Bahrain GP data file

Date published : 15 Mar 2010 - 11:11:38

In a new feature for 2010, itv.com/f1 brings you a car by car rundown of how everyone fared in the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.From Ferrari's run to victory to the new teams' turbulent weekends, here are all the stats and details you need to know from Sakhir.Jenson Button - McLaren-MercedesPractice: 5th / 4th / 7thTotal practice laps: 61Qualifying: 11th / 10th / 8thPit stop laps: 16Result: 7thSummary: A low-key start to Button's title defence. He suspected a car problem after only qualifying eighth, but gets up to seventh in the race, swapping places with Mark Webber in the pit stops.Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-MercedesPractice: 6th / 2nd / 12thTotal practice laps: 49Qualifying: 6th / 6th / 4thPit stop laps: 15Result: 3rdSummary: Bar a slight brake duct problem that cost him some mileage in final practice, little went wrong for Hamilton in Bahrain - the McLaren just wasn't quite fast enough. Fourth on the grid, he showed slightly better race pace, but was held up by Rosberg after losing out on the first lap. Having passed the Mercedes in the pits, he pulled away and took third thanks to Vettel's problem.Michael Schumacher - MercedesPractice: 10th / 3rd / 4thTotal practice laps: 52Qualifying: 9th / 9th / 7thPit stop laps: 15Result: 6thSummary: The returning legend admitted he was still a bit rusty, especially when it came to single-lap pace. Slightly slower than Rosberg all weekend, he qualified a low-key seventh and finished sixth, with Button and Webber on his tail.Nico Rosberg - MercedesPractice: 8th / 1st / 2ndTotal practice laps: 51Qualifying: 7th / 5th / 5thPit stop laps: 16Result: 5thSummary: Rosberg hoped he might be able to fight for pole after going fastest on Friday, but fifth on the grid was his limit. He passed Hamilton the first lap, but fell behind the McLaren again in the pits, and then couldn't get close enough to Vettel at the end.Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-RenaultPractice: 13th / 5th / 5thTotal practice laps: 51Qualifying: 2nd / 1st / 1stPit stop laps: 17Result: 4thSummary: Brake problems gave Vettel a few headaches in Friday practice, but come qualifying he was in a class of his own - taking a comfortable pole. He then led the race with a handy 5s margin at first, only for a spark plug problem to cost him engine power. The German pressed on as quickly as his wounded car could manage and still took fourth.Mark Webber - Red Bull-RenaultPractice: 9th / 17th / 3rdTotal practice laps: 44Qualifying: 4th / 3rd / 6thPit stop laps: 16Result: 8thSummary: A frustrating start for Webber. A gearbox problem cost him practice time on Friday afternoon, and though he was quick in Q1 and Q2, a poor second half to his final Q3 lap left him only sixth on the grid. He then lost out to Schumacher on lap one of the race and Button in the pits, leaving him eighth at the flag.Felipe Massa - Ferrari Practice: 4th / 7th / 6thTotal practice laps: 63Qualifying: 5th / 4th / 2ndPit stop laps: 17Result: 2ndSummary: Massa settled straight back into F1 on his return from injury and was quick all weekend. He beat his new team-mate Alonso to the outside front row spot in qualifying, but was passed by the Spaniard on the first lap of the race. That meant he had to settle for second when Vettel wilted and the Ferraris got past. High fuel consumption also forced him to ease his pace in the second part of the grand prix, allowing Alonso to escape.Fernando Alonso - FerrariPractice: 2nd / 9th / 1stTotal practice laps: 57Qualifying: 1st / 2nd / 3rdPit stop laps: 16Result: 1stSummary: Alonso returned to the top step of the podium with a brilliant win on his Ferrari debut. He looked like Vettel's main rival for pole until Q3, when Massa got between them, but the Spaniard got back in front of his team-mate on lap one of the race. Alonso then closed on Vettel after the pit stops and picked up the lead when the Red Bull had to slow.Rubens Barrichello - Williams-CosworthPractice: 15th / 13th / 14thTotal practice laps: 47Qualifying: 12th / 11thPit stop laps: 19Result: 10thSummary: Barrichello's Williams career got off to a quiet start, although he did at least score. Not reaching Q3 meant he could take hard tyres for the start of the race, but it didn't gain him much - he ended up 10th once the first corner mess had unfolded, and would finish there 49 laps later.Nico Hulkenberg - Williams-CosworthPractice: 12th / 6th / 10thTotal practice laps: 59Qualifying: 15th / 13thPit stop laps: 3, 25Result: 14thSummary: Hulkenberg failed to achieve his goal of a top ten start and points finish on his debut. Only 13th on the grid, he lost ground avoiding the first corner spinners and then had a spin of his own two laps later. That left him with a battered Williams and he only made it back up to 14th.Robert Kubica - RenaultPractice: 3rd / 15th / 8thTotal practice laps: 63Qualifying: 8th / 7th / 9thPit stop laps: 12Result: 11thSummary: Kubica was confident that Renault could be a factor in the race after practice, and although he was only ninth on the grid, he blamed himself for not producing a Q3 lap and qualifying at least a few places higher. His race was compromised when he made contact with Sutil and spun amid the smoke from Webber's car at the first corner. Kubica then pitted early to replace tyres ruined in the incident, but although that gained him a few places, he was never able to catch Barrichello for 10th.Vitaly Petrov - RenaultPractice: 16th / 8th / 18thTotal practice laps: 55Qualifying: 13th / 17thPit stop laps:Result: retired, 13 laps, suspensionSummary: