Nothing but Mechanical failure only can stop Renault- Alonso

It was 3 out of 3 on Sunday in Manama, Bahrain for Renault. Once again, like Malaysia, Alonso led from the pole to the podium. Schumacher was giving a tough fight for Renault until 10th lap, when he was just 0.5 seconds behind Alonso. But the newly introduced F2005 failed to survive. Barichello who faced lot of problems with his gearbox in qualifying started from 20th position. But he fought valiantly and at one time was in 5th position. But at the end of the race he could finish only at the ninth position. He could only blame F2005 and Bridgestone tyres. Their combination is not working out this season.

Trulli, beginning from 3rd position finished 2nd. But he could not compete Alonso. Raikonnen of Mclaren got 3rd place. BAR Honda is having a bad season this year. Sato went out of the race. It is quite usual for him. Button, who was all set to gather some valuable points stopped at 46th lap for his 2nd pitstop. His car failed to stop after the pit stop. Sad end for him.

Narain Karthikeyan started well. He moved from 17th to 15 th in the first lap itself. He was well set to overtake Villenuve of SauberPetronas. But Electrical failure stopped him from moving on.

Like Trulli, Ralf Schumacher of Toyata also gathered some points. More podium finishes for Toyota will make Ferrari tough to reach Renault. With 3 races gone, and except for a 2nd place in Australia, Ferrari is under pressure. We have to wait until next race to know whether Ferrari comes out of the situation.