On this day 1️⃣5️⃣ years ago, the Bahrain Grand Prix served up some special F1 history as far as BMW was concerned 🥇 AND Lewis Hamilton clashed with Fernando Alonso 💥 AND Felipe Massa got his title charge on track 👇
Massa immediately jumped ahead of Kubica, who suffered wheelspin at the start, as Hamilton failed to get away cleanly as he’d failed to put his car into launch mode. Hamilton clipped’s Renault at the downhill hairpin on the opening lap, and then rode up over the rear of his former team-mate on the exit of Turn 3 on the second tour, smashing his front wing to pieces and sending him into the pits.
Massa’s race engineer Rob Smedley said the result was never in doubt, however, as he had been running with more fuel than Raikkonen and could’ve pushed harder. He also said it was a huge reply to Massa’s doubters: “He was under a lot of pressure and had been slagged off by a lot of people. In the end, he did what he’s supposed to do and let his driving do the talking. That’s the result.
“Clearly, I always had in mind what happened in Malaysia and so I tried to pay attention all the time, to ensure I brought the car home.”
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