Flashback: Bahrain 2006 - Alonso edges desert duel

In what proved to be the prelude to a titanic season-long battle for the drivers' title, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher opened the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship season with a hard-fought battle for victory in Bahrain.

In the blue corner: Renault's Alonso, brimming with confidence having clinched his first world title less than six months earlier. In the red corner: seven-time world champion Schumacher

Source: http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2013/4/14465.html

George Abecassis Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich Philippe Adams Walt Ader