Top 25 Tweets from the Bahrain Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix from 2nd on the grid while Fernando Alonso fell at the back of the grid after his DRS failed during the opening laps of the race. Kimi Raikkonen took the second spot from 8th on the grid while Romain Grosjean denied Paul di Resta from his first ever podium finish. So in this week’s Top Tweets feature, we divide the article into two parts – in the first part we review the race in tweets, while in the second we pick up important stats, opinions and pictures from the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Race Summary

Miscellaneous

Great start by Alonso to get ahead of Vettel who was held off by Rosberg in turn one, but Vettel takes the place back! #F1

— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) April 21, 2013

Lap 3. Seb into P1. Passes ROS with a bold move. ALO now closing on the Mercedes man.

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) April 21, 2013

Disaster for Scuderia Ferrari‘s Fernando Alonso as he’ll have to compete with no DRS after it kept sticking open #F1 twitter.com/SunMotorsport/…

— The Sun – Motorsport (@SunMotorsport) April 21, 2013

Sergio Perez clips the back of Button as the team mates fight hard for position. Whitmarsh won’t be happy… #skyf1 bit.ly/GIfcpu

— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) April 21, 2013

#F1 Button “He hit me on the back, calm him down!” when referring to the last lap contact with Perez

— Formula 1 News (@Formula1_com) April 21, 2013

#Romain in the pits for a very quick 3rd stop. Medium tyres. Back on track in P5 defending well from #Button! #GoRomain #BahrainGP #F1

— Total F1 (@F1TotalOfficial) April 21, 2013

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie…. @rgrosjean takes DiRestible for P3 #LongerLastingRubber #BahrainGP

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) April 21, 2013

L57 Hamilton takes Webber at turn one. #F1

— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) April 21, 2013

Seb wins the #BahrainGP and Mark takes P7 at his 200th race. #pushtheboundaries #F1

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) April 21, 2013

End of the race. Alonso P8 and Massa P15. Nothing more we could do with luck against us today!

— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) April 21, 2013

Ever get the feeling of déjà vu? #DoublePodiumDance with P2 #Kimi, P3 @rgrosjean #LongerLastingRubber #BahrainGP Mega!!

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) April 21, 2013

Paul Di Resta crosses the line for fourth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix, just 2.3 seconds away from the podium.

— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) April 21, 2013

“Fernando, funny story. Please box again.” #F1

— Fake Charlie Whiting (@charlie_whiting) April 21, 2013

No Champagne in the bottles but Kimi thought ahead and tucked a hip flask of vodka into his overalls. #F1

— Sniff Petrol (@sniffpetrol) April 21, 2013

Back-to-back podiums #notbad @lotus_f1team #BahrainGP twitter.com/Loose_Wheel_Nu…

— loosewheelnut.co.uk (@Loose_Wheel_Nut) April 21, 2013

Some good news for Sahara Force India. In Bahrain, we beat McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes Teams.

— Vijay Mallya(@TheVijayMallya) April 21, 2013

Did you hear we had @metallica visit us in the garage today? twitter.com/TheFifthDriver…

— McLaren (@TheFifthDriver) April 21, 2013

Perez’s engineer tells him he’s answered the critics. “Now they can shut up!” he replies. #F1

— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) April 21, 2013

Sebastian Vettel’s 28th victory sees him pass Sir Jackie Stewart into 6th in the all-time Grand Prix winning list bbc.in/15xcq6Z #F1

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 21, 2013

Hamilton has scored more points with first four races than last year. (50 in 2013, 49 in 2012) #F1

— Shawn Cross (@F1Cross) April 21, 2013

Reprimand for Mark Webber after clashing with Rosberg – a present for his 200th race! #F1

— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) April 21, 2013

Reprimand for Mark Webber after clashing with Rosberg – a present for his 200th race! #F1

— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) April 21, 2013

#Kimi suddenly remembers that there’s no champagne #F1 twitpic.com/ckxq4m

— Mattzel89 (@Mattzel89) April 21, 2013

di Resta, Vettel and Perez seem to be your picks. They all drove superbly, great stuff from Perez at the end there! #F1onNBC

— F1® Racing on NBC (@F1onNBCSports) April 21, 2013

Fernando Alonso has no DRS, made an extra pit stop, but still comes back fighting in 7th place.EPIC. #f1

— BadgerGP.com (@BadgerGP) April 21, 2013