Bahrain Grand Prix

April 20, 2012: Michael Schumacher declared himself pleased with the start to the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend but said his fast lap in second practice was ruined by traffic

April 20, 2012: Nico Rosberg said that the Mercedes race pace "looks reasonable" but admitted that "conditions are really tough" in Bahrain after setting the quickest time of Friday practice

April 20, 2012: Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 20, 2012: Nico Rosberg was comfortably quickest in second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, beating the Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel by nearly half a second

April 20, 2012: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said that both drivers were "reasonably happy with the balance" of their cars after FP1 in Bahrain

April 20, 2012: Force India skipped the second practice session ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix in order to allow its team members to leave the circuit before dark

April 20, 2012: Lewis Hamilton set the pace as attention in Bahrain finally turned towards the race track for the first practice session of the grand prix weekend

April 20, 2012: Fernando Alonso says that his target is to stay in touch with the leaders once the championship settles down in to a more obvious pecking order

April 19, 2012: Michael Schumacher says the close nature of the field has made Formula One "very exciting" in 2012

April 19, 2012: Mark Webber believes picking up as many points as possible during the early part of the season could prove crucial come the end of the year

April 19, 2012: ESPNF1 previews the Bahrain Grand Prix, as hot temperatures will challenge the teams on-track, and anti-government protests will challenge them off it

April 19, 2012: Nico Rosberg admits he doesn't know if he'll be able to challenge for victory in Bahrain because Mercedes might struggle with its tyres this weekend

April 19, 2012: Lewis Hamilton wants to extend the consistency which has put him top of the drivers' championship after three races despite only having finished in third place so far

April 19, 2012: Paul di Resta says that "there is an edge to things" in Bahrain after two Force India team members decided to leave the country on security grounds

April 19, 2012: Nico Hulkenberg was unhappy that Force India team members were caught up in an incident with a petrol bomb on Wednesday night

April 19, 2012: A member of the Force India team has been allowed to leave Bahrain following an incident outside the circuit on Wednesday night

April 19, 2012: Jenson Button says that he trusts the FIA to have made the right decision by proceeding with the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 18, 2012: Security forces fired stun grenades Wednesday at anti-government protesters who swarmed into a cultural exhibition for the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 18, 2012: Force India's team preview of the Bahrain Grand Prix