Petrov was fairly content with 17th on the grid, having underperformed in Q2 after a respectable Q1 run. A good first lap saw him up to 11th, chasing Barrichello, where he stayed until pitting with broken suspension - a problem he reckoned he probably caused by hitting kerbs too hard.Adrian Sutil - Force India-MercedesPractice: 1st / 12th / 11thTotal practice laps: 60Qualifying: 3rd / 8th / 10thPit stop laps: 15Result: 12thSummary: Sutil had the honour of setting the pace in the first session of 2010 and then easily reached Q3, where he took harder tyres than his rivals and started 10th. Whether that strategy would've paid off was never revealed, as he tangled with Kubica and spun when both were blinded by smoke from Webber's car at the start. He then did well to recover to 12th.Tonio Liuzzi - Force India-MercedesPractice: 7th / 14th / 9thTotal practice laps: 59Qualifying: 10th / 12thPit stop laps: 20Result: 9thSummary: Generally slightly slower than team-mate Sutil all weekend, Liuzzi jumped from 12th on the grid to ninth amid the first corner mess and then stayed there to score his first points for Force India. Unable to catch the big teams ahead, he still had enough pace to easily finish ahead of Barrichello.Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso-FerrariPractice: 14th / 23rd / 15thTotal practice laps: 31Qualifying: 14th / 15thPit stop laps: 25Result: 16th, retired, 46 laps, electricalSummary: A problem with his Toro Rosso's rear end kept Buemi in the pits on Friday afternoon, and he felt he had underperformed slightly on Saturday when he was only 15th on the grid. He then made a bad start, tried a long first stint but found others who took fresh tyres sooner jumping ahead of him, and was set for a quiet 14th before an electrical problem struck three laps from home.Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso-FerrariPractice: 11th / 16th / 16thTotal practice laps: 65Qualifying: 18thPit stop laps: 13, 26Result: 13thSummary: Alguersuari had a quick spin on Friday afternoon and was fortunate to miss the barriers. A big slide then cost him a shot at a Q2 spot and he started 18th. An uneventful race saw him progress to 13th.Jarno Trulli - Lotus-CosworthPractice: 21st / 19th / 21stTotal practice laps: 34Qualifying: 20thPit stop laps: 24Result: 17thSummary: A few technical problems cost Trulli a bit of practice mileage and also forced him to slow to protect his hydraulic late in the race, but he was still pleased to get to the finish as Lotus focused on learning.Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-CosworthPractice: 20th / 18th / 20thTotal practice laps: 59Qualifying: 21stPit stop laps: 30Result: 15thSummary: Kovalainen emerged as the leader of the 'new teams class' on the opening lap, having qualified third in the unofficial class following a fairly trouble-free build-up. Glock passed him but retired soon after, and although the Finn felt he had given away too much time getting out of the leaders' way, he was delighted to reach the chequered flag in 15th.Karun Chandhok - Hispania-CosworthPractice: - / - / - Total practice laps: 0Qualifying: 24thPit stop laps:Result: retired, 1 lap, accidentSummary: A few tough start to Chandhok's F1 career. His car wasn't ready to run on Friday, and then suffered a hydraulic issue before he could even leave the garage on Saturday morning. He finally had chance for a quick shakedown test in qualifying and started last, only to crash on the second lap when he hit a bump he hadn't anticipated due to his lack of laps to learn the track's new loop.Bruno Senna - Hispania-CosworthPractice: 23rd / 22nd / 22ndTotal practice laps: 31Qualifying: 23rdPit stop laps: 11Result: retired, 17 laps, overheatingSummary: Senna's car was ready for him to complete 20 laps on Friday, although his running ended with a scare when the Hispania shed a wheel nut on his in-lap. He took 23rd in qualifying, started the race from the pit lane, and ran steadily at the back until overheating ended his race.Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber-FerrariPractice: 17th / 10th / 13thTotal practice laps: 56Qualifying: 16th / 14thPit stop laps: 14Result: retired, lap 28, hydraulicsSummary: Sauber couldn't replicate its winter testing pace in Bahrain and had a fairly low-key weekend. Only 14th on the grid, de la Rosa was running 12th when his hydraulics gave up just after half distance.Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-FerrariPractice: 18th / 11th / 17thTotal practice laps: 52Qualifying: 17th / 16thPit stop laps:Result: retired, 11 laps, hydraulicsSummary: Kobayashi was evenly-matched with team-mate de la Rosa in Bahrain, but neither man was able to achieve much as the car stayed resolutely in the midfield. Both drivers then hit hydraulic problems in the race, while Kobayashi had also been suffering with high tyre wear before he stopped.Timo Glock - Virgin-CosworthPractice: 19th / 20th / 19thTotal practice laps: 21Qualifying: 19thPit stop laps:Result: retired, 16 laps, gearboxSummary: Various teething problems continue to hit Glock in practice - the most dramatic being a lost wheel in the Saturday session. He still out-qualified all the other new team drivers, though, taking 19th on the grid. Passed by Kovalainen on lap one, he battled back past the Lotus before his car started shedding gears.Lucas di Grassi - Virgin-CosworthPractice: 22nd / 21st / 23rdTotal practice laps: 25Qualifying: 22ndPit stop laps:Result: retired, 2 laps, hydraulicsSummary: Hydraulic fitting problems gave di Grassi a headache all weekend, and eventually forced him to retire only two laps into the race.