We can expect qualifying to be very tough tomorrow: there's no denying that getting both cars into Q3 will be very difficult. read more »

Both sessions were dominated by the performance of the medium and soft tyres as we worked to optimise the set-ups to balance the car for the difficult track conditions. read more »

As always here we are trying to manage brake wear and tyre degradation caused by the combination of the circuit characteristics, the track temperature and the track surface. read more »

From what we can see so far the pace of both compounds is around 0.6 seconds apart and degradation is in line with expectations. But we still have a lot of data to go through. read more »

Bahrain is not considering cancelling this weekend's grand prix, the country's Crown Prince has told media in the paddock 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 »

The key for this weekend's race will be making the tyres work in the heat and we're encouraged by our pace using both tyres with both cars on high fuel today. read more »

"The tyres were a bit of a surprise for everybody in terms of how they are behaving," says Mark Webber, "they're losing their grip pretty quick, but... read more »

Bahrain Friday quotes: Ferrari read more »

While the laptimes don't reflect it, our long-run pace looks reasonably promising. read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison has warned against reading too much into his cars' lap times during free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix 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 »

Although Sebastian Vettel believes "others" are the favourites in Bahrain, he reckons Red Bull have taken a step forward... read more »

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

We had a very solid day of practice here today, completing some good work on both low and high fuel. 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 »

Romain Grosjean admitted that he preferred the desert heat of this weekend's race at the Bahrain International Circuit to the chilly conditions at Shanghai. 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 »