After the release of a few provisional schedules earlier in the year, Formula One has finally released its official 2012 schedule of events.

Here’s what 2012 has in store:

March 18th, 2012 – Qantas Australian Grand Prix
March 25th, 2012 – Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
April 15th, 2012 – UBS Chinese Grand Prix
April 22nd, 2012 – Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
May 13th, 2012 – Gran Premio de Espana Santander 2012
May 27th, 2012 – Grand Prix de Monaco 2012
June 10th, 2012 – Grand Prix Du Canada 2011
June 24th, 2012 – Grand Prix of Europe
July 8th, 2012 – Santander British Grand Prix
July 22nd, 2012 – Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012
July 29th, 2012 – ENI Magyar Nagydij 2012
September 2nd, 2012 – Shell Belgian Grand Prix
September 9th, 2012 – Gran Premio Santander D’Italia 2012
September 23rd, 2012 – Singtel Singapore Grand Prix
October 7th, 2012 – Japanese Grand Prix
October 14th, 2012 – Korean Grand Prix
October 28th, 2012 – Airtel Indian Grand Prix
November 4th, 2012 – Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
November 25th, 2012 – Grande Premio do Brasil 2011

For a more complete look at the schedule, feel free to check out our 2012 Schedule of Formula 1 page.

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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