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Formula 1 Bahrain GP

2009 Bahrain Grand Prix Race day at the Bahrain International Circuit

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Lap 26: Lewis Hamilton is told they expect to pit around the same time as the Toyota of Trulli, who is currently holding up the pack behind as he laps slowly on the harder tyre.
Lap 26: Earlier, Piquet was facing the attentions of Mark Webber and Giancarlo Fisichella. Piquet has rejoined in 11th place - behind the Italian.

Fisichella and Force India have jumped both Webber and Piquet following those stops. The Italian qualified poorly in comparison with team-mate Sutil, but is racing very well this afternoon.
Lap 25: Jenson Button is steaming off in to the lead as Trulli holds back the pack. The Brawn is now nine seconds ahead of Trulli's train.
Lap 25: Barrichello is catching the train of cars behind Trulli.
Lap 24: Nelson Piquet and Adrian Sutil both come into the pits for a stop. Both of them spend 26 seconds total in the pitlane and rejoin the race.
Lap 25: This is an impressive display from Hamilton in the McLaren as he runs fourth and takes the fight to the early-season front runners.
Lap 24: The only other driver who has yet to stop is Adrian Sutil in the Force India. He is 11th currently, with team-mate Fisichella 12th. Fisichella has pulled out a four second gap on Mark Webber.
Lap 24: Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton are right with Trulli in the battle for second.
Lap 23: Trulli is slow at this stage on the harder tyre, but will have the option to use the super softs again later on - while his rivals are forced on to a stint with the harder tyre.
Lap 23: Sebastien Buemi pits for the first time this afternoon. The Swiss was 12th when he stopped but will now drop down the order, after a 27 seconds total time in the pitlane.
Lap 23: Jenson Button leads for Brawn in Bahrain by over six seconds from Trulli's Toyota.
Lap 23: Kimi resumes eighth, behind Nelson Piquet, who is yet to stop.
Lap 22: Rubens Barrichello sets his fastest lap of the race. He is seventh but moving up the order again as stops for the leaders occur.
Lap 22: Rosberg is also in for a stop.
Lap 22: Sebastian Vettel is right on the case of Jarno Trulli in what becomes the battle for third as Raikkonen pits.
Lap 21: Bourdais just emerged in front of the Kubica-Nakajima scrap for 18th place. So Bourdais is 17th, nine seconds behind Heikki Kovalainen.
Lap 21: The order is Raikkonen, who is yet to stop, from Button, Trulli, Vettel, Rosberg, Hamilton, Barrichello and Glock.
Lap 21: Vettel dives out of the pits and joins the train of cars. He's behind Trulli, but has successfully passed Hamilton's McLaren.
Lap 20: Bourdais rejoins after a total pitlane time of 26.6 seconds. He is likely to emerge in 19th place, with only Nick Heidfeld behind him.
Lap 20: Vettel sets his fastest time on his way in to the pits.
Lap 20: Vettel's pace in comparison to the cars that have pitted is very good and he may even leapfrog Trulli's Toyota, who is currently 23 seconds behind.
Lap 20: Sebastien Bourdais pits from 13th place in the Toro Rosso, promoting Fisichella into that place. Webber is two seconds behind the Force India now.
Lap 19: Heikiki Kovalainen sets his personal best lap so far in the race, but he is still stuck down in 17th position. He is a full eight seconds behind Felipe Massa.
Lap 19: In the lead, Vettel is lapping almost half a second faster than Lewis Hamilton and may well resume ahead of the McLaren after his first stop.
Lap 19: The stops down the field have promoted Piquet to eighth, with Barrichello ninth after his stop, Alonso tenth, Sutil 11th, Buemi 12th, Bourdais 13th and then the Fisichella-Webber-Massa fight.
Lap 18: Vettel leads from Raikkonen but Jenson Button is well-placed in third and leads the cars that have pitted so far.
Lap 18: Fisichella has indeed got ahead of Webber in those stops - a great piece of work by Force India. Webber rejoined in 16th but has immediately passed the Ferrari of Felipe Massa. Webber 15th, Massa 16th, with Fisichella one second ahead of them.
Lap 17: Fernando Alonso pits his Renault.
Lap 17: Kimi Raikkonen is currently second and will run several more laps on his fuel load.
Lap 17: The stops promote Vettel to the lead and he needs to push before his stop to get past Lewis Hamilton.
Lap 17: Fisichella comes into the pits on the next lap. He may be able to jump Webber for track position. Prior to the stops they were one second apart.
Lap 16: Button resumes ahead of Alonso and therefore the pair of Toyotas.
Lap 16: Jenson Button pits his Brawn from the lead of the race, followed in by Hamilton's McLaren.
Lap 16: Webber resumes after a total pitlane time of 28.2 seconds, having lost a lot of time stuck behind Piquet.
Lap 15: Rubens resumes in 10th.
Lap 15: Webber now pits the Red Bull for the first time this afternoon.
Lap 15: Barrichello pits the Brawn, taking super soft rubber.
Lap 15: Mark Webber in 11th has been tight up behind the Renault of Piquet since the fourth lap of the race, but has not been able to find a way past.
Lap 15: That leaves Alonso sixth and Trulli seventh. Both have continued after light contact during that action.
Lap 14: It is a ding-dong battle between Alonso and Trulli, with Fernando coming out on top after a run on KERS into Turn 4.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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