Fernando Alonso grabbed the first Formula 1 race win of the 2010 season for team Ferrari. He finished 16 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Felipe Massa, and scored 25 championship points. Behind Massa was Lewis Hamilton in third, Sebastian Vettel in fourth, and Nico Rosberg in fifth.

Of the 24 cars that started the race, several were unable to complete the event, including Pedro de la Rosa, Kamui Kobayashi, and Lucas di Grassi, who all suffered from hydraulic troubles, Bruno Senna, who had a mechanical failure, Timo Glock, who had gear box issues, Vitaly Petrov, who had suspension troubles, and Karun Chandhok, who was involved in an accident at the start of the race.

Results of the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix:

Pos  No  Driver              Team                Laps
  1   8  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               49
  2   7  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               49
  3   2  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      49
  4   5  Sebastian Vettel    RBR-Renault           49
  5   4  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes GP           49
  6   3  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes GP           49
  7   1  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      49
  8   6  Mark Webber         RBR-Renault           49
  9  15  Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes  49
 10   9  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     49
 11  11  Robert Kubica       Renault               49
 12  14  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  49
 13  17  Jaime Alguersuari   STR-Ferrari           49
 14  10  Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     48
 15  19  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        47
 16  16  Sebastien Buemi     STR-Ferrari           46
 17  18  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        46
Ret  22  Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber-Ferrari    28
Ret  21  Bruno Senna         HRT-Cosworth          17
Ret  24  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       16
Ret  12  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               13
Ret  23  Kamui Kobayashi     BMW Sauber-Ferrari    11
Ret  25  Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth        2
Ret  20  Karun Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth           1

The next race for Formula 1 will be the Qantas Australian Grand Prix on March 28, 2010.

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Team Penske driver Will Power came out victorious in today’s Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil. He beat out Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay by less than two seconds for top honors. Vitor Meira, Raphael Matos, and Dan Wheldon rounded out the top five.

The major leaders for the IZOD IndyCar race were Dario Franchitti, who led 29 laps and finished in 7th, and Ryan Hunter-Reay, who led 20 laps, and finished second. The leader, Will Power, led for only 4 laps, as did Ryan Briscoe, who finished 14th and Simona De Silvestro, who finished the race in 16th.

Results of the 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil:

Pos Driver                Car No.  Status

 1  Will Power                 12  Running
    Team Penske    

 2  Ryan Hunter-Reay           37  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

 3  Vitor Meira                14  Running
    A.J. Foyt Enterprises    

 4  Raphael Matos               2  Running
    Luczo Dragon Racing
    de Ferran Motorsports    

 5  Dan Wheldon                 4  Running
    Panther Racing    

 6  Scott Dixon                 9  Running
    Target Chip Ganassi Racing    

 7  Dario Franchitti           10  Running
    Target Chip Ganassi Racing    

 8  Mike Conway                24  Running
    Dreyer & Reinbold Racing    

 9  Helio Castroneves           3  Running
    Team Penske    

10  Tony Kanaan                11  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

11  Justin Wilson              22  Running
    Dreyer & Reinbold Racing    

12  E.J. Viso                   8  Running
    KV Racing Technology    

14  Ryan Briscoe                6  Running
    Team Penske    

15  Danica Patrick              7  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

16  Simona De Silvestro        78  Running
    Team Stargate Worlds/HVM    

17  Mario Romancini            34  Contact
    Conquest Racing    

18  Alex Lloyd                 19  Contact
    Dale Coyne Racing    

19  Alex Tagliani              77  Contact
    FAZZT Race Team    

20  Hideki Mutoh               06  Contact
    Newman/Haas Racing    

21  Milka Duno                 18  Contact
    Dale Coyne Racing    

22  Takuma Sato                 5  Contact
    KV Racing Technology    

23  Marco Andretti             26  Contact
    Andretti Autosport    

24  Mario Moraes               32  Contact
    KV Racing Technology

The next race for the IZOD IndyCar Series will be the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 29, 2010.

Related Links:
IZOD IndyCar Series: Schedule, Videos

Today’s Grand-Am ROLEX Sports Car Series race, the Grand Prix of Miami, that was held at Florida’s Homestead-Miami Speedway, saw the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammates, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, take the overall win in their BMW Riley Daytona Prototype.

Coming in second was the Porsche Riley Brumos Racing entry of Darren Law and David Donohue, that lead the most laps in the race, having lead 71 of the total 129 laps in the race. Law lost the lead to Pruett on lap 80, and was never able recapture the top spot.

The top finishing GT Class car, was SpeedSource’s Mazda RX-8, driven by Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal.

Results:

POS  NO. CL  DRIVERS
  1   1  DP  Pruett / Rojas
  2  59  DP  Donohue / Law
  3  99  DP  Fogarty / Gurney
  4  61  DP  Frisselle / Wilkins
  5   8  DP  Dalziel / Forest
  6  10  DP  Angelelli / Taylor
  7  90  DP  Garcia / Rice
  8  60  DP  Negri / Pew
  9  77  DP  Gidley / von Moltke
 10   6  DP  Frisselle / Valiante
 11  55  DP  Bouchut / Tucker
 12   7  DP  James / Lester
 13  75  DP  Jonsson / Krohn
 14  69  GT  Assentato / Segal
 15  57  GT  Davis / Liddell
 16  41  GT  Gue / Keen
 17  70  GT  Bomarito / Tremblay
 18  94  GT  Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Hand
 19  95  DP  Hunter-Reay / Tucker
 20   7  GT  Edwards / Reese / Russell
 21  40  GT  Dempsey / Foster
 22  66  GT  Ballou / Lally
 23  68  GT  Christodoulou / Edwards
 24  43  GT  Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker
 25  67  GT  Pumpelly / Saravia Toriello
 26  42  GT  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 27  72  GT  Grant / Grant / Grant
 28  44  GT  Potter / Stanton
 29  97  GT  Magnussen / Schaldach
 30  46  GT  Lewis / Zahn
 31  30  GT  Lamb / Taylor
 32  48  GT  Hines / Miller
 33   9  DP  Barbosa / Borcheller
 34  28  GT  Collins / Lux