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 [...]

Sunday, February 19, 2012- BIC, Sakhir – Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East, alongside national carriersGulf Air, proudly announced today an exciting programme of events for the upcoming 2012 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The long awaited race weekend, which is loved by hundreds of thousands of racing [...]

Enstone, Tuesday 29th November 2011- Lotus Renault GP is pleased to announce that Kimi Räikkönen will race for the team next season. The 2007 World Champion, who left Formula 1 at the end of 2009 to pursue a career in rallying, has decided to make a comeback at the pinnacle of single-seater racing. He has now [...]

Interlagos, November 27, 2011– With the anticipated threat of rain eventually holding off, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber claimed his first win of the 2011 season in the last race.  Webber took the lead on lap 29, after his team mate Sebastian Vettel lost time with a gearbox problem, having led from pole. Webber adopted a [...]

Interlagos, November 26, 2011 – Today was the first qualifying session where two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel became the driver who has scored the most pole positions in one season. By claiming his 15th pole position at the 19th and last grand prix of the year, the Red Bull Racing driver beats the record established [...]

Abu Dhabi, 13 November 2011 – A new name went into the Yas Marina record books when Lewis Hamilton won the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren Mercedes. In a sensational start to the 55-lap race Sebastian Vettel, whose Red Bull Renault started from pole position, spun off on the [...]

Abu Dhabi, November12, 2011 – Another record has fallen to newly-crowned champion Sebastian Vettel. The German driver equalled Nigel Mansell’s record of 14 pole positions in one season (from 1992) by going fastest in qualifying at the Yas Marina circuit, with a time of 1m38.481s. This was comfortably quicker than the time he set to [...]

Delhi, October 30th, 2011 – By winning his 11th grand prix this year, Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel is still on course to equal the record for the most number of wins in one season: 13, held by Michael Schumacher from 2004. The brand-new Buddh circuit on the outskirts of Delhi evolved considerably over the [...]