Bahrain - Race 2 Grid

Bahrain - Race 1 Quotes

Bahrain GP: Post Qualifying press conference

Bahrain GP: Qualifying notes - Bridgestone

Ferrari: We had hoped for a better result

First top ten qualifying for Honda

Renault: As difficult as we expected

Grosjean takes victory in Bahrain

BMW: A very special day

Speedcar: Alzen excluded, win goes to Terrien

Bahrain Race 1 - Result

McLaren expecting an exciting race

Ferrari had to make do with both cars being on the first two rows, after Felipe Massa was edged out for pole by Robert Kubica. Kimi Raikkonen qualified in fourth spot. 

Williams: A positive step forwards

Bourdais: Now we have made it

Force India remains optimistic

Red Bull: We'll consider our strategies

Honda enjoyed its best qualifying performance of the year at the Bahrain International Circuit today. Jenson Button achieved his target of a top 10 grid slot when he posted the 9th fastest lap, while his team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start tomorrow's 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix from 12th position. 

We are exactly where we wanted to be, says Trulli

Steady progress for Super Aguri

Robert Kubica was quickest in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. It is the 38th Grand Prix for the team and the 25th for Kubica and both celebrate their first time at the front of the grid. Team mate, Nick Heidfeld, was sixth. 

Having enjoyed relative competitiveness at the Sakhir circuit in the past, the Williams team was able to make a positive step forwards from its qualifying performance at the last race in Malaysia, although the team was only able to get one car through to Q3, leaving further room for improvement. Nico will start tomorrow's race from the fourth row of the grid, with Kazuki starting in sixteenth position. 

McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will start Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix from third and fifth positions respectively. In Saturday's qualifying, Lewis set a time of 1m33.292, less than two tenths of a second behind pole position. Heikki's time was 1m33.488.

Renault experienced a tough afternoon as Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet qualified in 10th and 14th places for tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix

Sebastien Bourdais outqualified team mate Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain, putting their Toro Rossos fifteenth and nineteenth respectively. 

The Force India Formula One Team will start tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix with Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil in 18th and 20th positions. Once more the team was within 0.1 secs of the second qualifying session and just over one second from the top 10 as it continued its progress with the new aerodynamic parts introduced this weekend. 

Red Bull Racing missed out on the top ten at Bahrain today as Mark Webber ended up eleventh and David Coulthard a lowly seventeenth.

Jarno Trulli qualified his Toyota in seventh place on the grid, while team mate Timo Glock ended up thirteenth. 

Super Aguri made steady progress during Free Practice this morning and team drivers Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson were satisfied with the work that the team had achieved on improvements overnight. Having found better balance in the SA08A's for Qualifying, the drivers pushed their machines to the limit on the dusty, slippery and demanding track this afternoon. 

Bahrain GP: Qualifying - Times

Robert Kubica lost six kilograms weight during the winter in a bid to give him more flexibility with his car set-up and extra speed. That paid off today as the Polish driver stormed to his and BMW Sauber's maiden pole position.

Lewis Hamilton insists that his major crash in Friday practice did not affect him during today's qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix after the McLaren driver ended up third on the grid behind Kubica and Massa.

Kubica... pole dancing in the desert

Felipe Massa blamed traffic on his final two flying laps for missing out on pole position to Robert Kubica. The Brazilian was favourite for first place on the grid, but said he got stuck behind other cars in the pole shootout.

Robert Kubica stormed to his, and the BMW Sauber team's maiden F1 pole position at Bahrain today, edging out a fierce challenge from Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton in the final moments of qualifying.

Under-fire FIA boss Max Mosley insists he has done nothing wrong following allegations about his private life

Lewis Hamilton battles for pole position with a rebuilt car at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain.

Mosley responds to ADAC

FIA confirms qualifying change

Nico Rosberg leads the timesheets in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain GP, with Lewis Hamilton 18th.

Former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will race in the 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps in May this year. The race is the third race on the Le Mans Series calendar.

Bahrain GP: Saturday Free - Times

Nico Rosberg continued his strong performance in Bahrain during Saturday morning's final free practice session. The Williams driver was two tenths of a second ahead of Felipe Massa and Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton seemed to focus on his race set-up, the Briton ended 18th.

Rosberg quickest in a session that tells us little

Christijan Albers confirmed his return to the DTM series on Saturday morning. The former Formula 1 driver became the series vice champion in 2003 with Mercedes but will now join Audi's Futurecom-TME.

Germany's national motoring body, ADAC, has requested FIA president Max Mosley to reconsider his position. The German's were joined by Isreal and The Netherlands who also found the story shocking and unacceptable.