Sebastian Vettel was robbed of a first race victory of 2010 due to mechanical problems at the opening Formula One grand prix in Bahrain.
The German driver had had 33 good, solid laps of the 49 in the race after starting on pole, before he complained over the team radio of a lack of power. It was diagnosed as an exhaust problem and the result was a slide down the rankings to eventually finish fourth.
Eventual race-winner Fernando Alonso was the first past, followed by his team-mate at Ferrari Felipe Massa. Lewis Hamilton also managed to get through, but Vettel found enough pace in the RB6 to hold off Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Irish Independent
Button, who won the 2009 championship with Brawn GP, finished in seventh place more than six seconds behind winner Fernando Alonso at Sunday’s season opener in Bahrain.
Button got stuck behind Michael Schumacher for the last 15 laps and was unable to find a way past the record seven-time world champion.
The Briton finished four places behind teammate Lewis Hamilton.
“It didn’t go as well as I would have liked, with the finish,” Button said. “But it was good to get points on the board.” Canadian Press
Pos Driver Team Points 1 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 25 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 18 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 15 4 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 12 5 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 10 6 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 8 7 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 6 8 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 4 9 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 2 10 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1 11 Robert Kubica Renault 0 12 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0 13 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 0 14 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 0 15 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 0 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 0 17 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 0 18 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 19 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 20 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 0 21 Vitaly Petrov Renault 0 22 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 23 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 0 24 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0
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