Difficult race for AT&T Williams

With Massa on pole position and the Williams cars of Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz on tenth and eleventh the field would line up for the start of the fifty seven lap 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix. Both Nico and Alex would be looking to move up the order was the race progressed. Most of the front runners were on the softer tyre. With the lights going out the field would get away and into Turn one we would have Massa leading from Hamilton, Raikkonen, and Alonso. Hamilton did not make the best of starts and was lucky to keep Alonso and Raikkonen behind him.

At the rear of the field Button and Speed would make contact putting both out of the race. Sutil would pit his Spyker with damage to the front. He would stay in the pits for sometime before he was able to return to the race. The safety car would be deployed and it would take until lap four before the race was underway again.

With the restart Hamilton would look to pass Massa at Turn one but was not close enough. Alonso was now in third followed by Raikkonen. Alex was down in eleventh and Nico twelfth. Lap six and the front four were running close together. Raikkonen had set the fastest lap on lap four, 1m:35.309. Alex was looking to pass tenth placed Trulli. In fifth and sixth were Heidfeld and Kubica. Nico had been able to close in onto his team-mate. Lap seven was a fastest lap for Massa, 1m:35.209. Alonso was now 2.2 seconds behind his team-mate. Alonso was now under pressure from Raikkonen. Lap nine would see Hamilton set the fastest lap, 1m:35.137. Trulli, Alex, and Nico were running close together. Liuzzi would pit on lap ten. Nico would have an off-track moment in an attempt to pass Alex. He would lose his place to Coulthard.

Massa and Hamilton were trading fastest laps. Lap ten would see Hamilton again fastest, 1m:34.809. Coulthard would try to pass Alex at Turn one but failed to make it. Heidfeld and Kubica continued to run in fifth and sixth. Fisichella was trying to pass Kubica. Webber was right behind Fisichella in eighth. Massa was again fastest on lap thirteen, 1m:34.776. Alonso was now 5.4 seconds behind Hamilton. Another fastest lap for Massa, 1m:34.693, on lap fourteen. The following lap Hamilton was again fastest, 1m:34.607. Alex and Nico were in twelfth and thirteenth. Trulli would pass Kovalainen for ninth. Coulthard was able to get pass Alex. Hamilton was now 1.1 seconds behind Massa on lap seventeen.

Lap eighteen and Coulthard, Alex, and Ralf would all pit. The next lap and Webber would pit. Hamilton would pit on lap twenty. Nico would get past Kovalainen for ninth but would make contact with the Renault in the process. Massa was still leading with Alonso second. Hamilton was down in sixth. Lap twenty two and Massa would pit. He would return behind Kubica but in front of Hamilton. Trulli would pit. Both Massa and Hamilton had taken on soft tyres. Lap twenty three and Alonso would pit for another set of soft tyres. The following lap and Raikkonen would pit. He was joined by Heidfeld. His stop was quick and would see him come out in front of Alonso. Lap twenty four and Kubica would pit from fourth. Massa was now able to extend his lead from Hamilton, 7.0 seconds after lap twenty seven.

Alonso now had Heidfeld right behind him as he feel away from Raikkonen. Nico would run wide again as he tried to find away past eleventh placed Trulli. Lap twenty nine and Liuzzi would pit to retire. Lap thirty and Hamilton was now 8.3 seconds behind Massa. Kimi was 2.3 seconds behind the McLaren. Trulli, Nico, and Alex continued to run close together. Heidfeld was able to pass Alonso for fourth. Lap thirty four and Massa's lead was out to 10.2 seconds. Lap thirty six and Alex would pit for the second time. Sato's engine would fail seeing him retire from sixteenth. Trulli was able to pass ninth placed Fisichella. Coulthard would pit from seventh on lap thirty seven.

Coulthard would slow on lap thirty seven and we would rive his car into his garage to retire. Nico was challenging ninth placed Fisichella. Alex was down in fourteenth. Lap thirty nine and Hamilton was just 0.8 in front of Raikkonen. The same lap would see Webber pit from seventh. Lap forty one and Massa and Nico would pit. Massa would take on hard tyres. The next lap and Raikkonen would pit, joined by Heidfeld. Hamilton was now leading but had yet to make his second stop. Davidson was looking to pass eleventh placed Alex. Webber would retire on lap forty three. Alonso would pit from second place returning behind Heidfeld. The following lap and Kubica would pit. Hamilton would make his second stop rejoining in front of Raikkonen.

Hamilton was able to set quick times in his chase of Massa. But Massa was able to get things under control with nine laps remaining. Lap fifty and his lead over Hamilton was now six seconds. Heidfeld was in fourth followed by Alonso. Lap fifty three and Davidson would retire his Super Aguri, pulling off the circuit with smoke coming from his car. Lap fifty five and Hamilton had reduce Massa's lead to 3.5 seconds. Nico was still in tenth followed by Alex. Nico was right behind ninth place Kovalainen. With less than two laps to go before the chequered flag Massa looked to now be now able to resist Hamilton's challenge.

On the final lap Alonso was right behind Heidfeld but at the front Massa would win the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix followed by Hamilton, Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Alonso, Kubica, Trulli, and eighth placed Fisichella. At the end of the race Alex was a lap down and Nico 89.4 seconds behind the leader. Far from the result that the team was hoping for.