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Bahrain Facts, Stats & Memoirs

After two dominant wins in Australian and Malaysia, Renault will be looking for the hat trick in Bahrain. Their rivals, however, will be looking to stop the French squad, with World Champions Ferrari introducing their new car earlier than planned, in the hope of bouncing back from their poor start. Tom Keeble previews the race and rates the teams' chances of success, ahead of the third round of the 2005 season

Marcel Schot Mar 30, 2005, 12:21 PM

With Renault winning the opening two rounds of the season, thoughts go back to 2003, when McLaren started the season with two wins. Back then the Woking team ended up third in the Constructors' Championship and Ferrari went home with both titles.

Obviously the situation for the Italians is a bit different this year. While Rubens Barrichello is in exactly the same position he was in 2003, namely tied for third with eight points, Michael Schumacher is six points down on where he was after two races in 2003. For the rest things look eerily similar. Young talent leading with 16 points, teammate following with ten, then a large group with eight.