News index

April 30, 2012: Mercedes has announced that it will split its running on the first day of the Mugello test between its two drivers

April 29, 2012: Nico Rosberg does not agree with his Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher that this year's Pirelli tyres are playing too big a part in racing

April 26, 2012: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - consults the history books to find the most competitive starts to the championship and the shortest F1 driver of all time

April 22, 2012: We take a look at how each and every one of the 24 drivers got on in a Bahrain Grand Prix that saw the fourth different winner of 2012

April 22, 2012: Nico Rosberg said that Mercedes maximised its potential to finish fifth in the Bahrain Grand Prix, but that it required a recovery drive after a poor start

April 22, 2012: Sebastian Vettel won his first race of the 2012 season after holding off Kimi Raikkonen in an enthralling battle for victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 21, 2012: Nico Rosberg revealed he sacrificed some qualifying pace to help his race set-up on Saturday at the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 21, 2012: Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix as the improved Red Bull edged out Lewis Hamilton

April 21, 2012: Nico Rosberg remained at the top of the timesheets during the final practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, but failed to match his fastest time from Friday practice

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: 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: 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 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 18, 2012: The Mercedes team preview of the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 18, 2012: Nico Rosberg believes that the Bahrain International Circuit will suit Mercedes in the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend

April 17, 2012: ESPNF1 looks at how Nico Rosberg proved his critics wrong at the Chinese Grand Prix

April 16, 2012: Sir Stirling Moss has congratulated Mercedes on its return to the top step of the podium in Formula One for the first time since 1955

April 16, 2012: Nico Rosberg believes the key to Mercedes' success at the Chinese Grand Prix was his set-up, but has warned that the heat of Bahrain may provide a more difficult challenge at next weekend's race

April 15, 2012: We take a look at how each and every one of the 24 drivers got on in the closely-fought Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai