Raikkonen buoyed by rally debut Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by his World Rally Championship debut for Citroen after finishing 30th in Sweden.
Senna: Speed differences not a problem Bruno Senna says there will not be a problem with disparity in speed between cars this weekend in Bahrain, as long as the drivers respect each other
Senna finally able to enjoy F1 Bruno Senna says he can finally enjoy being a Formula 1 driver now - after admitting the uncertainty about his future that clouded the last few weeks had been hard to accept
Horner predicts 'titanic' title fight Formula 1 will witness some truly 'titanic' battles on track this season with no team holding a clear advantage heading into the first race of the season
Chandhok: New team critics are unfair Formula 1 rookie Karun Chandhok thinks it unfair that the new teams are on the receiving end of criticism that their slow speed could cause trouble in Bahrain this weekend
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Hamilton admits he can learn from Button As he seeks to regain his hard-fought 2008 world championship crown in F1 2010, Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he 'can learn' a few things from new McLaren team-mate Jenson Button.
Schumacher 'out of his mind' and 'no hope' of F1 title Rubbishing notions that Michael Schumacher can claim an eighth title in 2010, BBC F1 pundit Eddie Jordan argues that the record-breaking German legend is 'out of his mind' to be coming back.
F1 drivers are not 'real men' anymore, rues Webber Having set up his own GP3 team with Christian Horner, Red Bull star Mark Webber argues F1 cars are now so easy to drive that competitors who used to be gladiators are no longer 'real men'.
'We don't need another casualty in F1 2010!' McLaren Racing managing director Jonathan Neale insists the F1 2010 newcomers must be given every chance possible to succeed - even if he confesses he does not envy their plight.
Wirth: Established F1 teams want Virgin 'to fall flat on our faces' Nick Wirth hits out at the F1 'establishment' that he argues wants Virgin Racing 'to fall flat on our faces' in 2010 for having the audacity to believe they can beat them on a much lower budget.
McLaren admit to 'contingency' plan over rear wing dispute Whilst insisting that it remains fully 'confident' in the legality of its controversy-provoking rear wing, McLaren-Mercedes will have an alternative package in Bahrain should the need arise.
Chandhok: Immediate goal for HRT is credibility – and then points Karun Chandhok acknowledges that Spanish newcomer HRT will necessarily be on the back foot to begin with in F1 2010, but he urges against writing the team off in the longer term.
Senna ready to get back behind the wheel Bruno Senna prepares to bring the Senna legacy back to Formula 1 when he makes his debut with newcomers Hispania Racing Team in Bahrain.
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Senna relishing F1 debut Several names return to the F1 grid this year, Lotus and Cosworth being the two most obvious examples, however, spare a thought for the youngster in the somewhat familiar helmet at the wheel of the Hispania.
Competition: Five 1:4 scale Brawn BGP 001 steering wheels to be won To mark the start of the 2010 season, Pitpass, in association with its good friends at Amalgam, is offering 5 readers an opportunity to win a 1:4 scale model of the steering wheel used on the championship winning Brawn BGP 001 in 2009.
Bahrain GP: Preview - Virgin They say time flies and after an exhaustive nine month programme of car design and development, team-building and pre-season testing, Virgin Racing's Grand Prix debut has finally arrived.
F1 live timing App goes No. 1 The 2010 version of SoftPauer's F1 live timing application for the iPhone and iTouch is the best selling sporting application for these devices in ten countries including the UK.
Bahrain GP: Preview - Cosworth The Bahrain International Circuit is just 10m above sea level and has an average pressure (approx. 1,000mbar), so baseline engine power should be good.
Bahrain GP: Preview - HRT HRT F1, Hispania Racing F1 Team - the team formerly known as Campos prior to its acquisition by Jose Ramon Carabante in February - is ready for its Formula One debut this weekend in Bahrain.
Bahrain GP: Preview - Bridgestone Bridgestone enters the final season of its contract as official tyre supplier to the Formula One World Championship with the commencement of the Bahrain Grand Prix with its super soft and medium 2010 specification dry slick tyres.
Bahrain GP: Preview - Williams We have made great progress on reliability and we're still working on improving that, albeit at high mileages that we shouldn't encounter during race weekends.
