The rear wing problem that wrecked Fernando Alonso's hopes of winning in Bahrain last weekend was due to a rare component failure within the DRS system, Ferrari said after an investigation. "It's the first problem of its kind on this system seen on the three years during which it has been used," the Italian team said on their website. "The failure is not something that causes concern for the long...
04:33 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Sahara Force India might have narrowly missed out on a podium finish in last weekend's Bahrain GP, but its drivers Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil feel the Silverstone-based outfit should be content with what it has achieved so far this season as the car requires some updates. Force India's British driver Di Resta finished fourth to bring home Sahara Force India's best result of the season at...
05:24 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Sochi: Fresh from winning his third race of the season in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel touched down here Monday to test the track for next year's Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix. Vettel and former star David Coulthard are to whizz around the 5.9-kilometre Sochi Olympic Park Circuit, which is yet to be completed, in a regular road car. The pair was first whisked around the site for the paddock by the...
12:04 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Sakhir (Bahrain): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was thrilled at finishing fifth in the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. The 27-year-old Hamilton, in his first season for Mercedes, started ninth on the grid and weaved his way through the field before overtaking Red Bull's Mark Webber on the final lap, to take eight points from the contest on Sunday. Lotus snatched a one-two with former World champion Kimi Raikkonen and Romain...
05:14 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Sakhir: The three-time formula one world champion Sebastian Vettel claimed an impressive victory for Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday that saw him go past the legendary Jackie Stewart into the sixth position on the all-time list of Grand Prix wins. It was Vettel's second win in four races this season and the 28th of his career. The 26-year-old, who registered back-to-back victories in Sakhir, extended his...
02:24 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Manama: Champions Red Bull claimed a Formula One first on Sunday by sending a female team member up to the podium to collect their constructors' trophy after Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix. Gill Jones, the team's head of trackside electronics with responsibility for all the electronics in the racing cars and garage, joined world champion Vettel for the ceremony at the Sakhir circuit. "It was great to send...
12:54 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Sakhir: World champion Sebastian Vettel won a Formula One race on Sunday without anyone kicking up a storm about it, at least inside the confines of the circuit. The last time the Red Bull driver had stood on the top step of the podium was in Malaysia last month, with grim-faced Australian team-mate Mark Webber and unhappy Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton alongside. The triple champion had ignored team instructions in...
10:57 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Bahrain: Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, easily beating Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean in a race that has been the target of rights groups and anti-government protesters in the divided nation. It was a dominant performance for the Red Bull driver, who grabbed the lead for good on the 17th lap and beat Raikkonen by nine seconds. Grosjean was nearly 20...
07:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Sakhir: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone believes that the Bahrain government were "stupid" to host this weekend's Grand Prix. Sunday's race at the Sakhir International Circuit is taking place amid a week of protests organised by opponents of the ruling royal family. "The government here are, in a lot of ways, stupid to put this race on because it is a platform for people to use for protesting, Ecclestone, 82,...
02:02 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Manama: Pirelli are planning to sell off a 2011 HRT Formula One car in a charity auction on eBay because nobody in the Italian tyre company wants to use it for promotional purposes. Pirelli acquired the engine-less car last season after the Spanish-based tail-enders folded with debts still outstanding. The tyremaker had intended to repaint it in their black and yellow colours and put it on display at dealerships and...
11:59 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Manama: Sahara Force India recorded their best qualifying performance this season at the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix here Saturday. Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil set the seventh and eighth fastest times but will start the race fifth and sixth on the grid after penalties for Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. The Red Bull and Mercedes drivers were third and fourth in qualifying. Hamilton qualified behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso...
06:44 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Manama: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, finishing ahead of Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari for the race that is being held amid widespread anti-government protests in the divided nation. It is only the second pole of Rosberg's career and best performance of the year for the 27-year-old German who has retired early in two of the...
06:00 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Manama: Lewis Hamilton's hopes of a second successive pole position disappeared on Saturday when he was handed a five-place penalty on the Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid for an unscheduled gearbox change. Mercedes said they had to make the change after the 2008 Formula One world champion hit a kerb in final practice and damaged his car's suspension. Hamilton took the top slot in China last weekend, his first pole...
04:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Sakhir: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso recovered from a spin on Saturday to post the fastest lap in the third and final Formula One practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Looking for his second consecutive victory after ending a 12-race drought in China last weekend, Alonso completed a lap in 1:33.247 to finish 0.101 head of three-time defending F1 champion Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber was third fastest,...
02:55 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Manama: McLaren questioned Lewis Hamilton's version of events on Friday after the 2008 Formula One champion told an interviewer he had been thrown out of his old team's garages in pre-season testing. Asked how much contact he still had with McLaren, Hamilton told the official formula1.com website he went to see his former team mates at the Australian season-opener in Melbourne last month. "I also tried to see them in...
08:06 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Manama: About 10,000 opposition protesters took to the streets of Bahrain on Friday to push their demands for political change two days before the Formula One Grand Prix that puts the Gulf Arab kingdom in the international spotlight. The atmosphere was largely peaceful as groups of men, women and children carrying Bahraini flags walked down a highway and converged at a rallying point, witnesses said. But a handful of youths...
10:02 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Sakhir: Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen drove the fastest time in the second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, followed by the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on Friday. Raikkonen, who won the season-opening Australian GP and lay second behind Vettel in the drivers' championship, was 0.03 seconds faster than Webber and 0.12 quicker than Vettel. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fourth while his teammate Felipe Massa, who topped...
06:56 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Sakhir, Bahrain Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone insists the Brazilian Grand Prix will remain at Interlagos, saying he has received assurances from the mayor of Sao Paulo that long-demanded upgrades to the circuit will take place. Ecclestone, in Sakhir for the Bahrain GP, also says F1 is "talking to quite a few countries" about being added to the calendar. Among them are Thailand, Mexico and Turkey. Ecclestone says it is...
05:01 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Manama: Bahrain is a safe place to race and this weekend's grand prix will go ahead as planned, Formula One's governing body and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone said in a joint statement on Friday. The short press release, surprising only in being issued so late in the day, came after calls from some British politicians and others for the race to be cancelled due to human rights concerns. The...
03:08 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Sakhir: Lewis Hamilton has the look of a man who has silenced the doubters. The Mercedes driver was derided when he abandoned McLaren for the less-glamorous Mercedes team this season. Critics questioned his integrity and accused him of being driven by money. But three races into the season, his gamble appears to be paying off. He had his second podium in three races last week at the Chinese Grand Prix...
02:33 PM, Apr 19, 2013
