By BMW Sauber F1 Team
April 15 2007

In a fantastic Bahrain Grand Prix, the BMW Sauber F1 Team pairing delivered in great style. Nick secured his third consecutive fourth place to score five World Championship points and Robert added another three points to the team's tally by finishing sixth.
The Bahrain Grand Prix proved to be another great race for the BMW Sauber F1 Team, with Nick delivering a particularly fine performance. In the start, both Nick and Robert succeeded in defending their fifth and sixth positions and while Robert wasn't able to fully match the pace of the front runners, Nick followed third placed Fernando Alonso (McLaren) and Ferrari's fourth placed Kimi Räikkönen like a shadow.

On lap 24, Nick, Robert and Räikkönen were the last of the top six to come in for their first pit stops. Following the first set of pit stops, Nick and Robert rejoined the race action in fifth and sixth position, with Nick now following Alonso as the Spaniard had been passed by Räikkönen, during the stops.

On the following laps, Nick started to pressurise Alonso and on lap 32, the German stunned the crowds and the TV audience with a fantastic overtaking manoeuvre. He passed the reigning World Champion on the outside. Afterwards, the German even opened a gap on the Spaniard and started to close the gap to Räikkönen at the same time. Still, he wasn't quite able to also pressurise the Ferrari driver. On lap 41, both Räikkönen and Nick came in for their final pit stops and in his final stint, on the harder compound, Nick settled for defending his fourth place. In the end, he succeeded in doing so and scored another five World Championship points, with his third consecutive fourth place.

Robert's race was slightly less exciting than the one of his team-mate. Although the Pole was slightly slower than Nick, he also delivered a good race. He avoided making any mistakes and following his second stop, on lap 44, he held a massive lead over the cars behind him and could focus on making it to the finish line. He successfully did so, finished sixth and scored his first three points of the 2007 Formula One season.

With the eight points scored in the Bahrain Grand Prix - that was won by Ferrari's Felipe Massa ahead of Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Räikkönen - the BMW Sauber F1 Team succeeded in clearly consolidating its third position in the Constructors' Championship. Hence, team, drivers and all the BMW Sauber F1 Team supporters may look forward to the start of the European season: the Spanish Grand Prix, held on 13th May in Barcelona.