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2010 Bahrain Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: A whole new Formula 1 scenario. How it plays out this year will be very interesting. We suspect there will be a lot of good and a lot of lousy stories when it is all said and done.

EVENT: Must be nice to be there, but not so much to watch.

RACE: Well, those new rule changes worked really well ... Not!

TRACK: They added half-a-mile jammed packed with nine extra turns. A classic example of subtraction by addition.

START: Slight problem with visibility...

ALONSO: A superb debut with Ferrari. A match made in racing heaven?

MASSA: Great, great return after his terrible accident last year.

FERRARI: The prancing horse is back thanks to attention to detail. And with Schumacher's help.

VETTEL: The real dominating story of the race. Sebastian may be the true title contender. But will the car and his overexuberance let him down again.

MCLAREN: Will they have to spend the early part of the season playing catch up again like last year?

HAMILTON: In the meantime, Lewis grabbed a bunch of points.

BUTTON: Sensible logic says Jenson will be no match for his teammate. However, we think that might not turn out to be the case all the time.

ROSBERG: Nico must show his stuff this year. Beating his teammate ... some guy by the name of Schumacher ... all weekend is a good start.

SCHUMACHER: Three years away is still three years away even for Michael. An heroic return should not have been expected.

MERCEDES: Remember, this used to be Brawn GP. You know, the team that won the World Championship last year. Suddenly, they are behind Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren.

WEBBER: Got reinvigorated last year. But will still probably play second fiddle to his teammate.

RED BULL: Forget the knee-activated air inlet system of McLaren. Red Bull has the best new design gimmick -- the smokescreen feature.

BARRICHELLO: Welcome to Nico Rosberg's world.

KUBICA: Another driver who must show his stuff this year.

ALGUERSUARI: They got rid of Bourdais for this guy?

HULKENBERG: Whoops. Welcome to Formula 1, Nico.

CHANDHUK: Well, that was a short debut.

RENAULT: The best new looking paint job on the grid.

HRT F1: Campos. Hispania. HRT. Pick a name and stick to it. Oh, and HRT F1 Team is redundant, because the "T" already stands for Team! Dorks.

RAIKKONEN: Kimi, who?

USF1: Is it even worth bringing this topic up?

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Tires.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 11 -- The number of seconds (well, okay 10.8) separating the pole and the worst of the new teams at the back. Eleven seconds!

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Having all but two of the living World Champions at Bahrain was great. Having them drive the cars of their eras was even better.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Mark Webber, always known for his frank opinions, slamming the rules makers after the boring debut, "Why do they keep dicking with it?"

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Leave it up to the Italian press to never let things rest, crowning Michael Schumacher as, "World champion of arrogance."

SCHEDULE: Now we get to go Down Under and listen to three days of whether Australia will be on the calendar next year.

Copyright © 2010 by Deep Throttle. All Rights Reserved.



RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Alonso 49
2. Massa 49
3. Hamilton 49
4. Vettel 49
5. Rosberg 49
6. Schumacher 49
7. Button 49
8. Webber 49
9. Liuzzi 49
10. Barrichello 49
11. Kubica 49
12. Sutil 49
13. Alguersuari 49
14. Hulkenberg(R) 48
15. Kovalainen 47
16. Buemi 46
17. Trulli 46
R de la Rosa 28
R Senna(R) 17
R Glock 16
R Petrov(R) 13
R Kobayashi 11
R di Grassi(R) 2
R Chandhok(R) 1

Time of Race
1:39:20.396

Margin of Victory
16.099 sec.

Safety Car
None

Lead Changes
1 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders
Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso

Fastest Race Lap
Fernando Alonso

Pole Position
Sebastian Vettel

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Alonso 25
2. Massa 18
3. Hamilton 15
4. Vettel 12
5. Rosberg 10
6. Schumacher 8
7. Button 6
8. Webber 4
9. Liuzzi 2
10. Barrichello 1

  Team Pts.
1. Ferrari 43
2. McLaren 21
3. Mercedes 18
4. Red Bull 16
5. Force India 2
6. Williams 1
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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