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Bahrain

Saturday, 25 April 2009 ‡ 13:40

Very interesting qualifying session with many teams at the top with different drivers, not knowing who will make it to pole until the very last car had made it across the line after the end of final session. Trulli looked strong through out the day, i did suspect it would be either a Brawn or Red Bull at the top, but i am glad it isn't, since this will hopefully make way for a very entertaining race, with hopefully plenty of battles, especially at the front.

The first lap was almost like a BTCC race, with cars side by side into corners, showing signs of being an exciting race, with a "normal" state of play; no rain, no safety car. Glock managed to take Trulli from the start and Hamilton managed to get up to third from fifth, Button and Vettel following, the lead pack settling down with everyone else fighting every corner for position behind them for a few laps, impressive Webber up from eighteenth to eleventh by lap 4. The BMW's and Williams not performing too well, McLaren, Ferrari and Renault following along ok, nothing too impressive. The first set of pitstops juggled the leading driver, but by the end of these, Button emerged at the front where he more or less remained for the remainder of the race. Vettel drove well, as did Hamilton and Trulli. I thought we may have been on for a well deserved battle between Hamilton in his McLaren and Trulli in his Toyota, which would have been great to see, but never happened.

Labels: bahrain, button, trulli, vettel