Pastor Maldonado will require a new gearbox in his Williams FW34 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, and will therefore start five places lower than he qualifies. The team discovered... read more »

Internet hackers have threatened to wreak havoc as they sided against Formula One over the sport’s decision to push ahead with the highly controversial Bahrain grand... read more »

Bahrain 2012 is all about tyres, said Shanghai winner Nico Rosberg on Friday. More specifically, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport revealed that the key to victory this... read more »

The Force India team sat out the second free practice session in Bahrain on Friday, citing ‘logistical reasons’ for an early withdrawal from the day’s track programme. A press... read more »

Bahrain’s Crown Prince on Friday ruled out cancelling the troubled island kingdom’s grand prix. “I think cancelling just empowers... read more »

FIA – McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh explained after practice that judging wind speed and direction will be a crucial factor in set-up for the Bahrain Grand... read more »

Coming from the Far to the Middle East has not changed much for Scuderia Ferrari, apart from the much higher temperatures on this island in the Persian Gulf, than in China.... read more »

Sergio Perez has described his Friday practice sessions in Bahrain as "very positive" and that the team are on top of the troublesome tyre degradation issues. read more »

Friday's press conference with Eric Boullier (Lotus), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Bob Fernley (Force India), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and... read more »

Anonymous, the online group made up of several worldwide hackers, successfully took down the official Formula 1 website on Friday night. The move came as a large protest took... read more »

Fernando Alonso said that Ferrari won't base its setup on its findings from Friday's practice sessions because the track will evolve significantly over the weekend read more »

Fernando Alonso, 8th: "Traditionally, I've always gone well at this track, one of the few where I have won three times. And so it's always a pleasure to drive at... read more »

Bob FERNLEY (Force India), Stefano DOMENICALI (Ferrari), Eric BOULLIER (Lotus), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren), Norbert HAUG (Mercedes), Christian HORNER (Red Bull). PRESS... read more »

Team bosses speaking with the media after Friday's practice sessions at Bahrain International Circuit insisted it would be wrong for F1 to become involved in Bahraini... read more »

Anonymous, a group which hacks websites and takes them offline for various reasons, has directed its attack toward the official Formula 1 website, taking it offline on Friday.... read more »

Bahrain Friday quotes: Ferrari read more »

The Crown Prince of Bahrain says there is no reason to cancel the grand prix being held in the country this weekend. Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa addressed the... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh, Norbert Haug, Christian Horner, Eric Boullier, Stefano Domenicali and Bob Fernley faced the media in Bahrain... read more »

Sebastian Vettel does not believe that Red Bull is favourite to challenge for victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix after Friday's practice sessions read more »

Friday's press conference - Bahrain read more »

Timo Glock, 19th: "A very difficult day today, especially in FP2. This morning we had a fairly normal programme developing and monitoring the new parts read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 21st: "We can say we met our target for the day which was none other than to check that the changes read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 17th: "A good day for us in terms of the mileage we've covered and the amount of data we've collated. This morning the read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 15th: "It was a busy day but we completed our programme. We were concentrating more on our race pace, but I feel happy read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 11th: "Importantly, we made progress through the day, after the first session did not go too well. We couldn't get the tyres to read more »