Reigning formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain grand prix in a revamped Red Bull today and leapfrogged to the top of the championship table.
He led from pole and was closely followed by former champion Kimi Raikonnen and Romain Grosjean, both in Lotus (Renault).
Mark Webber came fourth in the second Red Bull followed by the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg, Paul di Resta in a Force India, Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton who started from second but lacked speed and was delayed in all of his three pitstops. Team-mate Jenson Button retired.
THE RESULT
1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull) 1h 35min 10.990sec
2. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) at 3.333
3. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 10.194
4. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) 38.788
5. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 55.460
6. Paul di Resta (GBR/Force India) 57.543
7. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) 57.803
8. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren) 58.984
9. Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) 1:04.999
10. Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes AMG) 1:11.490
11. Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber) 1:12.702
12. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) 1:16.539
13. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber) 1:30.334
14. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso) 1:33.723
15. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Rosso) 1 lap
16. Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Caterham) 1 lap
17. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/Caterham) 1 lap
18. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 2 laps
19. Timo Glock (GER/Marussia) 2 laps
20. Pedro de la Rosa (ESP/HRT) 2 laps
21. Narain Karthikeyan (IND/HRT) 2 laps
22. Bruno Senna (BRA/Williams) 3 laps
Overall standings
Drivers
1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 53.0pts, 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 49.0, 3. Mark Webber (AUS) 48.0, 4. Jenson Button (GBR) 43.0, 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 43.0, 6. Nico Rosberg (GER) 35.0, 7. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 34.0, 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 23.0, 9. Sergio Perez (MEX) 22.0, 10. Paul di Resta (SCO) 15.0, 11. Bruno Senna (BRA) 14.0, 12. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) 9.0, 13. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 4.0, 14. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) 4.0, 15. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 2.0, 16. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 2.0, 17. Felipe Massa (BRA) 2.0, 18. Michael Schumacher (GER) 2.0
Constructors
1. Red Bull 101.0pts, 2. McLaren 92.0, 3. Lotus 57.0, 4. Ferrari 45.0, 5. Mercedes 37.0, 6. Sauber 31.0, 7. Williams 18.0, 8. Force India 17.0, 9. Toro Rosso 6.0