BIC, Sakhir – Grand Prix motor racing thundered back to the desert with a scintillating race that brought victory for defending world champions, Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull Racing team. The 2012 Formula 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix delivered an all-action race with a feast of overtaking and drama. Starting on pole position, [...]

BIC, Sakhir – The deafening roars of Formula One engines signaled the start of this year’s Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’s Nico Rosberg shared the honours of being the fastest drivers on the opening day of the weekend-long event. Hamilton set the [...]

BIC, Sakhir – The long wait is over; the 2012 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix flags off Friday (April 20) with tens of thousands of fans expected to flock to Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) for the return of motor racing’s pinnacle to the Sakhir desert. This year’s Bahrain Grand Prix weekend marks the [...]

 BIC, Sakhir – Race fans enjoyed a thrilling finale to Speed Weekend on Saturday at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, where Batelco drivers Alban Varuttii and Mohammed Mattar each came away triumphant in an eventful fifth round of the WGA Supercars Middle East Championship. Speed Weekend was organised by BIC, “The Home of Motorsport in [...]

Bahrain.  Austrian Clemens Schmid scored a convincing victory in the 12th and final round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East today while Qatar’s Saadon Al Kuwari celebrated a title success at Bahrain International Circuit. Schmid won by ten seconds from Bandar Alesayi who edged out newly-crowned champion and fellow-Saudi Abdulaziz Al Faisal as [...]

Bahrain.  Austrian Clemens Schmid scored a commanding victory in the penultimate round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at Bahrain International Circuit today. The race became a dress rehearsal for next month’s Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, and Schmid survived an early slip to win by just under ten seconds from Saudi Arabia’s [...]

Dubai. The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East reaches the climax of its third season at Bahrain International Circuit this weekend with a newly-crowned champion Abdulaziz Al Faisal looking to underline his mastery of the one-make series. After clinching his second Porsche GT3 Cup title in three years in Qatar earlier this month, Abdulaziz wants [...]

BIC, Sakhir – The WGA Supercars Middle East Championship is headed for a crucial stage in the 2011/2012 season. With the drivers’ and teams’ titles still up for grabs, the fifth and penultimate round taking place Friday and Saturday (March 30 and 31) at Speed Weekend could play a huge part in deciding who will be [...]

Dubai. Saudi Arabia’s Bandar Alesayi wants a double podium finish to the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at Bahrain International Circuit this weekend to round off a season which started with so much promise but has ultimately left him frustrated. Alesayi said at the start of the 2011-12 season that he felt confident of [...]

  Dubai. After playing his part in providingQatar with a memorable introduction to the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, Saadon Al Kuwari has already set his sights higher as he looks to confirm his country’s first title success in the series in Bahrain later this month. Barring a succession of improbable events in the [...]