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2012 Bahrain Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: Four races. Four driver winners. Four constructor winners. No dominate team emerging. This is really fun!

EVENT: Should we even call this a sporting event? A political event? Or, more likely, a money making event. Which is all F1 really cares about.

QUALIFYING: The most unaggressive qualifying session ever.

RACE: Even though Vettel virtually led from start to finish, you never knew if he was going to pull it off due to the huge concern over tire wear. That suspense made the race.

TRACK: Once again this year, a track which should produce a parade had lots of passing opportunities throughout the field.

START: Vettel gets it done, Webber doesn't blow it, Rosberg does, Grosjean is very aggressive, and Massa is a driver possessed.

VETTEL: You're not going to keep down a two-time World Champion for long.

WEBBER: Back to his normal role...

RED BULL: Still work needed, but give Adrian Newey some more time, and watch out.

RAIKKONEN: We're so glad Kimi is back on the podium. We missed his sunny disposition, emotion filled voice, and prefect enunciation during the press conference.

GROSJEAN: Who at Renault was dumb enough to let Romain go after his first year in F1?

LOTUS: Not the Lotus of last year, and not Lotus in the true spirit of the legacy, but still very nice to see this team under any name do so well.

ROSBERG: From first time winner to Schumacher-like dirty blocking tactics.

SCHUMACHER: Outdone by his teammate again, mechanical problems or not.

MERCEDES: Back to reality in this topsy-turvy season.

DI RESTA: Nice to see Paul showing his stuff again.

FORCE INDIA: The true dictator during this whole weekend is Bernie himself, as Force India very quickly learned. They went from publicly stating the reason for skipping the second practice session was due to safety reasons to receiving a backroom reprimand from Bernie to publicly stating skipping the practice session was a strategic move. Then, their cars never showed up on TV during qualifying. In true dictatorship fashion, Bernie denied everything.

ALONSO: Fernando could only work his magic to seventh place.

MASSA: We'll give Felipe credit when he deserves it. He ran a great race.

HAMILTON: Lewis isn't very happy.

MCLAREN: More pit stop issues.

TODT: Jean showed no leadership qualities at all during the whole sordid affair. Appeared to be nothing more than Bernie's puppet through the whole ordeal.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Protests.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 1 -- Number of protesters reportedly killed in clashes with security forces.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: The first predominantly Muslim country to host a Grand Prix was Morocco. Their one and only World Championship event was in 1958. Officially dubbed the Casablanca Grand Prix, Stirling Moss was the winner in a Vanwall. Stuart Lewis-Evans died in a London hospital six days after receiving severe burns in the race.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg's blocking move, "He pulled really to the right ... I thought it was Michael for one second."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: In true Bernie fashion, "You know what they say -- there is no such thing as bad publicity." True. But there is such thing as ethics and morals.

SCHEDULE: Way too long of a break for this year as they embark on the European portion of the calendar.

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Vettel 57
2. Raikkonen 57
3. Grosjean 57
4. Webber 57
5. Rosberg 57
6. di Resta 57
7. Alonso 57
8. Hamilton 57
9. Massa 57
10. Schumacher 57
11. Perez 57
12. Hulkenberg 57
13. Kobayashi 57
14. Vergne(R) 57
15. Ricciardo 56
16. Petrov 56
17. Kovalainen 56
18. Button 55
19. Glock 55
20. de la Rosa 55
21. Karthikeyan 55
22. Senna 54
R Maldonado 25
R Pic(R) 24

Time of Race
1:35:10.990

Margin of Victory
3.333 sec.

Safety Car
None

Lead Changes
4 among 3 drivers

Lap Leaders
Sebastian Vettel, Paul di Resta, Romain Grosjean

Fastest Race Lap
Sebastian Vettel

Pole Position
Sebastian Vettel

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Vettel 53
2. Hamilton 49
3. Webber 48
4. Button 43
  Alonso 43
6. Rosberg 35
7. Raikkonen 34
8. Grosjean 23
9. Perez 22
10. di Resta 15
11. Senna 14
12. Kobayashi 9
13. Vergne(R) 4
  Maldonado 4
15. Ricciardo 2
  Hulkenberg 2
  Schumacher 2
  Massa 2

  Team Pts.
1. Red Bull 101
2. McLaren 92
3. Lotus 57
4. Ferrari 45
5. Mercedes 37
6. Sauber 31
7. Williams 18
8. Force India 17
9. Toro Rosso 6
 
 

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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