After a long winter, Formula One season is back with a first race in Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. But unfortunately the race has been a let down. The new ban on refueling in-race that ought to have provide a spectacle turns to be otherwise, with the majority of the driver look set to preserve their tyres rather than to push. As Michael Schumacher has said right after the race that the race is boring in itself.
FIA need to address this problem as soon as they can. One good opinion given by McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is that two pit stops should be mandated. This opinion should and need to be given a green light as soon as they can because without any spectacle, the fans all over the world will turn away from the sport. With the two pit stop is mandatory, the drivers will have to push harder in their stint because the the stint is much shorter.
Apart from that, the Sakhir circuit layout is also one of the main cause of the dullness of the race. With the new added section, overtaking seems distance away and utterly impossible. Let us hope that the race in Albert Park in Australia in two week time should provide more entertainment rather than boring race as this.
As for the result, Not much to be discussed except for the fact that Ferrari look like the team to beat and Red Bull's race pace is not as fast as their qualifying pace. However, their stint with softer compound tyre looks promising. In McLaren camp, Their race pace is better than their qualifying pace but it still is too far adrift of Ferrari. The same goes to Mercedes GP team. But as the season goes on, we will see an improvement to the performance of all the teams. Its still early to make prediction on who will will the championship come the last race.
Lotus team stamp their name back on the Formula One hall of fame with both of their drivers finishing the race with Heikki finished 15th and Jarno 17th. They are now 9th in the WCC championship ahead of Sauber (Sauber team for god sake!!), their arch rival Virgin Racing and Hispania Racing team.
Australia is two weeks away, let just hope for a better spectacle and more wheels on wheels stuffs going on there. Until then, take a look at the race result and WCC and WDC standing. Cheers!
Bahrain GP result
1. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) - 1:39:20.396
2. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - +16.0 seconds
3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - +23.1 seconds
4. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) - +38.7 seconds
5. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) - +40.2 seconds
6. Michael Schumacher(Mercedes) - +44.1 seconds
7. Jenson Button (McLaren) - +45.2 seconds
8. Mark Webber (Red Bull) - +46.3 seconds
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) - +53.0 seconds
10.Rubens Barrichello(Williams) - +62.4 seconds
11.Robert Kubica (Renault) - +69.0 seconds
12.Adrian Sutil (Force India) - +82.9 seconds
13.Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) - +92.6 seconds
14.Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) - +1 laps
15.Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) - +2 laps
16.Sebastian Buemi (Toro Rosso) - +3 laps
17.Jarno Trulli (Lotus) -
World Driver Championship (WDC) standings
1.Fernando Alonso , 25 points
2.Felipe Massa , 18 points
3.Lewis Hamilton , 15 points
4.Sebastian Vettel , 12 points
5.Nico Rosberg , 10 points
6.Michael Schumacher , 8 points
7.Jenson Button , 6 points
8.Mark Webber , 4 points
9.Vitantonio Liuzzi , 2 points
10.Rubens Barrichello, 1 points
World Constructor Championship (WCC) standings
1.Ferrari , 43 points
2.McLaren , 21 points
3.Mercedes GP , 18 points
4.Red Bull Racing , 16 points
5.Force India , 2 points
6.Williams , 1 point
7.Renault , 0 point
8.Toro Rosso , 0 point
9.Lotus , 0 point
10.BMW Sauber , 0 point
11.Virgin Racing , 0 point
12.Hispania Racing, 0 point
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