"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 »

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 »

Kamui Kobayashi, 7th: "Technically we had no incidents but we are struggling on tyre temperatures. The lap times on the soft tyres in the short read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 13th: "The soft tyres felt better today but we have to work out which tyre will work best over a stint duration. It's read more »

Nico Rosberg, 1st: "That was a good start to the weekend, and whilst it's nice to be quickest today, we know that doesn't count. The read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 3rd: "We did a lot of running today, so that's good. Regarding set-up, I think we got the answers in China that we read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 4th: “Looking after the tyres here is going to be a real challenge. The track surface is extremely hot, and the amount of read more »

Bahrain Friday quotes: Williams read more »

The Crown Prince of Bahrain has vowed not to call off the country’s Formula 1 race for a second consecutive year despite rising fears in the paddock on Friday. This... read more »

Mark Webber is expecting a close battle between the top teams at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after Red Bull showed some promising pace during Friday practice read more »

Sebastian Vettel was content following Friday practice in Bahrain, with Red Bull echoing the sentiments of most in the Formula 1 field: tyres will be the most crucial factor... read more »