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2007
2007-03 - Sakhir

2007-03 - Sakhir

191 pictures

Lewis Hamilton adjusts his balaclava

Nico Rosberg in front of daddy Keke (seems like he just made an embarrassing joke;)

Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Honda

Airguns for quick wheel release and mounting

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The start field at first corner, note how far Kimi Raikkonen pulls out

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton leads his team mate Alonso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Folklore presentation in traditional costumes on the grid before the race

BMW Sauber nose cone with front wings

Cool Quick Nick

Kimi Raikkonen adjusts his helmet fitting

Renault driver Heikki Kovalainen in front of Trulli's Toyota

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari team group photo

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The start field at first corner

Pit stop of David Coulthard, his job today soon to be ended

Ferrari nose cone with attached front wings

Pulsating Thursday night life in Bahrain paddock

Felipe Massa climbs on his Ferrari in parc fermé

Lewis Hamilton comes to pits

Royal falconer presents his eagle-eyed animal

Red Bull gearbox supplied by Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari pit crew desperately follows the race on screen

Nico Rosberg and his physio Oliver Fengler on their way to Williams pits

Happy champagne shower from Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen

Paul Stewart with father Sir Jackie and mother Lady Helen Stewart

Lewis Hamilton receives last advice before race

Victorious Felipe Massa shakes his fist

Two Red Bull mechanics work on the cockpit (yes, one of the rarely seen 'petrolhead' women in paddock:)

McLaren's end of the work day - Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa on their way out

Pit stop of Felipe Massa

Honda pit crew awaits Barrichello's car

Robert Kubica commences to race

Robert Kubica seems to be unsure about what went right ;)

Nick Heidfeld pits in

Nick Heidfeld starts into his second stint with soft 'option tyres'

Another thumbs-up from Lewis Hamilton

Kimi Raikkonen expresses his opinion during a press interview

Jo Leberer signals to his driver Nick that he is in second qualifying place and should return to pits by the end of the lap

Panasonic Toyota cooler and exhaust

Kimi Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton

Jean Todt and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari at the end of a race day

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Hamilton

Team's timekeepers always stick together and crib from each other

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Lewis Hamilton with a McLaren engineer

Jenson Button, Honda

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota, in front of Davidson's Super Aguri Honda

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso

Funny pantomimes delight paddock guests

Jean Todt of Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen is being pushed to his grid place by his Ferrari mechanics

Red Bull rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

Nick Heidfeld being serviced

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Rcae visitors could take a rest in various public recreational areas behind the grandstands

Jenson Button, Honda

A friendly welcome in pitlane by FIA press delegate Alexandra Schieren

DaimlerChrisler boss Dieter Zetsche with his company

Lewis Hamilton takes a souvenir

Nick Heidfeld receives a fast tyre service

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Rubens Barrichello pits in through a cloud of dust

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Group photo of all drivers together

Red Bull rear with engine cover, exhaust, rear wings and suspension

Photographers await the drivers to come to the group photo

Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Toyota mechanic with a pair of rear wings

McLaren mechanics work on exhaust and engine

Ferrari rear with engine cover, exhaust, rear wings and suspension

Ferrari rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

BMW Sauber press officers Jörg Kottmeier and Heike Hientzsch cheer about the pleasant results of their drivers (4th & 6th), Heidfeld becomes the best German driver in the field in points.

Safety dummies promote road safety in paddock

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Christijan Albers, Spyker

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder

Lewis Hamilton

BMW Sauber rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Renault nose cone tip with attached wings

McLaren Mercedes airbox

Toyota suspension

Red Bull steering wheel

Group photo of all drivers together

Pit stop of Ralf Schumacher

Dr. Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s motorsport consultant

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Sir Frank Williams

The Hamilton brothers Nick and Lewis

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Classic violin action at a BMW Sauber evening event

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica leads a Renault

Race visitors are invited to play with their creativity in terraforming

Impressive airshow by main sponsor Gulf Air's jumbo jet

Alex Wurz, Williams

Stewardess-like looking Gulf Air grid girls in their sponsor's corporate clothing

Felipe Massa sign memorabilia for Ferrari VIP guests under the eyes of wife Raffaela

Kimi Raikkonen puts his helmet on

Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella in front of Williams' Mark Webber

Our FOPA chairman John Townsend takes a deserved break from hard work (see www.fopa.net for more info on the Formula One Photographer's Association)

A BMW Sauber F1 steering wheel

BMW Sauber rear with engine cover, exhaust, rear wings and suspension

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Beaver mascots on a Renault's on-board-camera

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

BMW Sauber crew watches the race on a large screen in the pits

Hired pantomimes entertain race guests in paddock

Nick Heidfeld's helmet and HANS, note his daughter's (enlarged;) fingerprint

Ferrari suspension

Ferrari suspension

Renault rear with engine cover, exhaust, rear wings and suspension

Nick Heidfeld backs out of his BMW Sauber after parking it on its grid position

Ferrari hospitallity delegates and VIP hosts Filipo Marrai and Nigel Wollheim with two cigarette-branded hostesses

Renault rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

The start field approaches second corner

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Robert Kubica receives a quick refill and new harder 'standard tyres'

Renault engine in an unwatched moment

Super Aguri nose cones with attached wings wait for scrutineering on Thursday evening

Felipe Massa takes the chequered flag

Red Bull engine cover

Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, Honda F1 Team

Alex Wurz, Williams

Alexander Wurz, Williams

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Tattooed McLaren 'tyre manager' watches the race

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton cheers to his team from parc fermé

Ralf Schumacher walks to his workstation

'Mr. E.' carresses Renault test driver Nelsinho Piquet - whose father Nelson won two World Championship titles with Bernies Brabham team in 1981 and 1983

Felipe Massa gives congrats to Ross Brawn's successor at Ferrari Luca Baldisseri

Heavy security arrangements assure a safe paddock

Bahrain Grand Prix general manager Martin Whitaker (middle) with racing legend and TV presenter Niki Lauda

Mario Theissen of BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber suspension

Mark Stewart

BMW Sauber exhaust

Super Aguri rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Pit sign for the driver

Red Bull nose cone tip with attached front wings

BMW Sauber' Jo Leberer always holds the pitboard a bit stronger...

Both Spykers running with Ferrari engines, Christijan Albers in front of teammate Sutil

Pit sign for the driver

The start field at first corner

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen prepares to take his seat

Renault steering wheel

Renault rear with diffusor, rear wing attachments and suspension

Nick Heidfeld and physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Felipe Massa and Stefano Domenicali welcome Kimi at the Ferrari appartment

Large advertising billboards besides the streets promote F1

Fan family during Paddock Club pitwalk

Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone on the grid

Proud local marshals

Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

DaimlerChrysler chairman Dieter Zetsche, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa and Ron Dennis take a close look at the race day schedule

Nick Heidfeld approaches pit crew

Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa on podium

David Coulthard and Dr. Helmut Marko discuss possible retirement reasons

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren Mercedes mechanics in pits

Toyota steering wheel

Large advertising billboards besides the streets promote F1

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello watches qualification classification

Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain 2007

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