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New teams' 'budgets not sufficient' - Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone has said the budgets the new Formula One teams are working with are no sufficient to allow them to have a chance of being competitive
'It's going to be a bloody tough weekend' - Chandhok HRT's new signing Karun Chandhok has admitted he faces a "tough weekend" and that as far as his team is concerned the season will not start until Barcelona in May
Concerns grow over slow newcomers There are three new teams on the grid this season, but their presence is already causing alarm among the leading drivers
Glock chose Virgin as 'safer option' Timo Glock says he decided to join Virgin over Sauber and Renault because the new British team was a safer employment option
Heidfeld singles out Red Bull Mercedes' Nick Heidfeld has continued the recent trend of drivers downplaying their own team's hopes of success by stating Red Bull has the best car
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Villeneuve joins BBC radio team Having missed out on a chance to rejoin the Formula 1 grid this year, 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will be present in Bahrain over the weekend in order to contribute to the commentary for BBC Radio 5 live.
Cosworth makes return to F1 grid Like Michael Schumacher, Cosworth returns to Formula 1 following a 3-year break this season as it supplies the sport's three news teams as well as Williams, which it last worked with for a solitary campaign in 2006.
Glock: We're as ready as we can be Despite regretting several low points from over the course of the team's first winter of pre-season testing, Timo Glock is highly pleased with the efforts of Virgin Racing as the squad carrying the name of Sir Richard Branson's worldwide brand makes Formula 1 history by running the first all-CFD-designed car in the sport.
Bahrain 'high point' in di Grassi career Lucas di Grassi looks forward to introducing Virgin to Formula 1 this weekend as the team formerly known as Manor lines up for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Having been part of Renault's young driver development programme early in the last decade, Lucas also looks forward to racing alongside Timo Glock.
Horner sizes up opposition Like all in the Sakhir paddock, Christian Horner thoroughly looks forward to discovering how the much-awaited 2010 season will pan out, with chapter one commencing in the Bahraini desert this weekend. With Red Bull Racing having finished as runners-up in both title fights last year, its Team Principal looks forward to the exciting challenge which lies ahead.
Round 1: Bahrain This weekend sees Bahrain host the opening round of the Formula One World Championship for the second time, having first done so when Fernando Alonso's Renault edged ahead of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari to win in 2006. This year, the Spaniard is driving for the German's former team as the 7-time World Champion makes his racing comeback with Mercedes-Benz.
Nakajima determined to return Kazuki Nakajima has vowed not to give up on his Formula 1 chances for the future after being left on the sidelines prior to the start of the upcoming season. The former Williams driver had hoped to compete with Serbian hopefuls Stefan Grand Prix although - despite a failure to enter from US F1 - the Belgrade-based squad was not granted a spot on the grid.
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The Hack looks back - ...on Suzuka The F1 travelling circus briefly makes its home this weekend at Suzuka, a rather weird mini-Disneyland out in the sticks but unquestionably one of the three most important temples of international motor racing, whether on two wheels or four.
Insight - Was it really that bad? The blame for the Renault race-fixing affair has been laid firmly upon the doorsteps of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds. The former's refusal to accept any wrongdoing has seen him effectively banned from all FIA motor racing series and there will now follow a series of investigations into his dealings in other areas, most notably his ownership of Queens Park Rangers Football Club which he owns in part with Bernie Ecclestone.
The Hack looks back - ... at comebacks On Saturday morning at the British GP, possibly because I happen to have the cutest tush in the press room (or possibly not, the process being entirely random), I was selected by the charming PR lady from the Williams F1 team to join Nico Rosberg and a small group of fellow journalists for breakfast.
The hack looks back - on a driver whose career went wrong Last year, I received a phone call out of the blue. At the other end of the line, speaking from Colombia, was Ricardo Londono, a racing driver with whom I had made friends in the early Eighties at a time when he was trying to get a foothold in F1 racing.
The Hack looks back - on the German Grand Prix Whenever I go to the Nurburgring, the first person I think of is always Mike Hailwood. For those few of you who have not instantly recognised the hallowed name of motorcycle racing's greatest treasure,
The Man in the Pub - Festival of Noise! As has been the way for the last 16 years, the highlight of this particular petrolhead's summer is not the British Grand Prix, but the annual pilgrimage from the pub to the Goodwood estate in Chichester for the superb Festival of Speed.
The Hack looks back - at lost races Unlike The Editor of this site, I haven't yet had the privilege of being charmed out of my socks by the cock-eyed optimist who's promising to run the British GP at Donington Park next year and for 16 years thereafter.
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