Who did what to whom, and when – the winners and losers of the Bahrain Grand Prix, in six words each.
Overall race report
Massa rallies, BMW advances, McLaren falters
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Drivers
- 1st: Felipe Massa
- Needs a few more like this
- 2nd: Kimi Raikkonen
- Phoned it in, won’t next time
- 3rd: Robert Kubica
- Swam with sharks, survived the experience
- 4th: Nick Heidfeld
- Reliable points-scorer does it again
- 5th: Heikki Kovalainen
- Salvaged something from McLaren’s woeful weekend
- 6th: Jarno Trulli
- Proved Toyota’s no one-race wonder
- 7th: Mark Webber
- More points – maybe his luck’s changed?
- 8th: Nico Rosberg
- Sadly dissatisfied with single-point finish
- 9th: Timo Glock
- Sensible, mature drive despite gearbox problem
- 10th: Fernando Alonso
- His car can’t match his ambition
- 11th: Rubens Barrichello
- Did much to boost Honda’s hopes
- 12th: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Bidding for driver of the day
- 13th: Lewis Hamilton
- What on earth was that about?
- 14th: Kazuki Nakajima
- Stymied at beginning, he never recovered
- 15th: Sebastien Bourdais
- Finally got jinxed Toro Rosso home
- 16th: Anthony Davidson
- Only Brit staying out of trouble
- 17th: Takuma Sato
- Low-key performance for a change
- 18th: David Coulthard
- Increasingly a danger to overtaking drivers
- 19th: Adrian Sutil
- What’s happening to last season’s potential?
- DNF: Nelson Piquet
- Pushed on manfully despite faltering car
- DNF: Jenson Button
- Should know old mate DC better
- DNF: Sebastian Vettel
- Ceded ground to Bourdais this time
- BMW Sauber
- Watch your backs, McLaren, we’ve arrived!
- Ferrari
- This is how they like it, thanks
- McLaren Mercedes
- Remain philosophical, but need answers fast
- Williams
- Elbowed out by the bigger hitters
- Toyota
- Best of the rest? Could be…
- Renault
- Hard to recognise former constructors’ champions
- Red Bull
- Failed again to get it together
- Toro Rosso
- At least a car finished today
- Honda
- Very positive race, despite Button’s trials
- Force India
- Sutil must learn from veteran Fisi
- Super Aguri
- Valuable race data in the bag
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