1. F. Alonso, Ferrari, 1:39:20.396
2. F. Massa, Ferrari, +16.099 secs
3. L. Hamilton, McLaren, +23.182 secs
9. V. Liuzzi, Force India, +53.089 secs

The first race of the 2010 season proved to be a success for Tonio! At the Bahrain International Circuit he drove a faultless race, matching the pace of the Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes cars, to secure ninth position. With the implementation of a new points system this year, Tonio has chalked up two points – marking his first points since the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix and Force India’s first points since the 2009 Italian Grand Prix.

After the race Tonio commented: “I’m really pleased! We achieved our target and scored some points, which is a great result for myself and for the team. It was a difficult race as with this amount of fuel and the tyres, plus the heat, we had a bit to control but overall I think we can be pretty happy about how we handled it and to be in the points is magic. All the top teams finished ahead of us and there were no failures or reliability issues so it was the maximum we could have achieved. I’m now looking forward to Australia where we will get some more updates and it could put us in an even better position for the next race. Overall a great result for the team.”