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Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and Niki Lauda of Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver during the podium ceremony between the second and third placed Lotus race drivers Raikkonen and Grosjean

Thew circuit welcomes its guests with an advertising across the street

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Esteban Gutierrez stops at Sauber pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton stops at Mercedes GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is on position three in the start field at turn two

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

F1 debutant Carlos Sainz Jr

Esteban Gutierrez, test and reserve driver for Ferrari in 2015

Bernie Ecclestone in the press centre, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in front of both Ferraris and team-mate Rosberg, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, brakes for the first corner, as Rosberg, Vettel and Raikkonen battle for 2nd position, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone

Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, leads Kvyat's Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton with an eye on the photographer

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado in the new Mercedes powered Lotus E23

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Stewardess: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bahrain paddock

Race day at Sakhir, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Daniel Ricciardo, back from the drivers parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

"Let me put it like this: ..." Lewis Hamilton

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Monitoring their mobiles: Hopefully well disposed IT supporters, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his victory in parc ferme after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix 2013

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes chats with his team boss Niki Lauda and legendary Austrian Gerhard Berger after qualifying

Sergio Perez, McLaren, in front of Raikkonen and Grosjean

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes sits in his race car on Sunday, covering pole position

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives interviews after qualifying

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives interviews after qualifying

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Sauber's race driver Esteban Gutierrez

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Crown Prince His Highness Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa greets the applauding audience and the world's media on the grid

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gives an interview

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Webber and Button

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Sebastian Vettel

Nico Rosberg sure disappointed to lose second place in the race with a braking issue, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Will Stevens, Marussia-Ferrari

The current Spanish Grand Prix drivers with Juan Carlos I, King of Spain from 1975 to 2014: Roberto Merhi, Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

4th place for Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull driver

Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of F1 and in the sport for almost over four decades, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Charles Pic, Caterham

Front suspension and stabilisers of a Ferrari race car

Pole sitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives an interview on the grid

Max Chilton of Marussia arrives in parc ferme after the race on 20th position

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso-Renault

Lewis Hamilton

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa congratulates winner Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg with a few paddock guests, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits and gets his front wing repaired

Nico Hulkenberg

The Toro Rosso of Verstappen in the pits

The drivers await their presentation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Welcome board to the 4th Grand Prix race of the 2015 season

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads the race in front of Rosberg and Alonso

Three wins out of four so far this season for championship leader Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, has just overtaken former race leader Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pole sitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives an interview on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, qualifies as third on the grid and answers questions of the journalists

Marussia driver Will Stevens. He had raced before for Caterham in the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Both Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen under pressure from Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, while Ricciardo's Red Bull produces sparks, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Like in the 1980s and '90s: The return of sparks showers, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

In lap two, Nico Rosberg of Mercedes leads the race in front of Vettel and Alonso

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Former pole setter and short race leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP arrives in parc ferme on 9th position

Charles Pic, Caterham

Battle for position between Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, and Romain Grosjean, Lotus, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari driver

Nasr and Kvyat return from the parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bahrain national anthem on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, and Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, battle for 3nd position, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Toto Wolff, Mercedes F1 executive director, with his technical director Paddy Lowe and Bernie Ecclestone

A grand display of fireworks after the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Niki Lauda, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. of Spain and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa changes wheels at Ferrari pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Spaniard Roberto Merhi, 2015 Friday practice session driver for Caterham, now driving for Marussia, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Hamilton's Mercedes, 1st on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Red Bull drivers Daniil Kvyat and Ricciardo (in the back)

Team-mates in balance: Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, race winner Sebastian Vettel with Gill Jones, Red Bull Racing Electronics, and third placed Lotus race driver Romain Grosjean

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

McLaren's Jenson Button speaks with a journalist

1st position on the grid for Hamilton's Mercedes, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, winner of the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen returns to podium for the first time since the 2013 season, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Happy Lewis Hamilton hugs the winners trophy, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen

Jenson Button

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Grid formation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Cooled off Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Thursday press conference with Hamilon, Ricciardo, Perez, Verstappen and Stevens, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leader at the start, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Juan Carlos and Bernie Ecclestone arrived at 1st grid position, Lewis' place, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

RTL TV appointment for Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Two-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and F1 Group executive Bernie Ecclestone, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Last but not least, the Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, ready to start the qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Start for the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015, with Hamilton, Mercedes, and Vettel, Ferrari, in the lead. Massa, Williams, is about to join the race from the pitlane.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Third placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team celebrates in parc ferme after the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with the Bahrainian rulers

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso gives an interview

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone with his former team manager at Brabham in the 1980s, today FIA's deputy race director, Herbie Blash, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Fighting for position: Fernando Alonso, McLaren, and Felipe Massa, Williams, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, made it pole position for the fourth time in a row this season, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bahrain national anthem with all F1 drivers on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

It's that man again! Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, setting fastest lap in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jos Verstappen, Dutch F1 driver from 1994 until 2003

Look from a critical distance: Gulf Air flight attendant on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Thursday press conference with Maldonado, Lewis Hamilon and Ricciardo, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Mercedes driver and reigning world champion, Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo, back from the drivers parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

Felipe Massa, Williams driver

Bernie talkes to Seb, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene, the new principal of the Ferrari Formula One team. He was appointed in November 2014, replacing Marco Mattiacci in the role, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Juan Carlos I, King of Spain from 1975 to 2014, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Qualifying preparation at Kvyat's Red Bull, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari team-mates, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone will shake hands with many people this Grand Prix weekend, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The drivers await their presentation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Maurizio Arrivabene, former vice President of Marlboro Global Communication & Promotions for Philip Morris International in 2007, now the new Ferrari team principal, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

