2006 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race 1/18

[Richard T]

come on jenson

 

[//Mike]

Car 23 under investigation.

 

[Flibster]

Car 23 under investigation - suspect that his engineers were not off the grid in time

 

[Byron5184]

I'd love button to get a win but obviously kimi for the outsider.

 

[Flibster]

Forming up now....

Ooooh....getting excited.

 

[Joe T]

Here we go guys!

 

[//Mike]

The grid is forming up...

And the first race of the new season is go, go, go!

 

[Flibster]

The 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix is now....

GO!!!


Button got a bad start - Massa Weaving a lot

Montoya up though

 

[//Mike]

Alonso passes Massa out of T4.

 

[Stormrider]

stunning start by Alonso

 

[//Mike]

Jense passes Rubens into T1.

 

[Flibster]

Raikkonen up to 15th already.

Raikkonen up to 14th now...

M.Schumacher
Alonso
Massa
Montoya
Barrichello
Button
Fisichella
Webber
Klien
Coulthard
Villeneuve
Liuzzi
Raikkonen
Speed
Trulli
R.Schumacher
Sato
Ide
Heidfeld
Monteiro
Rosberg - Pits on lap 2
Albers - Pits on lap 2

 

[Stormrider]

Hondas scrapping - Kimi to 13th

 

[Joe T]

Come on Button!

 

[Joe T]

Albers come to a stop

 

[//Mike]

Jense trys going around the outside of Rubens at T1, don't think he's going to get through there!

 

[Flibster]

Alonso does a 1:34.733 on lap 2

Ide has a drive though - Mechanics on the grid within 15 seconds of the start

 

[Joe T]

Heildfield lost a wing

 

[rpstewart]

GAAAHH! Sky signal's gone for ITV, it's fine for just about everything else

5 Live is saying naff off your're foreign....

Any other sources??

 

[Joe T]

Monterio out. Gearbox problems