Fernando Alonso, 7th: “It went a bit better than we feared and we managed to limit the damage. We had arrived here eight points down on the championship leader and we... read more »

Paul Hembery: "This was certainly a very technically challenging race, on a circuit that we had never experienced in racing conditions before. Nonetheless, we chose to... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 14th: "It's the same pattern as in China, in that I manage to have a good pace in the race, but I'm slow in qualifying. We must find a solution... read more »

Paul Di Resta, 6th: "The result today is massive for us. The team did an amazing job all weekend, the strategy came together and the pit-stops were perfect. We knew it... read more »

Paul di Resta impressed many at Sakhir this afternoon, making the most of a two-stop strategy to finish sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix. With effective tyre management being... read more »

Nico Rosberg described his Bahrain Grand Prix fifth place for Mercedes as successful "damage limitation", and denied the result was frustrating after he had taken a... read more »

Full result of the 2012 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel has led the Bahrain GP from start to finish to win his first GP of the season. Kimi Raikkonen brough his Lotus car home in second place after a few unfortunate... read more »

In all honesty, this result matches our expectations going into the session. Certainly we can't be happy about these positions, quite the contrary in fact. read more »

It will be a long and interesting race tomorrow, in demanding conditions, and we will look to make the most of our opportunities to achieve the strongest possible team result. read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 3 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Charles Pic, 20th: "Not an easy day today, but I am quite happy with the result. This afternoon it was much hotter as forecast and the tyre degradation was maybe a little... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 8th: “Today was a very good qualifying and another great effort by the team. The result is a lot better than we expected after free practice.... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen said Caterham always believed it could get into Q2 in Bahrain, after claiming the team's best qualifying result of the 2012 season so far with 16th on... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he and Mark Webber owe their strong qualifying performance to the hard work put in by the Red Bull team. The German, who dominated Saturday in 2011 by... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 6th: “It feels very good and I am very happy with that result. We had a below average week in China with some updates we brought. We persisted with... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: “That was an excellent qualifying session for our team. It's a real bonus for us getting into Q2 but we'd already seen this morning... 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 »

Jenson Button says Mercedes's victory in China was not simply a result of tyre management, but also proof that the German manufacturer has a genuinely quick car in 2012. read more »

Bruno Senna wants to continue the momentum that he has built up through two points-scoring finishes with another good result in Bahrain read more »

Having got both cars home in the points in China the whole team is eager to repeat this result in Bahrain. read more »

The atmosphere has been refreshed at Williams’ Grove factory following a double points finish for the team in China. As Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado took the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he'll be racing for a top-three result in Bahrain as long Lotus are able to get the "upgrades on the car to work properly"... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen reckons a podium finish will be possible in Bahrain while Romain Grosjean is looking to better his Chinese result... read more »