Dr. Helmut Marko and Christian Horner of Red Bull Racing

Red Bull pitwall

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone talks with Mercedes sport boss Toto Wolff

Crown Prince His Highness Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa meets the world's richest man, Telmex owner Carlos Slim, on the grid on race day

Lotus race driver Kimi Raikkonen answers questions of the international media

The counterfeits of the king of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa, and his son, the crown prince, Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa, are present all over the place

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing sprays sparkling rose water (instead of champagne) with the second and third placed Lotus race drivers Raikkonen and Grosjean

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gets out of his race car at pole position

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

The steering wheel of a Red Bull race car

Jules Bianchi, Marussia

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, uses dry ice for a better cooling

The Marussia F1 team presents a cake for Max Chilton's 22nd birthday

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

At the start of the race, polesetter Nico Rosberg leads the field through turn one in front of Vettel and Alonso

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as second on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, practises pit stops with smoking wheels

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Formula One group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

RBR's Mark Webber walks in the paddock

Lotus and Force India managers have fun on the grid - Eric Boullier of Lotus, Force India's Bob Fernley and Gerard Lopez of Genii Capital

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race and talks with his team bos Christian Horner

Jenson Button of McLaren besides Ferrari's Alonso

Sheikh Muhammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain Circuit Chairman, meets the world's richest man, Telmex chairman Carlos Slim, on the grid on race day, flanked by Zayed Rashed Al Zayani, Director of Bharain International Circuit

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

The 2015 Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

At the start of the race, polesetter Nico Rosberg leads the field through turn one in front of Alonso and Vettel

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes receives congratulations from his team mate Lewis Hamilton for his achievement in qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton stops at Mercedes GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, crosses the finish line and passes the triple F1 World Champion of 1969, 1971 and 1973, Jackie Stewart who waves the chequered flag, to win the Bahrain Grand Prix 2013

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Massa

Sebastian Vettel

Under development: Jenson Button in the McLaren-Honda, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, driving back into the pits

Kimi Raikkonen congratulates winner Lewis Hamilton for his 3rd victory in the first 4 races of the 2015 F1 season, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

A busy Bernie Ecclestone with Gerhard Berger, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Ron Dennis, McLaren

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

The Earl of March and his son being intoduced by Jackie Stewart to Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Donald MacKenzie (CVC Partners), Bernie Ecclestone and Pasquale Lattuneddu, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Carlos Sainz, winner of the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, father of the novice Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The top three qualifyers: Sebastian Vettel as 2nd, pole setter Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg as 3rd, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Sebastian Vettel, now a Ferrari driver after 6 seasons and 4 world championship titles with Red Bull Racing, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Atmospheric paddock, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Max Verstappen, son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Max Verstappen, F1 novice

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, just about to start his qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Champagne replacement on the podium for Raikkonen, Rosberg and Hamilton, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Winners podium with Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, and Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, back to parc ferme after their final qualifying laps, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Juan Carlos and Carlos Sainz in paddock, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

F1 novice, Brazilian Felipe Nasr

Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March, the founder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival, with his son Charles Henry, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton in one of his many appearances this race weekend, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone and Ferrari's new team principal, Maurizio Arrivabene, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Brass band, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Max Verstappen, Nico Rosberg, Perez and Ricciardo, back from the drivers parade lap, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Felipe Massa talking to Nicolas Todt

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Lewis Hamilton

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton celebrates, winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Lewis Hamilton is looking to continue his charge to a third world title after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari at grid position no. 2, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Brightly coloured nice pit girls, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Dancing light dome at the top of Bahrain's racing tower, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa at the Williams pitwall

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

3rd place for Nico Rosberg, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Green light for Q1, qualifying session, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso-Renault

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Jody Scheckter, Bernie Ecclestone and HRH Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa talk shop

Damon Hill (Formula 1 World Champion 1996) boosts the World Championship-winning 1996 Williams Renault FW18

Senna's McLaren-Honda Turbo of 1988

Ferrari pits, Barrichello's car

Lewis Hamilton adjusts his balaclava

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

Bernie Ecclestone leans over Emerson Fittipaldi's (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974) Lotus 72

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webbers speedy pit stop in lap 42

All drivers line up on a rostrum for the drivers presentation, this time not going around the track

Jackie Stewart (Formula 1 World Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973) with his wife Helen

Front part of Ferrari car being measured

Bahrain GP 2004

Jenson Button of BAR Honda

A McLaren mechanic measures the track length

Bahrain GP 2004

Juan Pablo Montoya joking with sheikh's

Fernando Alonso after qualifying

The start: Michael Schumacher braking into the first corner

Michael Schumacher on turn 1

The Crown Prince posing with the pitlane marshalls

Michael Schumacher and Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit

Ralf Schumacher of BMW WIlliams

Before formation lap

Mark Webber buring practice session

The BME power generator

Red Bull advertising at a desert gas station

Ralf Schumacher leading Rubens Barrichello through the dessert

BMW Williams pit stop

Arabian musicians

Alexander Wurz, test driver of McLaren-Mercedes

Ralf Schumacher at the grid

Get up infront of the Spanish flag

Mercedes engine

At the paddock cocktail party hosted by the King of Bahrain

Passion of a true Bahrainian automobilist ...

