F1: Bahrain GP in six words
By Andy Darley
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
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
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
Teams
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Author: Andy Darley. Ex-journalist, fan of Mark Webber and anyone who ever drove or tested for Minardi and didn't say rude things about the team afterwards. Owns a Triumph Spitfire and hopes that, one day, it'll be on the road again. Andy has written 744 articles for us.
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3 responses to “F1: Bahrain GP in six words”:
April 7th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Well put!
BMW are on their way.
Renault, you said it all.
Red Bull? Are they ever going to get it together?
Super Aguri, well done.
McLaren. Being philosophical won’t get them anywhere. typical though.
The car never matches Alonso’s ambition.
Cheers!
April 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Glad you liked – these are really fun to write :o)
April 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I am sure Stew liked the Fisi one most :-)