Ferrari’s Alonso takes first race of the season
After starting from
pole position and leading for 34 laps out of 49, a cracked exhaust
wrecked the ambition of Sebastien Vettel of Red Bull GP at the Bahrain
Grand Prix. All through last season, Red Bull was always close to pole
but the unreliability of their car always determined their fate and in
hot Bahrain, that again proved to be the case. With the points scoring
system upgraded for outright win, the top 10 all score, and the points
are allocated as follows: 25 for first position, 18 for second place
and 15 points for the third driver that makes the podium.
Position
four to ten also get 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point respectively.
Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari team mate, Felipe Massa came in first
and second in a race that did not have any drama. On the 47th, Alonso
clocked the fastest one lap time of 1:58.287 and that was just to
confirm the fact that the other drivers will have to chase him
throughout the new season.
The race, which was Alonso’s Ferrari debut,
saw him record his first formula 1 win since Japan in October 2008.
2009 champion, Jenson came in seventh behind returnee driver, Michael
Schumacher, who is also a position behind team mate, Nico Rosberg.
Vettel developed a problem in the 34th lap when he radioed his pit crew
that he had a “loss of power” with the two Ferraris nudging him in the
back. Lewis Hamilton made the podium as the third placed driver.
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