Entry List:The 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix will be a Formula One motor race held on 14 March 2010, at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. It will be the seventh Bahrain Grand Prix and the opening race of the 2010 Formula One season. It will be the first time since 2006 that Bahrain has hosted the opening round. The race will also take place on a lengthened layout of the track, due to the additional number of cars taking part in the 2010 season.[1] For 2010, Bahrain has been promoted to the opening race of the season in response to cost-cutting measures: the final major session of pre-season testing will be held at the circuit a fortnight before the actual race weekend, allowing teams to leave all non-essential equipment at the circuit, thus reducing transport costs.
The race will also see the debut of four new teams: Campos, Virgin, the new Malaysian owned Lotus (unrelated to Team Lotus), and US F1, as well as the return of Mercedes which had competed as Brawn GP in 2009. New drivers Nico Hülkenberg, Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi, José María López and Vitaly Petrov will also take part in their maiden races, driving for Williams, Campos, Virgin, USF1 and Renault respectively. 2009 World Champion Jenson Button will make his debut for McLaren after changing teams from 2009 Constructor's Champions Brawn in November 2009. Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher will make his return to Formula One with Mercedes, Felipe Massa will return for Ferrari after his head injury at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, and Timo Glock will return with the Virgin team following his accident at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix.
The race will also see a return to the banning of refuelling of the racing cars during the race, a practice which has been in place since the 1993 Formula One season. Additionally a new points scoring system to decide the World Drivers' Championship will be implemented, the most radical revamp of the system since the formation of the World Championship in 1950. Race winning drivers will now score more than double the number of points previously allocated with points distributed further down the list of finishers.
On 2 February, aspiring Serbian team Stefan Grand Prix announced that it had forwarded a container of equipment to the circuit despite the team lacking an entry to the grid at the time the container was sent,[2] reinforcing their previous assertation that they intended to be present in Bahrain with or without an entry.[3]
On 20 February, US F1 team principal Ken Anderson said that they have applied to the FIA to miss the opening four races. They could be making their debut at the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix.
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1 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP Petronas
4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP Petronas
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing Renault
6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing Renault
7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari
8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari
9 | Rubens Barrichello | AT&T Williams
10 | Nico Hulkenberg | AT&T Williams
11 | Robert Kubica | Renault
12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault
14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India
15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India
16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR
17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR
18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus
19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus
20 | Karun Chandhok* | Hispania
21 | Bruno Senna | Hispania
22 | Pedro de La Rosa | BMW Sauber Ferrari
23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber Ferrari
24 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing
25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing
*TBC on Thursday
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2009 - Button (Brawn)
2008 - Massa (Ferrari)
2007 - Massa (Ferrari)
2006 - Alonso (Renault)
2005 - Alonso (Renault)
2004 - Schumacher (Ferrari)
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Fri 12 March 2010
Practice 1 07:00 - 08:30
Practice 2 11:00 - 12:30
Sat 13 March 2010
Practice 3 08:00 - 09:00
Qualifying 11:00
Sun 14 March 2010
Race 12:00