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Alonso cashes in on Vettel problemsAlonso cashes in on Vettel problems

Author:  Ben Moss
Posted on:14 March 2010 - 03:40 PM
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Ferrari enjoyed a perfect start to the new Formula One season as Fernando Alonso won the Bahrain Grand Prix and team-mate Felipe Massa finished second.

Alonso took advantage of some late problems for Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel to ease to victory in his first outing for Ferrari, following his off-season switch from Renault.

Vettel looked well set to clinch the win himself, leading out superbly from pole position and seeming to have the race under control, before an exhaust problem led to Alonso taking the lead on lap 34 out of 49.

Massa quickly swept by the ailing Vettel, who would eventually finish in fourth place, with Alonso and Massa joined on the podium by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

The Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and the returning Michael Schumacher enjoyed a solid afternoon as they finished fifth and sixth respectively.

Reigning world champion Jenson Button could only manage seventh in the second McLaren, while Vettel's Red Bulls colleague Mark Webber finished eighth.



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