The weekend that was

In Formula One:
Despite a lot of turmoil surrounding the GP of Bahrain, the lights went out as scheduled and the race started without a hitch. Even more, the race was so exciting that ring master Bernie Ecclestone said that Bahrain can have F1 forever!

A Lotus making a move on Red Bull?

As for the race itself, Vettel started from the pole and kept everyone at bay to win the race in commanding fashion. There were many surprises during the race, but I think Lotus' performance stood out. Around the middle of the race Kimi Raikonnen even tried to pass Vettel for the lead but came a few inches short of pulling the upset of the race.  The "Iceman" would eventually have to settle for second place while teammate Romain Grosjean completed the podium in third place for Lotus Renault.

Kimi in his own words form Bahrain:



Welcome back Kimi, after just four races a podium finish.

Race highlights: last race winner Rosberg raises eyebrows as pushes several drivers of the track and escaped penalties, Williams and Marussia retirements, Jensen Button undone by poor pace and puncture, Hamilton fumes at pit stop failures, Paul di Resta jubilant with "massive" sixth place, and Ferrari finishing a minute behind the race winner but both drivers earn points.

Next, the F1 circus will head to Catalunya for the Spanish GP on 11-13 May.

In NASCAR:

Hamlin leading Truex, both in Toyota's

The STP 400 was run in Kansas last Sunday in changing track conditions. Denny Hamlin held off race favourite Martin Truex Jr. for the final 30 laps to win the race and his second victory of the season. Even though Truex had led for 173 laps, he could not keep up to the changing track conditions, which had made his car "wrecking loose". He was fast when it was cloudy but towards the end of the race, when the sun came out so did eventual race winner Hamlin, as he powered by Truex.

Jimmie Johnson finished in third place, with Roush Fenway Racing teammates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle rounding up the top five.

The trucks took to the track on Saturday afternoon for the nascar Camping World Truck Series race on the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. James Buescher (Chevrolet) led for over two thirds of the race and won comfortably with a five second lead over championship leader Timothy Peters (Toyota). Brad Keselowski, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Todd Bodine rounded up the top five.

In drag racing, ADRL:
The ADRL made a successful debut at Bristol Dragway, aka Thunder Valley.
In Pro Extreme, Jason Scruggs took the title as he ran a 3.675 at 205.72 mph to beat Tommy D'Aprile in the finals.

more to come soon.

Thanks for reading.

Source: Sky Sports, Nascar, ADRL

Photo credit: auto-motor-und-sport.de, Autostock