(CNN) -- Felipe Massa led from the first corner to rekindle his world title hopes with victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, heading off team-mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari dominated the race.
Felipe Massa celebrated his second successive victory at the Bahrain circuit.
The Brazilian driver, whose future has been in some doubt after failing to finish the first two races of 2008, passed Polish pole-winner Robert Kubica at the first turn and was never troubled throughout as he claimed his sixth career win.
He successfully repeated his 2007 victory in Ferrari's first 1-2 of this season.
World champion Raikkonen, who started fourth on the grid, had also gone past BMW Sauber's Kubica by the third lap.
He was unable to catch Massa as he sought to follow up his victory in Malaysia two weeks ago, but still moved top of the drivers' standings on 19 points as he ended an F1 race on the podium for the 50th time.
Kubica finished third after a late rally in which he set the fastest lap time of minute 33.193 seconds, while his team-mate Nick Heidfeld was fourth ahead of McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen to take second place overall on 16 points.
Toyota's Jarno Trulli claimed sixth place, while Red Bull's Mark Webber was seventh and Williams' Nico Rosberg eighth.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who won the opening race in Melbourne, had a miserable day as he appeared to stall at the grid and quickly slipped from third to 10th.
The British driver, who had to have a reserve car built after crashing in Friday's practice, then ran into the back of former McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso's Renault -- leaving both vehicles with damage from which neither could recover.
Alonso finished back in 10th while previous overall leader Hamilton was also out of the points in 13th.
Hamilton was left on his pre-race total of 14, with Kovalainen and Kubica joining him in equal third, while Massa was next on 10 ahead of Trulli, Rosberg and Alonso.
BMW Sauber top the manufacturers' standings for the first time with 30 points, one ahead of Ferrari and two clear of McLaren.
Massa was delighted to come through unscathed after the drivers were affected by the amount of oil on the track. "I had a good start, whilst Robert didn't, and then the race was difficult at the beginning because there was a lot of oil on the track," he said.
"But during the race the car was very good. I didn't push the car to the limit, and at the end of the day I had a lot in hand.
"I've not had easy weeks at the start of this season. It's not the first time and it won't be the last, but I know we are quick. I love the circuit. This is my second victory in a row. I am always very strong here."
Raikkonen was also happy with his result after struggling in practice and qualifying.
"All weekend it's been pretty difficult. I've not been able to get the car right," the Finn said. "But finishing second after such a weekend is not bad, and now I am leading the world championship so I have to say I am happy."
Kubica, who was second in Malaysia, was left to rue his poor start.
"We had some problems on the formation lap with a lot of wheel spin and also with the race start," he said. "Then on the second lap I didn't know about the oil and I took some debris in corner one and thought I had punctured the tire."
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