Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday
while McLaren rookie Lewis Hamilton roared into the Formula One
record books with another stunning second place.
Massa's third career victory, from pole position, revived the
Brazilian's title challenge after a troubled start to the
season.
But it was 22-year-old Briton Hamilton, starting on the front
row for the first time, who was again the man to watch in a race
that left him in a three-way tie on points at the top of the
standings.
The runner-up, for the second race in a row, became the first
driver in Formula One history to finish all of his first three
races on the podium.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, winner of the season-opening
Australian race last month, completed the top three for Ferrari
with Germany's Nick Heidfeld fourth for BMW Sauber.
McLaren's double world champion Fernando Alonso, who led a
McLaren one-two in Malaysia last weekend, was fifth after a
difficult afternoon in the desert heat.
Spaniard Alonso, Finland's Raikkonen and Hamilton now share the
overall lead after three races with 22 points apiece. Massa has
17.
(China Daily via Reuters April 16, 2007)