Bahrain

Filed in archive F1 Racing on March 17, 2010

The F1 season kicked off this weekend with what turned out to be a slow but eventful race. On the first and second corners we expected collisions, and collide the drivers did. Adrian Sutil's Force India span out with Robert Kubica's Renault, making sure that they both finished outside the points in the first race, and while Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took poll in qualifying he finished 4th overall. Nine drivers retired before the end, including Virgin Racing newcomer di Grassi and one Bruno Senna of the new Hispania Racing, while both experienced drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock also failed to make it to the end.

It seems like it is back to the old order of things though, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa coming first and second, while McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took 15 points for third place. I have to say this is actually quite disappointing. After last year we saw a different and frankly more fascinating race between Brawn GP (now Mercedes) and Red Bull, and with the new points system and abundance of new constructors this season we thought it might be different. While it still promises to be one of the most intriguing seasons to watch in recent memory, we do hope it becomes more competitive...