Bahrain GP Results and Action

April 15 2007 | 'The Bite Point' | By Martin Porter

Felipe Massa and Ferrari led from start to finish to claim a much-needed haul of ten points after their terrible display in Malaysia.

As the lights went out the Brazilian driver got a flying start on his cleaner tarmac while Lewis Hamilton was left fighting for grip on the dirty stuff and as the cars closed for Turn 1 he had no chance to make a move on Felipe. Lewis also had serious pressure from Kimi Raikkonen who tried to find a way round him but the Brit closed the door.

Fernando Alonso wanted past Kimi Raikkonen as soon as possible and launched himself up the inside at Turn 4 to successfully take P3.

So with Felipe Massa leading from start to finish, Lewis Hamilton finished just 2.359secs behind in second place to become the first driver in F1 history to finish on the podium in his first three races and also to share the lead of the Drivers' World Championship with third-placed Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso who struggled to finish fifth behind Nick Heidfeld.

And here is how the whole field ended up after the race distance of 308.238 km:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
01	5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	1:32:27.515	1
02	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+2.359 secs	2
03	6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	57	+10.839 secs	3
04	9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW	57	+13.831 secs	5
05	1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+14.426 secs	4
06	10	Robert Kubica	BMW	57	+45.529 secs	6
07	12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	57	+ 1:21.371 secs	9
08	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	57	+ 1:21.701 secs	7
09	4	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	57	+ 1:29.411 secs	12
10	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	57	+ 1:29.916 secs	10
11	17	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	56	+1 Lap	11
12	11	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	56	+1 Lap	14
13	8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+1 Lap	15
14	21	Christijan Albers	Spyker-Ferrari	55	+2 Laps	22
15	20	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	53	+4 Laps	20
16	23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	51	Engine	13
Ret.	15	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	41	Gearbox	8
Ret.	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	36	Driveshaft	21
Ret.	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	34	Engine	17
Ret.	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR-Ferrari	26	Hydraulics	18
Ret.	7	Jenson Button	Honda	0	Accident	16
Ret.	19	Scott Speed	STR-Ferrari	0	Accident	19