Not the most exciting of races, despite a very nerve wracking first lap but Jenson drove another amazing race and his time got to see the chequered flag without a safety car involved. He won it in style with a brilliant strategy, putting in the quick laps when required & overtaking on the track not in the pitlane. The Englishman is in fine form at the moment and it can only make us wonder what he could have achieved in his career so far had he had a decent car. A real contrast in career to Lewis, his fellow Brit.

Toyota who ran light in Q3 to achieve their front row grid slots, sadly didn’t have the pace or strategy to convert their one lap pace into their first race win that they are so desperate for. Another great drive from Jarno though, adding more points to his title bid. Vettel too was very strong again, making his championship much more than a one horse race.

On the plus side for us Kimi fans - he finally scored some points after putting in a solid performance with the machinery available to him. He had a brilliant start, although a ‘hairy’ moment with Massa & Rubens almost put an end to all their races. He set a consistent pace throughout the race but sadly it wasn’t enough to match the front runners.

A mistake (on the front right) in his final pitstop led to a delay which cost him a chance for 5th (although the pace of Rubens & Brawn was too much to beat) and meant he had to re-take Glock and fight until the end to keep sixth place.

Its just a shame that certain ‘journalists’ still haven’t got off his back after this strong performance. They seem to have failed to have noticed that the Ferrari is a dog to drive so what Kimi achieved from 10th was pretty impressive.

As great as it was to see him score those 3 points and spare Ferrari’s blushes - its sad its come to this. We should be feeling such joy for a Kimi win, not a sixth place. Lets hope these upgrades in Spain begin the Ferrari and Raikkonen revival.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain;

57 laps; 308.238km;

Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time

 1.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  1h31:48.182

 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     7.187

 3.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +     9.170

 4.  Hamilton      Ferrari               (B)  +    22.096

 5.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes     (B)  +    37.779

 6.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    42.057

 7.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +    42.880

 8.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    52.775

 9.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    58.198

10.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +  1:05.149

11.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +  1:07.641

12.  Kovalainen    Ferrari               (B)  +  1:17.824

13.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +  1:18.805

14.  Massa         McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap

15.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     1 lap

16.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +     1 lap

17.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +     1 lap

18.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +     1 lap

19.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Trulli, 1:34.556

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap

Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)    49

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