Spa was seen by the Williams team as a track that would favour the low-drag characteristics of the FW45 and give Albon a chance to repeat the points-scoring form that he's... read more »

George Russell has revealed that stepping in for Lewis Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was the most pressurised moment of his professional career. read more »

Checo on a charge is a force to be reckoned with! We look back on some of the Mexican driver's most memorable comebacks on-track, including that maiden win in Sakhir. For... read more »

Carlos Sainz admits that Ferrari is "relatively concerned" over its reliability amid its poor start to the 2023 campaign. At the season-opening race in Bahrain,... read more »

Fernando Alonso finished a strong third in the season opener at Sakhir, albeit helped by the retirement of Charles Leclerc.However, Krack says the team remained... read more »

The race didn't end up going Ferrari's way in Sakhir, but their double-stack pit stop skills were there for all to see. For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

The first race in Bahrain was all about traction and braking but Jeddah instead focuses on lateral forces, with completely different characteristics to Sakhir. read more »

Rather than his new teammate, Pierre Gasly, it was the Sakhir stewards who caused Esteban Ocon grief on Sunday afternoon. read more »

Alex Albon was full of enthusiasm for his Williams team's efforts over the winter after a hard-fought points-scoring finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The... read more »

Alpine hid its true potential in testing at Sakhir by not running soft tyres or low fuel, but Gasly picked up the pace in second practice, when he was an encouraging... read more »

Rivals had pegged Williams as the 10th-fastest team in the 2023 field after testing at Sakhir, a view that Albon himself supported.However, the former Red Bull driver put in a... read more »

Red Bull swept the front row at Sakhir with Max Verstappen on pole and his team-mate Sergio Perez alongside.Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are behind in third and fourth, but... read more »

The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway today under the artificial lights of the Bahrain International Circuit. F1Technical's Balazs Szabo picks out some... read more »

And for good measure, the latest creation to come out of Maranello excels in the very same areas of the Sakhir circuit as the now-retired RB18. Imitation really is the... read more »

The sweltering afternoon conditions in Sakhir were not particularly inviting for fast times, with early laps over two seconds slower than during Friday night's FP2.After... read more »

At the start of the 2023 F1 season, Aston Martin has caught the eye with its AMR23 during pre-season testing and this pace duly translated on Friday at the Sakhir circuit as... read more »

The Mercedes camp was buoyed by the lack of bouncing during the first of three days at the Sakhir circuit following a 2022 significantly hampered by the returning porpoising... read more »

Rivals and pundits who crunched the numbers after the three days of running at Sakhir reckon it might be so.The car looked good from the start, but it was a race distance... read more »

Pirelli's new C1 compound, which fills the gap between the hardest C0 (used as the C1 in 2022) and the C2, makes its debut at Sakhir this weekend. read more »

TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that... read more »

Since its inaugural event in 2004, the Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir has been a season opener, a night race, and even shown off two alternate layouts. Through all these changes... read more »

We are now just days away from the start of the 2023 F1 season with the Bahrain GP in Sakhir. read more »

The Sakhir International Circuit has hosted the opening round of the F1 season on four previous occasions since it made its debut on the calendar in 2004 - claiming the honour... read more »

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly did not feature that high on timing screens over the three-day pre-season test in Sakhir as the team focused on longer runs and experimentation... read more »

Red Bull emerged from F1's pre-season test at Sakhir widely regarded as the team to beat, with the RB19 appearing to be very reliable and quick on both short and long... read more »