Dr. Mario Theissen and Sir Frank Williams

Laser show in the paddock

Nick Heidfeld preparing for race

The proud Toyota team – find Ralf! ;-)

Takuma Sato of BAR Honda

Quick Nick of BMW.Williams

Jarno Trulli showing anticipated joy

Short break between hot race session

Nick Heidfeld

Jarno Trulli receiving congratulations from his technical director Mike Gascoyne

Vitantonio Liuzzi surrounded by the Red Bull girls

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, Prince Albert de Monaco, Flavio Briatore, Prince Andrew, Fernando Alonso and his Highness the Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

Winning Ferrari team: Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello in parc ferme

Jenson Button, next world champion?

Pit board for Williams driver Montoya with 8 laps to go

Michael Schumacher watching the remaining race laps with his engineer Chris Dyer

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa jumps out of his Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Bernie Ecclestone and his daughter Tamara on the grid

BMW Sauber conning bridge at pit wall

The BMW Sauber F1 car is being brought back from scrutineering

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Webber's HANS device

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, is being interviewed

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica managed to gain pole position

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain

Magig lightshow at the paddock entrance

Bahraini marshal girls

Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed of Toro Rosso Team on their way to the first official practice seesion

The Sakhir tower is illuminated whilst the paddock prepares for Thursday evening party

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone with the Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

Christian Klien

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Three press ladies meet after the race in front of the media centre

Panasonic Toyota mechanics work on the Toyota car in pits

Giancarlo Fisichella heading for the pits on lap 21 and retiring with electronic and hydraulic problems

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Rubens Barrichello now working for Honda

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, in front of Sutil

A Lotus car returns from scrutineering

Renault mechanics celebrating Alonso's pole position

A delighted BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen after Q3

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) and Mario Andretti (1978)

Toyota F1 Chairman Tadashi Yamashina and VIP guest Kazuo Okamato, Toyota Motor Corporation Vice Chairman, enjoy the 1-2 grid placement of the two Toyota drivers

Second placed Sebastian Vettel gives an interview after a hot desert race

Brawn GP mechanics work on the body of the Brawn-Mercedes car in pits

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Honda driver Jenson Button with Honda F1 team boss Ross Brawn

Alonso and Schumacher feel cosy during their first press conference in 2010

Mark Webber being refueled

Jenson Button walks back through pitlane after retiring

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli as polesetter in the middle and Timo Glock as second on the grid

Two Hondas - Jenson Button having a great battle with Rubens Barrichello

Surrounded by photographers, Sebastian Vettel shortens his drink hose besides the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of later second placed Vettel

Nico Rosberg with a front wing falling off

Quick Nick's HANS

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Group photo after podium ceremony: second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, Brawn GP's race winner Jenson Button, third placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota and Ron Meadows of Brawn GP

Lewis Hamilton is searching his head

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Felipe Massa of Sauber Petronas braking hard

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock, always connected to the world

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Kubica out of pits

Bernie Ecclestone checks the interior of a World Championship-winning silver arrow (Fangio's 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196)

Here fans can get really close to their idols

Dr. Mario Theissen and Dr. Burkhard Goeschel of BMW

Jackie Stewart (Formula 1 World Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973)

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Untagged pit crew of Super Aguri

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso fisting

Michael Schumacher passing the Sakhir Tower

Robert Kubica, Renault

The fragile original 1963 Lotus 25

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes a VIP guest on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Red Bull Racing crew waiting to make Coulthard fly

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

The famous name of the Lotus Racing Team returns for the first time since 1994

The steering wheel of a historical World Championship-winning Ferrari F1 race car

BAR Honda mechanics push Jenson Button's car

Flavio Briatore (Renault)

Michael Schumacher on Saturday's qualifying

Former racing driver and now team principal Aguri Suzuki

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sir Jack Brabham (Formula 1 World Champion 1959, 1960, 1966) gives autographs

The World Championship-winning Lotus 25 Climax from 1963

Mark Webber's Red Bull Racing Renault burns some spilled oil during the start, without effect on its performance

McLaren mechanics practise pit stops

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Bahrain race winner Jenson Button takes the chequered flag

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

How many fingers is he showing today?

The Bahraini march band practises near the racetrack's public area

Emerson Fittipaldi (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974)

Red Bull driver Mark Webber puts his helmet on

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Boys and their toys :)

Vitantonio Liuzzi speeding in his Toro Rosso

Pit stop ends for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Christian Klien posing for the usual start season shootings

Speedy Juan Pablo Montoya

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start, Alonso leading Schumacher and Trulli

Adrian Newey, chief designer of Red Bull Racing, formerly McLaren

Ferrari's new driver Fernando Alonso takes the chequered flag from Bahrain International Circuit's CEO Martin Whitaker

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, ends his pit stop

Kimi

Happy Sauber team boss Peter Sauber talks with swiss journalist Jacques Deschenaux

A historical group photo of (nearly) all presently alive Formula 1 World Champions

Robert Kubica, Renault

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Podium ceremony

Jenson Button

The drivers sit on their cars for an the annual drivers presentation photo at Bahrain's track

Inside the Red Bull pits

Tyre rubber mark.

The start field leaves lot of debris in first chicane

F1's godfather Bernie Ecclestone

Race winner Fernando Alonso jumps on his car in parc ferme

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari press officer Luca Colajanni in discussion with race engineer Rob Smedley

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

FIA President Max Mosley

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

The Ferrari powerplant

Jenson Button, Brawn GP, at the grid

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, talks on the grid before the race with His Royal Highness, King Juan Carlos of Spain, under protection of their alert bodyguards

Formula 1 World Champion 1969, 1971 and 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart exits his World Championship-winning 1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80

Force India mechanic caresses the Ferrari engine

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964) makes a hand print

Bernie Ecclestone in discussion with a local VIP

Several fluids have to be injected into the inwards of a Renault car before it can be used

The "first of the last" group, note the wrong way driver (Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber) in the background

The fully recovered Ferrari driver Felipe Massa and his parents

Artists

Vettel broke his cars nose during two collisions in first lap

The start, both BMW.Williams

Takuma Sato on his new seat

RBR's Mark Webber chases Button's McLaren

After making the hand prints, the World Champions wash their hands - Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974), Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999) and Jody Scheckter (1979)

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Damon Hill (Formula 1 World Champion 1996) with his son Joshua

Ralf Schumacher Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

A Ferrari in front of the Bahrain GP landmark

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The detached front wing of a Ferrari car in pits

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A friendly Gulf Air stewardess smiles on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Robert Kubica, Renault

Fernando Alonso

Nico Rosberg, rising star at Mercedes GP

Winner Michael Schumacher

Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo just had a chat with Kimi Raikkonen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A thoughtful Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey compares the cars in parc ferme

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Jenson Button, Honda

Ross Brawn, Mercedes Grand Prix team boss

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg pose in front of the new Mercedes Grand Prix team, with Nick Heidfeld as backup driver

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Polesetter Vettel jumps on his Red Bull Renault car in front of the photographers

Emerson Fittipaldi (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974) is being interrogated

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Ferrari pitstop

Signal to Fernando Alonso, five laps to go

Ferraris Felipe Massa caresses BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda

At the start Massa managed to squeeze himself in front of Kubica

Still race leader: Sebastian Vettel of RBR

Renault mechanics with their new V8 engine

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock in Panasonic Toyota pits

Ferrari's new hope Alonso signs a mini replica helmet

Due to his second grid position, a quite disappointed Felipe Massa climbs out of his Ferrari in parc ferme after qualifying

A relaxed World Champion Fernando Alonso

Men at work on the new Ferrari car

Jenson Button, McLaren

Jarno Trulli goes practicing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Two Scotsmen: Sir Jackie Stewart (Formula 1 World Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973) jokes with David Coulthard in the W196 silver arrow

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Mark Webber's Red Bull Racing Renault burns some spilled oil during the start, without effect on its performance

Red Bull engineers working on the Cosworth engine

The back end of a McLaren-Mercedes car showing the diffusor

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at his pole position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Little new rear wings and rear suspension of a Williams

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Three happy winners after a rose water shower

Nick Heidfeld

Donington Park owner Kevin Wheatcroft - son of circuit founder Tom - in an original World Championship-winning Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The drivers get together for the stationary 'drivers parade' on the grid

A huge billboard showing Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel advertises the first event of the 2010 Formula 1 season in Bahrain

A large tent is built up for the media to relax from hard work (get up, lazy snappers!;)

Ralf Schumacher

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A very proud third placed Kubica celebrates his achievement

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

World Championship-winning 1962 BRM P57

A historical group photo of Formula 1 World Champions

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen always have fun together

The "rest of the best"

Still life of drivers shoes (Michael Schumacher) and bottle

Mario Andretti (Formula 1 World Champion in 1978) makes a hand print

Adrian Sutil, Force India

A Brawn GP car waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Juan Pablo Montoya leaves his Williams FW26-BMW P84 after crawling across the finish line and becomes 13th placed

Kubica's advisor Daniele Morelli und Alonso's Manager talk to Mr. Ecclestone

A familiar helmet to be seen here - Jacques Villeneuve was one of the famous Speedcar guest drivers

Juan Pablo Montoya

The drivers arrive at their cars for an unusual drivers presentation photo

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher quite relaxed before the race

Third placed Hamilton takes the chequered flag from Bahrain International Circuit's CEO Martin Whitaker

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Ross Brawn

1978 Formula One World Champion Mario Andretti speaks to Red Bull Chief Designer Adrian Newey

Helmut Marko obviously sticks to Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Second victory for Alonso (third for Renault)

Fernando Alonso winning in front of Michael Schumacher

The start field squashes through first chicane, Glock leads Trulli

The two Finnish World Champions Mika Hakkinen(1998 and 1999) and Keke Rosberg (1982) report about their joy of the ride to Clive Chapman

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jacques Villeneuve as Speedcar driver

Former F1 driver, Italian Riccardo Patrese

The World Champion points out the right direction to the circuit

Jenson Button, Honda

The start field squashes through first chicane, the Ferraris struggle in the middle field

Winner Fernando Alonso and his second placed Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa hug in parc ferme after the race

A close view at the rear end of Jim Clark's 1963 World Championship-winning Lotus 25

Nick Fry, Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Technical director and Williams shareholder Patrick Head

Formula 1 World Champion 1969, 1971 and 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart (driving his 1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80) in front of his son Mark Stewart in the World Championship-winning Tyrrell-Cosworth 006 of 1973

Polesetter Jarno Trulli climbs out of the Toyota car in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Solving a gearbox puzzle

The race car parade at parc ferme after the race

Mario Andretti (Formula 1 World Champion in 1978) in his World Championship-winning 1978 Lotus 79

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone with Martin Whitaker

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

After making the hand prints, the World Champions wash their hands - Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974), Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999) and Jody Scheckter (1979)

Juan Pablo Montoya fighting against a Honda (Jenson Button) in his neck

The start field springs into first corner, polestarter Vettel still in front with both Ferraris in the neck

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

The start field goes through first corner, RBR's Vettel in front with both Ferraris in the neck

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli as polesetter in the middle and Timo Glock as second on the grid

Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Robert Kubica leaves the pits in Q3 to gain pole position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne entertains his wife and another Force India team member in the afternoon sun

Lewis Hamilton slowly approaches McLaren pits at the end of the pitlane

In first lap Massa slightly slides away from ideal line

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Loca Cordero di Montezemolo at Ferrari's pitwall command center with Chris Dyer

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Third placed Kubica shakes hands with winner Massa in parc ferme

Handshake beween polesetter Kubica and later race winner Massa

Red Bull rider David Coulthard lifts a wheel at a curb

Ross Brawn

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Massas Ferrari is being pushed to second grid place

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

The Toyota driver Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli give autographs in a designated area, a large model of a boat

Bernie Ecclestone and HRH Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa admire the historic car collection

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Renault's Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

Pit stop of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica in lap 17

Gulf Air's mega air show

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Race winner Jenson Button

Raikonnen pushes his Ferrari in front of Kubica in second lap

Race winner Jenson Button, Brawn GP

A young race fan enjoys a refreshing ice cream in the public area

Legendary Mexican Jo Ramirez

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen is in question

Lotus Racing team-mates Jarno Trulli and Kovalainen chase each other on the track

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

A belied looking Nick Heidfeld in parc ferme after the race

A low-budget Ferrari ;)

A Ferrari 250 Testarossa sports car of 1957, worth 12 million dollars

Jean Todt of Ferrari

Fernando Alonso in front of Felipe Massa

Mechanics work on Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes in pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Warhorse Michael Schumacher prepares for his first serious competition after a break of three years

Felipe Massa finishes his stop at Ferrari pits during Q3

Lotus car in pits

Newcomer with famous name: Nico Rosberg

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button and his girlfriend

Fernando Alonso

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Sir Jackie Stewart recalls memories with a photo of him and Tyrrell team mate Francois Cevert made in 1973

Winner Fernando Alonso walks through parc ferme after the race, watching the arriving followers

Kimi Raikkonen, obviously happy about 19 points in the championship lead, chats with his manager Robertson

The three World Champion canditates on Thursday, already practicing for the podium ceremony (note Kimi still smiling)

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Old champ Stefan Johansson retires in a Speedcar race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Ron Dennis smiling at Briatore

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The polished knob of the bandmasters stick

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Briatore giving valuable davices to Mark Webber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Williams pit stop

Ralf Schumacher with Franz Tost of BMW

McLaren engineer inspecting a new chassis

Sir Jack Brabham (Formula 1 World Champion 1959, 1960, 1966) with a happy Peter Collins

Nico Rosberg sweats pretty much today ;-)

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Yuji Ide of Super Aguri

Adrian Sutil, Force India, overwhelmed by centrifugal force

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Jody Scheckter (Formula 1 World Champion 1979) sits on his former business car, a Ferrari 312T4

Felipe Massa gets ready for the race

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992)

Mario Andretti (Formula 1 World Champion in 1978)

Keke Rosberg (1982) besides the World Championship-winning Williams FW08

Piquet rushes out of Renault pits

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Emerson Fittipaldi (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974)

A historical group photo of Formula 1 World Champions

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh do a pitwalk with FIA spokesman Richard Woods

The racetrack's public area

Ralf Schumacher

Nico Rosberg, Schumacher's team-mate at Mercedes, poses for the photographers

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992)

Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson in BAR Honda pits

Jody Scheckter (Formula 1 World Champion 1979) with Anne and Mark Stewart

The two british McLaren drivers and World Champions Button and Hamilton walk through the paddock

The three McLaren drivers Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa

Damon Hill (Formula 1 World Champion 1996) in his father's World Championship-winning Lotus 49B of 1968

After a long hot ride, Jenson Button takes a last look for today at his McLaren Mercedes car

Formula 1 World Champion 1969, 1971 and 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart jumps into the cockpit of his World Championship-winning 1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80

Mark Webber

David Coulthard genuflects to Bernie Ecclestone

A thoughtful Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey compares the cars in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr. is being serviced at Renault pits in lap 17

Polesitter Jarno Trulli kisses his Toyota car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel's colorful helmet lies on the lawn besides the grid

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson of Virgin with Ross Brawn on the grid

The new design of Montoya's McLaren-Mercedes from behind at the grid before the start

Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button of McLaren during Thursday's press conference

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Twice vice world champion 1969 and 1970 Jacky Ickx with vice world champ 2007 Lewis Hamilton

Loca Cordero di Montezemolo at Ferrari's pit wall command center

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella gains a good position in middle field

Nick Heidfeld in the pitlane

The annual season start photographers group photo :)

Robert Kubica stalls a front wheel

The legendary 'Prof' Sid Watkins with of FOM's Pasquale Lattuneddu

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari mechanics at work

Jenson Button

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, is being interviewed by TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Parc fermé

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams, puts his helmet on

Juan Pablo Montoya

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The annual season start drivers group photo

A shy view into the Toyota pits

Beautifully shaped McLaren front wings

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and FIA president Jean Todt

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Ecclestone and his Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso still not spoiled by victory

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Fernando Alonso

'Extreme horizonal mobile phoning' is THE ultramodern evening relaxation exercise

Jenson Buttun arrives at parc ferme with smoking brakes after qualifying

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer takes a quick breakfast

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Toyota technics

Tiago Monteiro in pit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa in his new Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld

Sir Frank Williams during his evening pit inspection

Nico Rosberg watches how Hungarian David Merlini breaks his own record for holding breath underwater with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds

Mercedes star Michael Schumacher walks to FIA scales after qualifying for seventh grid position

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

Nelson Piquet jr.

