With only a couple of minor changes made to the teams for the Bahrain Grand Prix, I left it up to higher powers to decide the fate of my five Fantasy Racer teams. Leaving Jenson Button in the squads was a no-brainer, despite his less than victorious race in China last weekend. Choosing to add Kimi Raikkonen to one of the other squads paid dividends as well, although I fear it is too soon to start considering the Finn on a full-time basis. Also performing well for my outfits were pole sitter Jarno Trulli, Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glock.

Fantasy Racers Bahrain 2009 Update	Points Scored Team/Driver	Race Result Position	Overall Position Championship
BlogF1 Racing	641	1175th	1104th
Adrian Sutil	61
Jenson Button	207
Nico Rosberg	87
Rubens Barrichello	127
Sebastian Vettel	157
Budget Remaining	2
Team Finitalia	467	3495th	4214th
Giancarlo Fisichella	62
Heikki Kovalainen	66
Jarno Trulli	187
Kimi Raikkonen	117
Budget Remaining	35
Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate	580	2006th	2847th
Jarno Trulli	187
Jenson Button	207
Nick Heidfeld	58
Rubens Barrichello	127
Budget Remaining	1
Blogger’s Dog Racing	509	2994th	2013th
Adrian Sutil	61
Kimi Raikkonen	117
Mark Webber	67
Sebastian Vettel	157
Timo Glock	107
Budget Remaining	0
Inner Pickle Racing	604	1664th	1879th
Jenson Button	207
Rubens Barrichello	127
Sebastian Vettel	157
Timo Glock	107
Budget Remaining	6

BlogF1 Racing was once again the top scoring team collecting 641 points. This improves the standings of the squad to 1104th in the overall league, and as they are my top-scorers, they rest in 153rd in the Sidepodcast league. So they’re making slow progress, and most importantly, they remain ahead of Mr. C’s Longitudinal Inertia squad, who languish down in 218th. Although league creator and songwriter/singer Mrs. C is doing considerably better in 21st.

Inner Pickle Racing continue to be the second placed squad among the group, but close behind are PETN who scored 580 and are showing promise. Failing miserably, although not quite as miserably as normal are Team Finitalia, who managed some decent points with Trulli and Raikkonen this time around, but are still more than hopeless somewhere near the bottom of the tables in 4214th.

Fantasy Racers is a fantasy Formula One competition. It is free to sign up but if you wish to have more than team you will need to make a donation to the site. You can also join private leagues, and currently BlogF1’s set of squads race in the Sidepodcast League.