 Ferrari dominated the previous round in Malaysia , where Felipe Massa had claimed pole position , and led his teammate Räikkönen in second place through the opening stages of the race , before spinning off and retiring midway through . Räikkönen went on to win the race , and expressed his optimism about Bahrain : " I have finished third in three successive Grands Prix in Bahrain . Time and again something has gone wrong . Sakhir is one of those circuits where I really want to win . Finally . " 
 Ferrari dominated the previous round in Malaysia , where Felipe Massa <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> claimed pole position , and led his teammate Räikkönen in second place through the opening stages of the race , before spinning off and retiring midway through . Räikkönen went on to win the race , and expressed his optimism about Bahrain : " I <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> finished third in three successive Grands Prix in Bahrain . Time and again something <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> gone wrong . Sakhir <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>one of those circuits where I really want to win . Finally . " 
Ferrari dominated da previous round in Malaysia , where Felipe Massa done claimed pole position , and led his teammate Räikkönen in second place thru the opening stages of the race , before spinning offf and retiring midway thrthruRäikkönen went on to win the race , and expressed his optimism about Bahrain : " I done finished third in three successive Grands Prix in Bahrain . Time and again something done gone wrong . Sakhir one of those circuits where I really want to win . Finally . "