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Tiago Monteiro, Midland

Robert Kubica is being interviewed on the grid

Felipe Massa

Juan Pablo Montoya rushing back to track

Michael Schumacher giving a last interview before the race to RTL spokesman Kai Ebel

Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov of Renault F1 Team

Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen together

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, concentrates besides the grid before the race

Race winner Alonso raises his trophy

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, Jordan

A McLaren car waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Peter Sauber with critical eyes

Vitaly Petrov becomes first Russian Formula 1 driver after he finished second in the GP2 championship in 2009

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Robert Kubica during Q3 executes a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

Felipe Massa in his new overall - red fits him good

Christian Klien

Heidfeld overtakes Kovalainen in the inside of a corner

Pulsating action on Ferraris part of the grid

The Formula 1 World Champions of 1982 (Keke Rosberg) and 1979 (Jody Scheckter) enjoy a chat on the grid

BMW Sauber mechanics work on the body of the BMW Sauber car in pits

Robert Kubica's helmet and HANS device

Sir Jackie Stewart (Formula 1 World Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973) arrives bach from the honoury lap in the 1973 Tyrrell-Ford 006

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Emerson Fittipaldi's helmet on a 1972 Lotus 72D

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Damon Hill (Formula 1 World Champion 1996) with his son Joshua

Red Bull rider Mark Webber in front of Buttons Honda

Jacques Villeneuve

Sebastian Vettel approaches the Red Bull Racing pits

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Winner Massa proudly shakes his trophy on podium

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

The McLaren Mercedes car is being pushed to scrutineering pits

A part of the front wing of a BMW Sauber car in pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubicas BMW Sauber is already positioned on pole position

Hungarian artist David Merlini breaks his own world record for holding breath underwater with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds

Markus Winkelhock

Nico Rosberg being welcomed by His Highness Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Flavio Briatore and his Champion Fernando Alonso

Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board, receives a souvenir photo from the F1 World Champion of 2008, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964)

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel greets from parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

HRH King Juan Carlos of Spain talks to Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board

Good morning, Bahrain!

Raikkonens physio Mark Arnall holds out the pit signal board

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa expresses his indignation about the Q3 results to Nico Rosberg

During the annual drivers presentation photo at Bahrain's track, Vettel curiously watches Schumacher

A close-up at a McLaren car's engine cover

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Fast wheel exchange service for Alonso in lap 20

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug have a chat in the illuminated paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button greets the fans after podium ceremony

A Ferrari mechanic vents the braking system

Jacques Villeneuve is being interviewed after a Speedcar challenge

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson of Virgin

Emerson Fittipaldi (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974) in his World Championship-winning 1972 Lotus 72D

Kimi Raikkonen

Juan Pablo Montoya doing last preparations

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Rubens Barrichello

Nick Heidfeld pits in lap 23

Sebastian Vettel approaches the Red Bull Racing pits

Ferrari team-mates Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

Glowing rear lights of a Williams car

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Dr. Mario Theissen talking to his former driver Ralf Schumacher

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

Kimi Raikkonen

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Brawn GP's Jenson Button just overtook Hamilton's McLaren

Adrian Sutil, Force India

The BMW Sauber F1 pit crew practises pit stops

The drivers return from the stationary 'drivers parade' on the grid

Fernando Alonso on his way to championship?

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock in front of Panasonic Toyota team-mate Jarno Trulli

A McLaren Mercedes car on small rolls

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A Ferrari brake with wheel nut

Renault winning crew

The World Championship-winning BRM P57 of 1962

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Podium group photo after the season's first race: Second placed Felipe Massa, race winner Fernando Alonso, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali and third placed Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen walk back from drivers parade

German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel

Jean Todt during a Ferrari press conference

Robert Kubicas second pit stop in lap 41

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

A detail of Webber's Red Bull car

Michael Schumacher after his spin

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Friday evening in the McLaren pits

McLaren mechanics rebuilding Kimi's whole car on Friday afternoon

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Ferrari's Alonso and Massa exit first chicane, Webber's car starts smoking

The World Champions do hand prints: Jenson Button (2009) and Jody Scheckter (1979)

With the other Ferrari giving pressure in the neck, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica nearly manages to overtake Massa in the inside of the corner

Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello in front of Raikkonen and Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, ends his pit stop

World Champions do hand prints: Nigel Mansell (1992) and Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974)

Everybody following the red ladies. In the back, Nico Rosberg turns Nick Heidfeld into first corner

Nelson Piquet jr. looks a little bit frustrated

Flavio Briatore on his victory lap through paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Comfortable smoking zones invite to relax a while in the paddock

