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 »

Aston Martin has hinted that it has multiple alternative options to replace Lance Stroll for the Bahrain Grand Prix next weekend. Stroll was forced to skip pre-season testing... read more »

Perez set the time on the last of the three days of testing, before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit on March 5. Lewis Hamilton was second-quickest... read more »

Clocking a time of 1m30.305s, Red Bull Racing driver Sergio Perez fund himself on top of the leaderboard as the three-day pre-season testing came to a close today.... read more »

With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead... read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu topped the second day of preseason testing in Bahrain, beating world champion Max Verstappen to the fastest time by 0.040s. read more »

Formula 1's winter break is over, with pre-season testing kicking off the official on-track sessions this weekend in Bahrain. All 10 teams are in Sakhir for the three days... read more »

Twelve months on from McLaren facing a disastrous test in Bahrain and disappointing opening race after suffering brake overheating problems, the squad has made efforts to... read more »

Aitken has spent the past three years as reserve driver for Williams, and made his first grand prix start in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix deputising for George Russell, who in... read more »

The Ferrari and Red Bull drivers locked horns at Sakhir in the first of several wheel-to-wheel duels throughout the season. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com... read more »

However, it all went very wrong at the start as brake problems in pre-season testing and the opening round in Bahrain left it struggling for pace. While it managed to make a... read more »

George Russell stepped in for Lewis Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, providing the young Brit with a golden ticket to drive for Mercedes and chase a maiden win in the... read more »

Russell scored his maiden grand prix win at Interlagos on Sunday after controlling proceedings to lead home a 1-2 finish ahead of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.It ended... read more »

De Vries was drafted in to race for Williams at Monza last weekend when Alex Albon was sidelined by appendicitis on Saturday ahead of final practice, marking the... read more »

The Woking-based team started the 2022 campaign on the back foot, as brake problems in the final pre-season test in Bahrain left it struggling for pace at the Sakhir opener.The... read more »

As a Mercedes junior Russell was farmed out to Williams for three seasons, where he gained experience and showed the promise that convinced Wolff to promote him to a Mercedes... read more »

McLaren has struggled for pace since the Bahrain test, where the main focus was on resolving a brake cooling issue.After a disappointing Sakhir race saw the orange cars finish... read more »

His team boss Christian Horner conceded that with three unrelated major problems to solve the team had faced a "busy few days" addressing the problems that preceded... read more »

Despite Ferrari and Red Bull being so evenly matched in lap time around the Sakhir track last weekend, analysis of the GPS data showed that the two cars displayed very... read more »