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Peter Warr: Racing driver and team manager who nurtured the careers of…
In March 2010 he returned to the F1 paddock in Bahrain, where he was clearly enthralled to be among old friends and to see Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti demonstrating their famed Championship-winning John Player Special…
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Bridging the Gulf: Bahrain's big experiment with democracy
Bahrain looks and feels modern, an image created by glittering skyscrapers in Manama City and the growing fame of Bahrain's Grand Prix. In 2002, the results of the first parliamentary elections in Bahrain were ominous for… -
Ferrari avoid bigger punishment over team orders scandal
Bahrain 13 March 2011; Australia 27 March; Malaysia 10 April; China 17 April; A statement from the FIA read: "At the Grand Prix of Germany, the stewards of the meeting found an infringement by the Scuderia Ferrari to the … -
Weekly sports agenda: Spanish Grand Prix, Europa League final,…
A week after MotoGP burns rubber near the southwestern Spanish city of Jerez, Formula One's dignitaries and heroes return upon the Circuit de Catalunya in the country's capital, Barcelona, the site of the last pre-season… -
Hamilton says team must qualify quicker or face up to failure
Fourth on the grid was respectable enough in the season-opener in Bahrain, but in Australia he wound up 11th. After four fly-away races to start the season, Formula One is back in its European heartland over the next few days,… -
Weekly sports agenda: NBA Playoffs, World Twenty20 cricket, Gumball 3000…
A week after MotoGP burns rubber near the southwestern Spanish city of Jerez, Formula One's dignitaries and heroes return upon the Circuit de Catalunya in the country's capital, Barcelona, the site of the last pre-season… -
Alonso insures thumbs for €10m
The Spaniard, winner of the Bahrain season-opener, is third overall after four races. Team sponsors Santander said they had insured the Spaniard's thumbs for five million each as part of a publicity campaign for accident and… -
Schumacher: I am still in the title race
An encouraging sixth place at the season-opener in Bahrain was followed by a disappointing 10th in Australia before a wheel-nut problem meant he failed to finish at Sepang in Malaysia two weeks ago. If we have quick enough… -
Schumacher insists he remains in title race
An encouraging sixth place at the season-opener in Bahrain was followed by a disappointing 10th in Australia before a wheel nut problem meant he failed to finish in Malaysia two weeks ago. Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. -
McClaren will improve says Whitmarsh
After his opening third place in Bahrain, team-mate Lewis Hamilton then produced storming drives in Melbourne and Malaysia, but could only finish sixth on each occasion. That is despite having what we feel is the necessary…
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Red Bull looking to dominate Chinese Grand Prix
This weekend it will use the engines it took to a 1-2 finish at Bahrain and subsequently changed, suggesting the team is less than confident about the ability of the engines from the last two races. -
India set to join Formula One calendar
Hughes is the former operations director of the Bahrain Grand Prix, which has been part of the Formula One calendar since 2004, and believes JSPK Sports' campaign to host a race had been aided by the company's determination… -
Vettel finds change of luck in 1-2 for Red Bull
Vettel's engine on to seven cylinders, nor any wheel drive pegs shearing to give him three-wheel braking and throw him into retirement in a gravel bed, as happened in Bahrain and Australia respectively. -
Hamilton sets the pace at his 'special place'
Following the spark-plug problem that hampered Vettel in Bahrain and the broken wheel-fixing that forced him out in Australia, there was more bad news for Red Bull yesterday when Vettel's team-mate Mark Webber stopped out … -
Rain the focus of Malaysian Grand Prix
Both in Bahrain and Ferrari has an enviable record over the 11 years of the Malaysian Grand Prix, with five wins and seven pole positions. The main talking point in the F1 paddock at Sepang is the chance of rain, after last…