After a lack luster performance last week in Malaysia in which he was unable to mount an effective challenge to the McLarn of Louis Hamilton, Ferrai’s Felippe Massa recovered to dominate the third round of the World Championship in Bahrain on Sunday.

His dominant race win was underscored by taking both pole position and fastest race lap. Hamilton was once again a sensation, and although unable to catch Massa made history by being the first person to finish on the podium in his first three Grands Prix. In fact his second place was good enough to place him in a three way tie at the head of the championship points tabel with team-mate Fernando Alonso (who finished a disappointing fifth) and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (third).

BMW’s Nick Heidfeld drove another solid race with his fourth position underscoring that the BMW team is becoming a force to be reckoned with on the GP grid. Red Bull’s David Coulthard drove an impressive race coming from last place up to seventh before being sidelined with drive train problems. Several drivers fell by the wayside through attrition, the most sepcatuclar being Sato, whose Honda engine let go in clouds of billowing smoke on the front straight.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1. Massa (Ferrari)
2. Hamilton (McLaren)
3. Raikkonen (Ferrari)
4. Heidfeld (BMW)
5. Alonso (McLaren)
6. Kubica (BMW)
7. Trulli (Toyota)
8. Fischella (Renualt)
9. Kovalanien (Renualt)
10. Rosberg (Williams)

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