An air of cautious optimism surrounded Paul di Resta on Friday evening after opening practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix saw the Force India driver nestling comfortably in the... read more »

Jenson Button has a 'good feeling' McLaren have found a set-up and a direction that will allow them to be more competitive on Saturday, after struggling in practice... read more »

Lewis Hamilton struggled during practice for the F1 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday and he conceded afterwards that there is ‘a lot of hard work' ahead to try and get... read more »

Fernando Alonso made a 'positive' start to the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend on Friday and is confident the Scuderia will be up with the 'leading group'... read more »

Friday's press conference - Bahrain read more »

Of the aerodynamic updates we tried this morning, some worked well, while with others we have yet to decide if we will use them this weekend, because it is still too early to... read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari have yet to decide whether they will race the F138 upgrades they tried on Friday in Bahrain - although is nonetheless confident they are poised to... read more »

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has faith that he can be among the leading group this weekend in Bahrain. Alonso, who won in China last weekend, set the fourth fastest time... read more »

We were able to push both allocated compounds of tyres pretty well in the hot conditions today and generally the cars are well balanced. read more »

Already some drivers are completing more than 15 laps on the hard tyre, so we are certainly on track to see a three-stop strategy for the race, although it's possible that... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes lack of pace means the Bahrain Grand Prix will be a "tough battle" for the team. read more »

Despite setting the pace on Friday in practice for the 2013 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen has said there is more still to come from his... read more »

Whilst we are not particularly happy with the performance of the car today, at least it is clear that the problem is clear and localised and we therefore feel confident that we... read more »

Fernando Alonso expects Ferrari to be "up in the leading group" of closely matched teams in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Ferrari and Lotus insist they cannot be confident about their Bahrain Grand Prix race prospects despite emerging as early favourites by the end of Friday practice. read more »

Like many teams, we struggled to make the Option tyre last across a stint - that's likely to be a recurring problem throughout the rest of the weekend. read more »

Bahrain practice quotes: Ferrari read more »

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is expecting it to be close in qualifying for the 2013 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix – and speaking after practice on Friday he said Ferrari and... read more »

Paul di Resta believes his Force India team's best chance of turning its impressive Friday practice pace into an equally strong Bahrain Grand Prix result is if tyre... read more »

Both cars ran reliably throughout the day, allowing us to gather lots of valuable data. We improved the car's balance during FP1 and FP2, but we still have some work to do... read more »

Lotus driver Kimi Räikkönen is keeping his feet on the ground after topping the timesheets in Friday afternoon's second practice session for the... read more »

Romain Grosjean is optimistic of a strong showing in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix after a positive start with a new chassis read more »

Kimi Raikkonen may have been quickest in Bahrain practice, however, the Finn reckons his Lotus "didn't feel particularly good" on Friday... read more »

A very straightforward couple of sessions and overall we are feeling happy with how things have gone. A few more tweaks overnight we should be able to keep up the momentum and... read more »

The Bahrain International Circuit could host the season opening race in 2014. Circuit boss Zayed Alzayani said on Friday that he would be open to Sakhir Circuit hosting the... read more »