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The 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 14 March 2010 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. It was the opening round of the 2010 Formula One season.

The race was won by Fernando Alonso, his first as a Ferrari driver and his first F1 victory overall since the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix. His new teammate, Felipe Massa ensured a good start to the year for the team by finishing second. McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton completed the podium by finishing in third position.

All of the race had been led by polesitter and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, until lap 34 when a power issue forced him to concede the lead to Alonso. This meant that he was eventually overtaken by Massa and Hamilton too, meaning that he finished in fourth place. Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber qualified sixth before finishing the race in eighth place. Michael Schumacher's first race of his return to Formula One for the Mercedes resulted in him finishing sixth, one place behind teammate Nico Rosberg. Reigning world champion Jenson Button completed his first race for the McLaren team by finishing seventh. It was also the Grand Prix debut of Nico Hülkenberg, who finished fourteenth for his team Williams.

The three new teams—Lotus, Hispania and Virgin—did not have a very successful debut race. Their six cars occupied the last six places in qualifying, and only one, the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen, finished the race, although Jarno Trulli's Lotus was also classified in last place. As a consequence of the race, Fernando Alonso and Ferrari led their respective championships with maximum points. The race was also the first since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix not to feature refuelling during in-race pit stops, the first Grand Prix weekend since the 1997 Australian Grand Prix to have 24 initial entries and the first Grand Prix to have more than 22 starting drivers since the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix.


Offical Name
VII Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Date
2010-03-14
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
49 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT+3)
2010-03-12 Friday
1st Free Practice 10:00 - 11:30
2nd Free Practice 14:00 - 15:30
2010-03-13 Saturday
3rd Free Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
2010-03-14 Sunday
Race 15:00 - 17:00

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • 22nd win for 
    • 10th front row for
    • 25th front row for
    • 250th Grand Prix for 
  • Team
    • 211th win for 
  • Engine
    • 212th win for Ferrari
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance: 100,000
  • Entries: 24
  • Qualified: 24
  • Classified: 17
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 25
2 18
3 15
4 12
5 10
6 8
7 6
8 4
9 2
10 1
11 0
12 0
13 0
14 0
15 0
16 0
17 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 43
2 21
3 18
4 16
5 2
6 1
7 0
8 0
9 0
- 0
- 0
- 0

Trophy Presented By
Winner HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa Crown Prince of Bahrain
2nd Place H.E. Shaikh Fawaz Bin Mohammed Minister for Sport
3rd Place H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Isa President, BMF
Winning Constructor
(represented by Stefano Domenicali)
Samer Majali Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Air


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