Bahrain Grand Prix
2010 · Round 1 · Sakhir, Bahrain · Mar 13-14, 2010Race summary
Victory went to Alonso (from 3rd on the grid), with a 16.1s margin. Kovalainen made the biggest gain, from 21st on the grid to 15th (up 6 places). Vettel had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 4th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Alonso (1:58.287).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso 1:58.287 | Ferrari | 3 | 49 | 1:39:20.396 | 25 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 2 | 49 | +16.099 | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 4 | 49 | +23.182 | 15 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1 | 49 | +38.799 | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 5 | 49 | +40.213 | 10 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 7 | 49 | +44.163 | 8 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 8 | 49 | +45.280 | 6 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 6 | 49 | +46.360 | 4 |
| 9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 12 | 49 | +53.008 | 2 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 11 | 49 | +1:02.489 | 1 |
| 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 9 | 49 | +1:09.093 | 0 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 10 | 49 | +1:22.958 | 0 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 18 | 49 | +1:32.656 | 0 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 13 | 48 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 21 | 47 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 15 | 46 | Electrical | 0 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 20 | 46 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| – | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 14 | 28 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| – | Bruno Senna | HRT | 23 | 17 | Overheating | 0 |
| – | Timo Glock | Virgin | 19 | 16 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 17 | 13 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 16 | 11 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| – | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 22 | 2 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| – | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 24 | 1 | Accident | 0 |