fangio ( 1956 ), Mario Andretti ( 1971 ), Nigel Mansell ( 1989 ) and Kimi Raikkonen ( 2007 ), who won his debut race for the Italians. The Spaniard took over the leading position in the drivers' world championship again after almost three years. He last led this ranking after the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-25	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	03	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Nico Rosberg
Red Bull Racing	05	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB6	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari F10	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Fernando Alonso
AT&T Williams	09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW32	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Nico Hulkenberg
Renault F1 Team	11	Robert Kubica	Renault R30	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Vitaly Petrov
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus Racing	18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	19th	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Karun Chandhok	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean C29	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Kamui Kobayashi
Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	25th	Lucas di Grassi

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 55.029	1: 53.883	1: 54.101	01
02	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 55.313	1: 54.331	1: 54.242	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 54.612	1: 54.172	1: 54.608	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 55.341	1: 54.707	1: 55.217	04th
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 55.463	1: 54.682	1: 55.241	05
06th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 55.298	1: 54.318	1: 55.284	06th
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 55.593	1: 55.105	1: 55.524	07th
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 55.715	1: 55.168	1: 55.672	08th
09	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 55.511	1: 54.963	1: 55.885	09
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 55.213	1: 54.996	1: 56.309	10
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 55.969	1: 55.330	-	11
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 55.628	1: 55.653	-	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 56.375	1: 55.857	-	13
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 56.428	1: 56.237	-	14th
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 56.189	1: 56.265	-	15th
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 56.541	1: 56.270	-	16
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 56.167	1: 56.619	-	17th
18th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 57.071	-	-	18th
19th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 59.728	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 59.852	-	-	20th
21st	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	2: 00.313	-	-	21st
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	2: 00.587	-	-	22nd
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	2: 03.240	-	-	23
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	2: 04.904	-	-	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	49	1	1: 39: 20.396	03	1: 58.287 (45th)
02	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	49	1	+ 16.099	02	1: 59.732 (38th)
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	49	1	+ 23.182	04th	1: 59,560 (42nd)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	49	1	+ 38.799	01	2: 00.218 (32nd)
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	49	1	+ 40.213	05	2: 00.236 (45.)
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	49	1	+ 44.163	07th	2: 00.204 (45th)
07th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	49	1	+ 45.280	08th	1: 59.970 (45th)
08th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	49	1	+ 46.360	06th	1: 59.487 (45th)
09	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	49	1	+ 53.008	12	1: 59,906 (39.)
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	49	1	+1: 02.489	11	1: 59.833 (47th)
11	Robert Kubica	Renault	49	1	+1: 09.093	09	2: 00.474 (33rd)
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	49	1	+1: 22.958	10	1: 59.393 (49.)
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	49	2	+1: 32.656	18th	1: 59.964 (28th)
14th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	48	2	+ 1 lap	13	2: 01,401 (34th)
15th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	47	1	+ 2 rounds	21st	2: 02.701 (47th)
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	46	1	DNF	15th	2: 00.080 (41st)
17th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	46	1	DNF	20th	2: 02.930 (34th)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	28	1	DNF	14th	2: 01.650 (27.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	17th	1	DNF	box	2: 09.127 (14.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	16	0	DNF	19th	2: 07.062 (11.)
-	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	13	0	DNF	17th	2: 04.307 ( 07.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	11	0	DNF	16	2: 05.044 ( 04th)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	02	0	DNF	22nd	2: 09.361 ( 02nd)
-	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	01	0	DNF	box	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 25th 02  Felipe Massa Ferrari 18th 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 15th 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 12 05  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 10 06th  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 8th 07th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 6th 08th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 4th 09  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 2 10  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1 11  Robert Kubica Renault 0 12  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0

Item driver constructor Points 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 0 15th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 16  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 17th  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 -  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 -  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 -  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 0 -  Vitaly Petrov Renault 0 -  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 -  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 -  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 43 02  McLaren-Mercedes 21st 03  Mercedes 18th 04th  Red Bull-Renault 16 05  Force India-Mercedes 2 06th  Williams-Cosworth 1

Item constructor Points 07th  Renault 0 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 09  Lotus Cosworth 0 -  Clean Ferrari 0 -  HRT-Cosworth 0 -  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "2011: Old track layout in Bahrain" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 16, 2010)
2. ↑ "Ex-World Champion Prost New Race Commissioner" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 11, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Bahrain in Manama / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 12, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Bahrain in Manama / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 12, 2010)
5. ^ "GP Bahrain in Manama / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 13, 2010)
6. ↑ "Virgin: The technology went on strike" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2010)
7. ↑ "Red Bull Racing has located Vettel's problem" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Bahrain Grand Prix 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com