Pirelli will celebrate its 400th Formula 1 grand prix in Bahrain: the opening race of the 2021 season. Pirelli’s first grand prix was the inaugural F1 race at Silverstone in 1950, won by Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo – who went on to claim the debut title at the end of the year. A … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen set blistering pace at the Bahrain International Circuit to claim pole position for tomorrow’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutch driver beat Mercedes’ defending seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton by almost four tenths of a second and finished nearly seven tenths ahead of the Briton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen went into … Read more
Max Verstappen made it three for three in practice for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix by setting the fastest lap of the final one-hour session ahead of qualifying. The Red Bull Racing driver outpaced defending World Champion Lewis Hamilton by almost three-quarters of a second, with third place going to AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly. With the session … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen continued to set the pace at the Bahrain International Circuit as he set the quickest lap of the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. The opening part of the 60-minute session saw much of the running conducted on medium … Read more
Max Verstappen gave an early confirmation that Red Bull’s pre-season testing pace might carry through to race weekends by setting the fastest time of the first practice session for the opening round of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutch driver used soft compound Pirelli tyre to claim top … Read more
With the Formula 1 season being extended to a 23-race season in 2021, the sport is visiting more locations than ever before and in a usual year would expect to reap even more financial gain because of the enhanced calendar, but global uncertainty means the event faces another season of missed potential revenue, with live … Read more
Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) today announced that all energy used by the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in 2022 will come from sustainable energy sources, meeting the BIC’s needs throughout the race weekend, and beyond. The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Sustainable Energy Authority has recently completed a feasibility study for the initiative, which, when … Read more
It is a rare feat for a Formula One driver to race for the same team for nine years. David Coulthard is one of those exceptions. “Between 1996 and 2004 he raced for McLaren-Mercedes 150 times and won 12 Grand Prix races in Formula One. From 2010 to 2012 he drove an AMG Mercedes C-Class in the DTM,” says … Read more
WHY THESE TYRES The three middle compounds from the 2021 tyre range have been chosen for this year’s season-opener in Bahrain on some of the most abrasive asphalt of the season: C2 as the P Zero White hard, C3 as the P Zero Yellow medium, and C4 as the P Zero Red soft. This is … Read more
Valtteri Bottas set the quickest time of pre-season testing so far as Mercedes enjoyed a more productive second day at the Bahrain International Circuit. After troubles on the opening day of the three-day test, Bottas posted 58 laps in the afternoon on his way to the quickest time of the day. However, the Finn needed … Read more