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso being pushed by Michael Schumacher in the early laps

Mercedes' Michael Schumacher arrives on sixth position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber

Tamara Ecclestone

Ferrari's engineer Chris Dyer, successor of Luca Baldisseri for trackside operations

Nico Rosberg, Williams

BMW Sauber pits, mechanics working on Kubicas car

Jenson Button decelerates

German creative Joseph Emonts-pohl walks home

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Ferrari mechanics work on the body of the 'red lady' in pits

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Nico Rosberg, Williams

A Formula 1 Ferrari 246 Dino GP of 1958

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Sebastien Buemi in Toro Rosso pits

Autograph session with Lewis Hamilton and Jacky Ickx

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, speaks to Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

A black Ferrari Enzo in the exhibition

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Race winner Massa takes the chequered flag after 57 laps

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

Nico Rosberg of Williams F1 with his physio Oliver Fengler

Red Bull mechanics brighten the inside of a gearbox with an endoscope

The Ferrari pit crew practises pit stops

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Police

Buttons Honda on grid position

The fragile rear wings of a McLaren car

Ross Brawn

The start field squashes through first chicane

Diffusor on a Brawn GP car.

Happy winner Jenson Button shakes his trophy on podium

Felipe Massa comes to Ferrari pits during Q3

11th positioned Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, walks through parc ferme after the race

Polesetter Jarno Trulli climbs out of the Toyota car in parc ferme

Parc ferme after qualifying, the tree fastest drivers Kubica with Massa and Hamilton greet the audience

Sebastian Vettel's HANS and helmet

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

The Sakhir tower illuminated at night

A Ferrari waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

A BMW Sauber cars in park ferme after the race

Panasonic Toyotas Timo Glock

Raikkonen at Ferrari pits in lap 20

Second placed Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme besides his Red Bull car

Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina, precisely 400 units of the sensational Ferrari Enzo supercar were built (thanks to www.barchetta.cc)

As a cause for thought for a safer Formula 1 a works team presented their results with the Pininfarina Sigma Grand Prix car which could be seen in Geneva Salon in 1969

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Happy winner Jenson Button sprays champagne after podium ceremony

Blue sky reflects on a Williams nose cone

Lewis Hamilton comes to McLaren pits during Q3

RBS representative Sir Jackie Stewart speaks with Bahrain's race director Martin Whitaker

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

The damaged side of Johanssons Speedcar

Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo meets oriental VIPs

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Whilst Vettel's physio Tommi Pärmäkoski holds the umbrella, German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel

Kimi Raikkonen , Ferrari

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson on the grid with Ross Brawn

A shady recreation area invites to pause in the circuits public zone

Renault F1 mechanics work on the Renault car in pits

A Mercedes nose cone in front of McLaren pits

Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner of Red Bull and Virgin's Richard Branson applaude for Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

Honda mechanics work on the manifold under the car

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

The filigree suspension of a Williams connects brake system with gearbox

Trullis Toyota wheel-less on grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton comes to McLaren pits during Q3

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

A Red Bull Racing car waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Fernando Alonso on the grid with his personal physio Fabrizio Borra

Sebastien Buemi heads to the Toro Rosso pit crew

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo is being interviewed

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' hold the national flag at starting line

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi heads to the Toro Rosso pit crew

Nico Rosberg, Williams, besides the grid

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Nico Rosberg sits down in the Williams car

Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo has a serious talk with his driver Raikkonen

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

The World Championship-winning 1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80

The drivers sit still for the annual drivers presentation photo in front of Bahrain's track landmark, the Sakhir tower

The Toro Rosso car's steering wheel

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

After making the hand prints, the British World Champions wash their hands - Nigel Mansell (1992) and John Surtees (1964)

Michael Schumacher poses for the photographers

Race winner Alonso pours his rose water over Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Silvia Hoffer Frangipane, McLaren's new press officer, former Williams

Juan Manuel Fangio's nephew Juan Manuel

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964) talks with Bernie Ecclestone

The AMG safety car and the medical car on track inspection

The international media is after the new Mercedes star Michael Schumacher and his manager Sabine Kehm

Triple World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971 and 1973) talks with double World Champion Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999)

Peter Warr, former Lotus chief engineer

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Race winner Alonso kisses his trophy whilst second placed Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa shakes hands with HRH Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain

Second placed Felipe Massa is being guided through an emotional parc ferme by his Ferrari teammanager Stefano Domenicali

World Champions on McLaren Mercedes make historical hand prints: Lewis Hamilton (2008) and Mika Hakkinen (1998 and 1999)

Second placed Felipe Massa presents his trophy

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Hattrick for Michael, second 1-2 win for Ferrari

Felipe Massa of Sauber Petronas

Architect Hermann Tilke with Katja Heim of KHP Consulting

... and from the side

Mar Webber, BMW.Williams

Schuey in the desert

The two Jordans

Toyota pit stop crew

Cora Schumacher

Juan Pablo Montoya

Pitwall signal preparation for Michael Schumacher

Jarno Trulli

A zoom shot of pitting Christian Klien

Giancarlo Fisichella

Mark Webber posing for photographers in his new suit

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Michael Schumacher

Swiss test driver Jani Neel of Toro Rosso

BMW-Sauber nose cones

Piero Lardi, son of the legendary commendatore Enzo Ferrari

Former team owner Walter Wolf

Rubens Barrichello in front of huge DHL billboards

Williams team shareholder Patrick Head

Jacques Villeneuve in front of David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen

