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Virgin Racing competed in their very first race at the Bahrain Grand Prix, shame it was a short one for both drivers.

New recruit Lucas di Grassi only managed 2 full laps after a believed cooler split, ruining his dream of finishing on his debut.

Now into his third season, Timo Glock faired a little better completing 18 laps, where he managed to overtake a rival Lotus, before a gearbox problem ended …

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It started with a puff of smoke; it ended with a cracked exhaust pipe.

Red Bull showed incredible pace in Bahrain, but reliability issues hindered them in a race they should have won.

Sebastian Vettel was comfortably leading the race before his exhaust problems lost him his power, and he was consequently passed by both Ferrari’s and Lewis Hamilton. He should have picked up 25 points; he ended up with 12, though …

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Despite finishing 15th and 17th, it was a very commendable debut for the Lotus F1 team. The team were generally expected to be the best of the newcomers and this proved to be the case at the Sakhir circuit.

The Lotus’ were in fact the only one of the new teams to actually finish the race, with the Virgin and Hispania teams all retired with 17 laps still to race. Heikki Kovalainen set …

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Now that the first race of the 2010 season is out of the way and with time to reflect, it seems only one conclusion can be reached over Renault’s weekend. Disappointing.

An 11thplace for Robert Kubica and a DNF for Vitaly Petrov after 13 laps was all they could achieve after a lacklustre race which saw an impressive performance by Ferrari at the head of the field. At the moment Renault can …

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Force India managed to secure their first points of the 2010 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix with Vitantonio Liuzzi coming home in ninth. Adrian Sutil finished outside the points in 12th.

Had Sutil not collided with Renault’s Robert Kubica on the opening lap, he might well have found himself coming home in a points scoring position but it was not to be.

Liuzzi however will be satisfied with the way he performed …

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Mercedes GP suffered the same emotions as the F1 owners this weekend. After all the build-up, the Bahrain GP was a big let-down.

Michael Schumacher was back, Nico Rosberg would push him all the way, and they had a car to compete at the front. That’s what we thought.

Well, they performed the poorest out of the four top teams. 5th and 6th may make it seem like they were competitive, but they …

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Michael Schumacher has questioned the rule changes in Formula One following his return to competitive action.

The seven-times world champion finished sixth in Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after his comeback following four years in retirement with Mercedes GP.

However, Schumacher has questioned the wisdom of the rule changes for 2010 which have brought an end to refuelling and stipulate that cars must begin races with the tyres they used in final qualifying.

"The new rules …

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Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was ecstatic after starting his Ferrari career with victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Alonso took advantage of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel running into late problems in Sakhir and eventually headed a one-two for Ferrari, with Felipe Massa finishing second.

The Spaniard said after his win: "It's a special day for me.

"Coming back to the top of the podium is always special and it's even more special with Ferrari, with …

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Ferrari enjoyed a perfect start to the new Formula One season as Fernando Alonso won the Bahrain Grand Prix and team-mate Felipe Massa finished second.

Alonso took advantage of some late problems for Red Bull's Sebastien Vettel to ease to victory in his first outing for Ferrari, following his off-season switch from Renault.

Vettel looked well set to clinch the win himself, leading out superbly from pole position and seeming to have the race under control, …

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The new partnership of Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro De La Rosa looked steady after the first day’s practice at the Bahrain GP.

The attacking force of the Japanese driver was visible to all after he recorded the 11th quickest lap in session two after a poor first session by his standards.

Team-mate De La Rosa also had a mixed session on the first day of the 2010 season as he finished a place …

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