Alonso wins race 1

Source: http://www.planetf1.com/basket/3213/story/6026618/

Fernando Alonso started his Ferrari career with a bang, winning the season-opening Bahrain GP ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa.

With the new regulations, new drivers and new teams all coming into play, the outcome of the Sakhir race was anybody's guess, although many were guessing that Ferrari were the favourites.

The Scuderia, though, downplayed the tag and justifiably so as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had their measure throughout the first half of the grand prix.

However, a broken exhaust cost the Red Bull racer as the problem meant a serious loss of power - costing him almost two seconds a lap. It also cost him the lead as he was overhauled by Alonso while Massa followed his team-mate by seconds later.

Lewis Hamilton was the next to overtake Vettel, moving up into third place while the German could do little more than count down the remaining laps as Nico Rosberg edged ever closer.

The Merc driver, though, wasn't able to get close enough as a heroic last lap burst from Vettel ensured he had a big enough advantage to cross the line ahead of his countryman.

Michael Schumacher bagged points on his return to F1, finishing in sixth place ahead of Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Tonio Liuzzi and Rubens Barrichello.

Meanwhile, it was a disappointing afternoon for two of F1's three new teams as neither Hispania nor Virgin got a single driver to even the halfway point in the race, never mind the finish.

As for Lotus, they were 16th and 17th, the final two finishers - but at least they finished.

Great result for Ferrari and all the Ferrari fans out there. P1 and P2 in the first race is what exactly they needed after the disastrous 2009 campaign.

slightly boring race, until Ferrari took the lead of course

Absolutely boring. No incidents at all to make it spicy. And no real overtaking / maneuvering / fighting for places. Hope the future races are more interesting.

^ isnt this why they said we need races like silverstone and melbourne?

Damn boring the race was,even no first lap incidents too

I wanted Seb to win but....Bad luck ...:@

yeah the only situation was kubica banging wheels with sutil as usual..

seriously over the last few years all the new tracks have been really boring compared to the historical tracks