2006 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race 1/18

Creature · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:02

Rosberg takes Klien for 7th, stunning drive, simply stunning.

Joe T · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:02

Rosberg takes Klein

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:02

//Mike said:
Button weaving??? Looks like he's warming his tyres up!

Trying to distract Raikkonen...

Won't happen

rpstewart · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

Great move from Nico

Driver of the day? Kimi for raw speed, Alonso for keeping MS honest, Rosberg for a stunning debut. Not sure which to pick though

Creature · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

Alonso wins, M.Schumacher second, Raikkonen third. Very good race, hopefully continues through the year.

nicRob · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

Alonso won

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

And Alonso wins the first round of the 2006 season, MSC second, Kimi 3rd.

Joe T · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

Alonso wins!

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:04

Alonso takes the flag - Beautiful drive form him.

Driver of the Day - it's between Raikkonen, Alonso and Rosberg for me.

Alibaba99 · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:04

Love the Renault PR speak, Alonso was 'managing his performance'

Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:06

Alibaba99 said:
Love the Renault PR speak, Alonso was 'managing his performance'

mmm yes course he was

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:06

Coulthards RB has died out on track, ran out of fuel from the looks of things.

Stonedofmoo · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:07

Good race, enjoyed that. Bodes well for the rest of the year

Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:08

superb - three different cars on the podium, four different in the top four

Creature · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:09

That's a camera, not a mirror Alonso

JRS · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:09

Heh "managing the performance"....gotta love PR speak.

Good drive from Alonso, excellent work by his pit crew. They really ought to have a seperate championship for the crews, they seem to do a lot of the work these days

Rosberg - you can tell which family he comes from can't you? Great drive from him.

The STR cars are going to get protested at some point, it's inevitable. Congrats to the FIA for ballsing up this engine rule change.

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:09

5 of the championship contenders in the top 5 - looks good.

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:09

It certainly does bode well for the rest of the season

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Thanks guys for some great company yet again

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Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:10

I think we may be seeing these three on the podium a lot this year.

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:11

2006 Bahrain Grand Prix results - subject to conformation

Code:

[b]Pos	Driver		Gap[/b]
1	Alonso		
2	M.Schumacher	1.2
3	Raikkonen	19.3
4	Button		19.9
5	Montoya		37.0
6	Webber		41.9
7	Rosberg		63.0
8	Klien		66.7
9	Massa		69.9
10	Coulthard	75.5
11	Luizzi		85.9
12	Heidfeld	1 lap
13	Speed		1 lap
14	R.Schumacher	1 lap
15	R.Barrichello	1 lap
16	Trulli		1 lap
17	Monteiro	2 laps
18	Sato		4 laps
19	Ide		22 laps
20	Villeneuve	28 laps
21	Fisichella	36 laps
22	Albers		57 laps