Cosworth's Bahrain Grand Prix Race Recap

Cosworth's widely anticipated return to Formula One as an engine supplier was given the stamp of approval by all four of its customer teams after the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir yesterday.

Working with AT&T Williams, HRT F1, Lotus Racing and Virgin Racing, Cosworth was able to verify the performance ... [ more ]

F. Alonso 1st 1:39.20.396, 49 Laps, Chassis 283
F. Massa 2nd 1:39.36.495 +16.099, 49 Laps, Chassis 281

Weather: air temperature 34C, track temperature 47C, sunny.

A one-two finish for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro in the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2010 World Championship. Fernando Alonso finished first on his race debut with the Prancing ... [ more ]

LAUREUS LOGO ON MERCEDES GP PETRONAS CARS

The MERCEDES GP PETRONAS cars of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and team-mate Nico Rosberg will carry the Laureus logo throughout the 2010 Formula One World Championship.

The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation uses sport to improve the lives of young people around the world.

The logo made its debut ... [ more ]

Rock Hill, SC, March 14, 2010 - Composite Resources, a global leader in the design, prototype and manufacture of advanced composite solutions announced today that the company has hired Kevin Bialas and Mike Fuller from the USF1 racing organization.

The USF1 organization has been in the headlines of major motorsports news for the past few months regarding its aggressive ... [ more ]

Fernando Alonso (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro) won the opening round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship season in emphatic fashion after using a super soft - medium Bridgestone Potenza tyre strategy at the new longer configuration Sakhir circuit for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Alonso led team-mate Felipe Massa across the line for a Ferrari 1-2, with Vodafone ... [ more ]

HRT F1 (Hispania Racing F1 Team) successfully competed in their first Grand Prix today at Bahrain in the presence of His Highness the King of Spain Juan Carlos, who had visited the team garage earlier in the morning. The team completed its first 18 laps in race conditions at the Bahrain Grand Prix in extremely hot conditions with air temperature at 35 Centigrade for the ... [ more ]

The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix saw Robert Kubica finish in 11th position, while teammate Vitaly Petrov retired in the early stages of the race.

Robert Kubica:

All our hard work this weekend was undone by the incident on the first lap. During the lap to the grid, we had high engine oil levels and we took some out on the grid, but it seemed like Webber ... [ more ]

Lewis Hamilton:

"Third place was a very strong result for us today. I feel that we did a good job: our reliability was great and the pace today was pretty good, but we still need to push very hard to close the gap to the cars in front.

"My race was decided on the first lap when I locked up at Turn Four, ran a bit wide, got in a bad position and Nico [Rosberg] ... [ more ]

The 2010 season opened modestly for the AT&T Williams team at the Bahrain GP, with Rubens Barrichello claiming the last point-paying position by finishing in p10. Team-mate Nico Hulkenberg sustained some early car damage which he had to carry for over 40 laps, hampering him on his debut and he ultimately finished in fourteenth spot.

Rubens Barrichello:

It's ... [ more ]

Sebastian Vettel:

"It's a pity today. It was positive all weekend, except for the exhaust failure. From Saturday morning onwards, we were one of the quickest cars on track in all conditions. We had control of the race today and we were on top of the strategy everything was running smoothly. I think at every point I knew how my tyres were, so we kept good control ... [ more ]