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Formula 1
Bahrain GP
2010 Bahrain Grand Prix Race day at the Bahrain International Circuit
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Lap 20: Bruno Senna is the next of the new team drivers to retire. He pulls off at the end of the main straight with smoke pouring out of the back of the Hispania Racing entry. He was running in 19th place at the time - albeit well off the pace.
Lap 20: Robert Kubica hasn't been able to shake off Jaime Alguersuari. The Pole passed the STR a few laps ago, but Kubica may have used the best of his tyres already with those over quick laps immediately after his stop. They are battling for 13th place.
Lap 19: That puts Hamilton up to fourth on the road, ahead of the yet-to-stop Williams.
Lap 19: Hamilton is on the case of Barrichello and sends a great move on the Williams into Turn 1.
Lap 19: Vettel's lead is 3.5 seconds over Alonso after the stops.
Lap 19: Hamilton, Rosberg, Schumacher, Button and Webber follow through, with the latter having lost out badly during the pitstop scramble.
Lap 18: Liuzzi and Barrichello are yet to stop and find themselves fourth and fifth.
Lap 18: Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest lap at a 2m00.447s as he takes advantage of fresh rubber.
Lap 18: Timo Glock has indeed come into the pits with problems in the Virgin. He is wheeled back into the garage.
Lap 18: Vettel leads comfortably over Alonso and Massa.
Lap 18: Hulkenberg now makes the move and he passes Heikki Kovalainen for 16th place going into Turn 4. He is 17 seconds behind 15th placed Adrian Sutil.
Lap 18: Vettel is in for his stop from the lead. He's away without any drama, as Massa also makes his stop.
Lap 18: Vettel will surely react soon to Alonso's stop - he currently has an eight second margin over Massa.
Lap 17: We expect Glock to pit at the end of this lap.
Lap 17: Jarno Trulli overtakes Timo Glock for 18th place. It's all action down the order with battles everywhere between the new team drivers. Glock is dropping back and is clearly in trouble.
Lap 17: Hamilton is though, with Rosberg falling in between Hamilton and Schumacher.
Lap 17: Button scrambles in too and may have delayed Rosberg's release ...
Lap 17: Rosberg does indeed pit - can he stay ahead of Hamilton?
Lap 17: Heikki Kovalainen is spending much of the day looking in his mirrors. Next on his tail is the recovering Hulkenberg. This is the battle for 16th.
Lap 17: Alonso pits from second and is down and away with the hard rubber.
Lap 17: Webber is also likely to react to Schumacher's stop - unless the team think he can now lap quickly in clean air.
Lap 16: Both feed out in clear air and will now need to attack, with Hamilton trying to leapfrog Rosberg - who is likely to be in this lap.
Lap 16: Robert Kubica has passed Jaime Alguersuari for what is currently 14th place, as Sutil pits from 12th in the Force India.
Lap 16: Mercedes pit Schumacher, both are away rapidly.
Lap 16: Hamilton breaks off his chase of Rosberg and pits the McLaren.
Lap 16: Vitaly Petrov's Renault is wheeled back into the garage by the mechanics. He climbs out while the problem is found.
Lap 16: That is critical information for the front runners - signalling a change to fresh hard rubber will give very quick lap times.
Lap 15: Robert Kubica is now flying following that early pitstop. He is in 16th place but only 0.8s behind Alguersuari, who has also stopped.
Lap 15: Vettel is a second quicker than Alonso on his latest lap.
Lap 15: Vitaly Petrov's race has bee dealt a blow after a great start with problems at the Russian's pitstop. He was up in 11th place and doing well, but the engine is off and the Renault mechanics are checking the car thoroughly.
Lap 14: Vettel's lead is now an impressive 4.1 seconds over Alonso and this looks very good for the Red Bull team.
Lap 14: Nico Hulkenberg has overtaken Jarno Trulli for 19th spot as he continues his recovery up the field.
Lap 14: Timo Glock has passed Heikki Kovalainen for 17th place. The Virgin now leads the new car battle.
Lap 14: Hamilton's chase of Rosberg has intensified in the scrap over fourth. Could McLaren pit early to try and jump the Mercedes?
Lap 14: Robert Kubica comes into the pits from 15th place, handing the place to Sutil who had caught him. The Renault rejoins the race.
Lap 14: Kobayashi's day is over in the Sauber as he has come to a halt in the middle part of the lap with a technical problem.
Lap 13: Bruno Senna comes into the pits from 22nd place and takes on the harder tyre. He struggles to get the car away from the pit box but eventually gets back out and into the action.
Lap 13: Pedro de la Rosa, now realized into clean air, sets his best lap of the race so far. He has already pulled out five seconds on team-mate Kobayashi. That shows how much the Spaniard was being held up.
Lap 12: This is very useful pace from Vettel, giving the Red Bull team some room to maneuver around Ferrari's stops.
Lap 12: Vettel sets a 2m02.318s fastest lap, pulling the lead gap to 3.5 seconds over Alonso.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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