2009 FIA Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix: April 24-26

[EJ25RUN]

Vettle on options vs Trulli on primes....this should be good.

[EJ25RUN]

**Spoilers**










2009 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
Provisional Results Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 57 Winner 4 10
2 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 57 +7.1 secs 3 8
3 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +9.1 secs 1 6
4 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 57 +22.0 secs 5 5
5 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 57 +37.7 secs 6 4
6 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +42.0 secs 10 3
7 10 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +42.8 secs 2 2
8 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 57 +52.7 secs 7 1
9 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 57 +58.1 secs 9
10 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +65.1 secs 15
11 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 57 +67.6 secs 18
12 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +77.8 secs 11
13 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 57 +78.8 secs 20
14 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 8
15 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 17
16 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 19
17 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 16
18 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +1 Lap
19 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1 Lap
Ret 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota +9 Lap

[Mike Lowrey]

The second stint, running of prime tires, killed Toyota. Glock lost alot of time on the primes. Oh well, decent result. On to Barcelona.

[EJ25RUN]

Toyota just cant win can they?

Well Button definetly drove the car well and with the Brawn working so well in the dry, i knew podium was gonna be in the cards but the win is even better.

Vettle did well to hold of Jarno on the worse of the two tires so he definetly deserves the points.

Ferrari.....they got some points and lead at one point. They is something i'd wanna say about Force India but no, its Ferrari.

McLaren looks to be gaining speed but is still a long way behind RB, Brawn, and Toyota.


This is a busy weekend for me. I still have to watch:

Motogp Japan: 125, 250, Motogp
Superbikes Assen: Race 1, Race 2, and WSS
BTCC Thruxton: Race 3
Super GT Suzuka: (still haven't watch it, hate japanese commentary)

[Mike Lowrey]

Looking back, Toyota should have run the second stint on the option tires like RB and Brawn. I think they lost too much time in a critical part of the race. They have the pace to win a race, just need a few things to fall thir way.

It is good to see new faces at the podium. I think it is good for the sport.