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<blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 376482" data-attributes="member: 185281"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/772/8.html" target="_blank">Official Race Result</a> | <a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5964/772.html" target="_blank">Full Story</a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">A thoroughly entertaining race was played out today in the deserts of Bahrain, as Felipe Massa took victory for Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton made history as the most successful debutant in F1 history, coming 2nd and achieving three consecutive podium finishes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Going into the first corner from the start, Hamilton was unable to make a move on Massa, but Alonso did on Raikkonen to take 3rd in the early stint of the race. Jenson Button didn’t make it to lap 2, an early collision with Coulthard ending his poor weekend.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Massa</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> led Hamilton the whole way, although Hamilton was able to keep in relative touch. McLaren’s distrust of the hard tyres, would prove to be ill-funded as, when Hamilton used him in the closing stages, he rallied to nearly catch Massa but for a lack of laps. No doubt Ron Dennis will wonder if, had they used them during the much longer middle stint, Hamilton would have been able to fight for the victory.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Alonso had a far less enjoyable race. Despite overtaking Raikkonen, he lacked pace and appeared to just be holding up the Finn until the first round of pit stops, at which point Raikkonen went ahead. Then, quite spectacularly, Nick Heidfeld (BMW) beat Alonso in turn 4 to take 5th. A very bad day at the office for the champion.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Kubica, Trulli, and Fisichella took 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively, but perhaps the hardest working driver of the race, David Coulthard, didn’t finish at all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Starting 21st, the Scot was 13th by lap 10, battling for 9th by lap 12, and passing team mate Webber (8th on the grid) for 10th on lap 27. His race would terminate 10 laps later with driveshaft problems. A brave effort. Fellow Brit, Anthony Davidson, would also fail to finish despite a great race – at one point 6th – 6 laps short with engine failure.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2007.html" target="_blank">Drivers’ Championship</a> –</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Alonso, Raikkonen, and amazingly Lewis Hamilton are level at the top on 22pts</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2007.html" target="_blank">Constructers’ Championship</a> –</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Ferrari have reduced the deficit from McLaren to 5pts, 44-39.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><a href="http://www.purefantasyf1.net/MyPFF1sat.asp?MYD=149&LA=En" target="_blank">SupaLiga 2007</a> –</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><strong><a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachment.php?attachmentid=19024&stc=1&d=1227994155" target="_blank">UPDATED SHORT TABLE</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">(Full table available in attachment)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">No big jumpers position-wise, but Draconigen has blown away the disadvantage of starting one race late, scoring the 4th highest score this race and jumping 2 places up to 15th (161pts).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">F1 Aberdeen are still leading the league, and have been able to increase their advantage by 25pts over the nearest opposition, now the Stunts who leapfrog Linhas, who drop to 3rd. The top 3 increase the gap from the rest to 26pts.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">Toppers continue to impress moving up to 4th, that’s a 3 position rise since Australia. HondaWilliams continue to depress, they were 6th after Australia but fall 4 places to 12th after today’s race.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'">NEXT RACE > SPANISH GRAND PRIX <span style="color: black">@ CIRCUIT de CATALUNYA > MAY 13</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salty25, post: 376482, member: 185281"] [FONT=Century Gothic][URL="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/772/8.html"]Official Race Result[/URL] | [URL="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5964/772.html"]Full Story[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]A thoroughly entertaining race was played out today in the deserts of Bahrain, as Felipe Massa took victory for Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton made history as the most successful debutant in F1 history, coming 2nd and achieving three consecutive podium finishes.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Going into the first corner from the start, Hamilton was unable to make a move on Massa, but Alonso did on Raikkonen to take 3rd in the early stint of the race. Jenson Button didn’t make it to lap 2, an early collision with Coulthard ending his poor weekend.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Massa[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic] led Hamilton the whole way, although Hamilton was able to keep in relative touch. McLaren’s distrust of the hard tyres, would prove to be ill-funded as, when Hamilton used him in the closing stages, he rallied to nearly catch Massa but for a lack of laps. No doubt Ron Dennis will wonder if, had they used them during the much longer middle stint, Hamilton would have been able to fight for the victory.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Alonso had a far less enjoyable race. Despite overtaking Raikkonen, he lacked pace and appeared to just be holding up the Finn until the first round of pit stops, at which point Raikkonen went ahead. Then, quite spectacularly, Nick Heidfeld (BMW) beat Alonso in turn 4 to take 5th. A very bad day at the office for the champion.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Kubica, Trulli, and Fisichella took 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively, but perhaps the hardest working driver of the race, David Coulthard, didn’t finish at all.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Starting 21st, the Scot was 13th by lap 10, battling for 9th by lap 12, and passing team mate Webber (8th on the grid) for 10th on lap 27. His race would terminate 10 laps later with driveshaft problems. A brave effort. Fellow Brit, Anthony Davidson, would also fail to finish despite a great race – at one point 6th – 6 laps short with engine failure.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][URL="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2007.html"]Drivers’ Championship[/URL] –[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Alonso, Raikkonen, and amazingly Lewis Hamilton are level at the top on 22pts[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][URL="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2007.html"]Constructers’ Championship[/URL] –[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Ferrari have reduced the deficit from McLaren to 5pts, 44-39.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][URL="http://www.purefantasyf1.net/MyPFF1sat.asp?MYD=149&LA=En"]SupaLiga 2007[/URL] – [B][URL=http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachment.php?attachmentid=19024&stc=1&d=1227994155]UPDATED SHORT TABLE[/URL][/B][/font] [FONT=Century Gothic](Full table available in attachment)[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]No big jumpers position-wise, but Draconigen has blown away the disadvantage of starting one race late, scoring the 4th highest score this race and jumping 2 places up to 15th (161pts).[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]F1 Aberdeen are still leading the league, and have been able to increase their advantage by 25pts over the nearest opposition, now the Stunts who leapfrog Linhas, who drop to 3rd. The top 3 increase the gap from the rest to 26pts.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Toppers continue to impress moving up to 4th, that’s a 3 position rise since Australia. HondaWilliams continue to depress, they were 6th after Australia but fall 4 places to 12th after today’s race.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]NEXT RACE > SPANISH GRAND PRIX [COLOR=black]@ CIRCUIT de CATALUNYA > MAY 13[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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