Nico Rosberg of Williams

Juan Pablo Montoya in front of the impressive Bahraini landmark

Michael Schumacher pitting out

Michael Schumacher

Portoguese Tiago Monteiro of Midland F1

American newcomer Scott Speed

Takuma Sato braking heavily with his Super Aguri Honda

Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa of Ferrari

Violin sounds accompaigning the season opening ceremony

Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher on their honoury lap

Lewis Hamilton has put his helmet on

Kazuki Nakajima carried most fuel and pits in lap 32

A happy BMW Sauber team rejoins after the race: BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, Nicks manager Werner Heinz, Nick Heidfeld and team manager Beat Zehnder

Red Bull Racings David Coulthard

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

A warm welcome from German VIPs for Rainer

Ferrari drivers Raikkonen and Massa wait together before drivers parade

Johanssons damaged Speedcar

Lewis Hamilton attaches his helmet to the HANS device

Presentation watchers on the grid: Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner, John Howett, Richard Branson and Ross Brawn

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber brakes

Presentation watchers on the grid Christian Horner, Richard Branson and Bernie Ecclestone

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

BMW Saubers polesitter Robert Kubica gives thums up to his fans for their support, besides him McLarens Hamilton and Massa of Ferrari

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' guard Kubicas BMW Sauber at starting line

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer watches the arrival of temporary grid girl Gulf Air stewardesses

Refueling for Massa in lap 23

Pit stop ends for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica out of pits

Toyota F1 team president John Howett enjoys the 1-2 grid placement of his two drivers

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

A giant racetrack advertising with a McLaren car

A Shell fuel hose

Honda driver Jenson Button behind Webbers Red Bull

Loca Cordero di Montezemolo at Ferrari's pitwall command center

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nigel Mansell navigates the 1950 Ferrari 125 GPC 'Thin Wall Special'

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug have a chat in the illuminated paddock

Mika Hakkinen (Formula 1 World Champion in 1998 and 1999) in the World Championship-winning silver arrow 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 of Juan Manuel Fangio

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Rose water instead of champagne amuses the Ferrari teammates

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone with the 'new' team's boss Ross Brawn

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld concentrates on preparing for practice

Sir Jackie Stewart on grid sightseeing with Williams VIP guest and 'richest Scot' Sir Tom Hunter

A Formula 1 advertising billboard in Bahrains capitol Manama

A giant Toyota advertising billboard with the drivers Trulli and Glock

Nelsinho Piquet brakes hard

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Photographer Mark Thompson takes pictures of a Bahrain folklore show during drivers presentation

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Kubica nearly overtakes Massa after a small mistake of the Ferrari driver

Thoughtful Red Bull rider Mark Webber

Sebastian Vettel zooms through pitlane

Behind the two leaders follow Hamilton and Raikkonen then the rest of the pack

Advertsing for Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World at Ferrari pits

Podium group photo: Second placed Kimi Raikkonen, winner Massa, third Kubica and Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali give thumbs up

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Timo Glock leads Toyota team mate Jarno Trulli in second lap

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

The Red Bull Racing car is being pushed to scrutineering pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Keke Rosberg

A shady recreation area invites to pause in the circuits public zone

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Racing legend Jacky Ickx with Martin Whitaker, CEO of the Bahrain International Circuit

Nico Rosberg, Williams, puts his helmet on

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, cools down before the race at the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Buemi in Toro Rosso pits

Race winner Jenson Button celebrates his 3rd victory of the season in parc ferme in front of the photographers

Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on

Polesitter Jarno Trulli celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

The Ferrari team cheers at parc ferme for the 1-2 winning Ferrari drivers

Surrounded by photographers, Sebastian Vettel shortens his drink hose besides the grid

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Large billboard of a Bahreini future construction project

Ferrari mechanics work at a gearbox

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone borrows his ear to Bahrain's race director Martin Whitaker

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

Robert Kubica practises pit stops with the BMW Sauber F1 pit crew

Pit stop of Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in the background Massas's Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Jacques Villeneuve (Formula 1 World Champion 1997), Nigel Mansell (1992) and Damon Hill (1996)

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa of BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh enjoy the handshake of Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974, Emerson Fittipaldi, with former tennis star Boris Becker

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari's new driver, is being interviewed on the grid

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992)

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Clive Chapman, son and successor of the legendary Lotus F1 Team founder Colin Chapman

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa on the grid with Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi look chilled in hot Bahrain

Formula 1 godfather Bernie Ecclestone with John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964)

Voodoo-Moko

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Peter Warr, former Lotus chief engineer

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at his pole position

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Alonso as third on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner chats before the race with HRH Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain

Bernie Ecclestone with a yet unknown VIP on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Race winner Fernando Alonso arrives at parc ferme after his honoury lap

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

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Christian Klien, Red Bull Racing

Tiago Monteiro in his Jordan

Renault team running for the pit wall cheers

Team bosses after an official meeting

Jacques Villeneuve of the new BMW-Sauber F1 team

Nico Rosberg

High visitor on the grid - Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa greeting Flavio Briatore of Renault and Mansour Ojjeh of TAG McLaren

Michael Schumacher with Jean Todt

Mark Webber

Daniele Audetto, formerly Ferrari team manager, helped to develop the Super Aguri Team

Kimi Raikkonen after experiencing a little incident which was the reason for his bad grid placement