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Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

F1 debutant Carlos Sainz Jr

Sebastian Vettel

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa changes wheels at Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa

Charles Pic, Caterham

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

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

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Williams driver

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

Bernie talkes to Seb, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

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

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

Front suspension and stabilisers of a Ferrari race car

Charles Pic, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

Paul di Resta, Force India

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives interviews after qualifying

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

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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

Sergio Perez, McLaren, in front of Raikkonen and Grosjean

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

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

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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

Jos Verstappen, Dutch F1 driver from 1994 until 2003

Lewis Hamilton stops at Mercedes GP pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

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

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez stops at Sauber pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Thew circuit welcomes its guests with an advertising across the street

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

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

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

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

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gives an interview

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

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes gives interviews after qualifying

Polesetter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

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

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Webber and Button

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, 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

Lewis Hamilton

The Toro Rosso of Verstappen in the pits

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

The drivers await their presentation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

RTL TV appointment for Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, 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

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

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

Lewis Hamilton with an eye on the photographer

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

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

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

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

Grid formation, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

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

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

Bernie Ecclestone

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

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

Pastor Maldonado in the new Mercedes powered Lotus E23

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

Race day at Sakhir, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Dr. Helmut Marko and Christian Horner of Red Bull Racing

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

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

Red Bull pitwall

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

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

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

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

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

Max Verstappen, son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen

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

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

Brass band, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton

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 GP

McLaren's Jenson Button speaks with a journalist

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault

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

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

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

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso-Renault

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

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

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull driver

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, prepares for the race

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

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

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

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

Nico Hulkenberg

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

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

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

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

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

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

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

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton stops at Mercedes GP pits

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

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

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

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

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

Ron Dennis, McLaren

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

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

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

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

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

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Atmospheric paddock, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

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

Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso-Renault

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

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

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

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

Bernie Ecclestone

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Felipe Massa at the Williams pitwall

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

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Felipe Massa talking to Nicolas Todt

Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton celebrates, winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

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

Brightly coloured nice pit girls, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

Bahrain paddock

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, winner of the Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

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

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

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Romain Grosjean

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari driver

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

Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull pits

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

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

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

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

Sebastian Vettel

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

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

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

Will Stevens, Marussia-Ferrari

Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull driver

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

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

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

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton adjusts his balaclava

Ferrari pits, Barrichello's car

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

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

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

The Crown Prince posing with the pitlane marshalls

Michael Schumacher on turn 1

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

Ralf Schumacher of BMW WIlliams

Before formation lap

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

Nick Heidfeld preparing for race

The proud Toyota team – find Ralf! ;-)

Takuma Sato of BAR Honda

Ralf Schumacher leading Rubens Barrichello through the dessert

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

Quick Nick of BMW.Williams

Jarno Trulli showing anticipated joy

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

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

Mark Webber buring practice session

The BME power generator

Red Bull advertising at a desert gas station

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

BMW Williams pit stop

Arabian musicians

Robert Kubica stalls a front wheel

The annual season start photographers group photo :)

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen walk back from drivers parade

Red Bull rider Mark Webber in front of Buttons Honda

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

Michael Schumacher passing the Sakhir Tower

Winner Massa proudly shakes his trophy on podium

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

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.

Ferrari mechanics at work

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Toyota technics

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld in the pitlane

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

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

Jenson Button

The annual season start drivers group photo

A shy view into the Toyota pits

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

Polesitter Jarno Trulli kisses his Toyota car in parc ferme

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Panasonic Toyota mechanics work on the Toyota car in pits

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

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

Narain Karthikeyan, Jordan

Fernando Alonso still not spoiled by victory

Beautifully shaped McLaren front wings

Fernando Alonso

Peter Sauber with critical eyes

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Raikkonens physio Mark Arnall holds out the pit signal board

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

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

Christian Klien

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

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Tiago Monteiro in pit

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

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing, in front of Sutil

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

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

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

Felipe Massa in his new Ferrari

Jacques Villeneuve is being interviewed after a Speedcar challenge

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Tiago Monteiro, Midland

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

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

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Nick Heidfeld

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld pits in lap 23

Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos

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

Glowing rear lights of a Williams car

A Lotus car returns from scrutineering

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

How many fingers is he showing today?

Tyre rubber mark.

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

Robert Kubica, Renault

The fragile original 1963 Lotus 25

Felipe Massa

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Jenson Buttun arrives at parc ferme with smoking brakes after qualifying

Austrian TV presenter Tanja Bauer takes a quick breakfast

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

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

Lewis Hamilton speaks with McLaren race engineer Phil Prew

Christian Klien posing for the usual start season shootings

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

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Speedy Juan Pablo Montoya

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

Jenson Button and his girlfriend

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

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

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Podium ceremony

Jenson Button

Robert Kubicas second pit stop in lap 41

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Robert Kubica is being interviewed on the grid

Felipe Massa in his new overall - red fits him good

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

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

Boys and their toys :)

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Flavio Briatore on his victory lap through paddock

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen together

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A McLaren car waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Nelson Piquet jr. looks a little bit frustrated

Lewis Hamilton puts his balaclava on

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

Nico Rosberg, rising star at Mercedes GP

FIA President Max Mosley

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

The Ferrari powerplant

Winner Michael Schumacher

Briatore giving valuable davices to Mark Webber

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

Kimi Raikkonen is in question

Markus Winkelhock

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

Ross Brawn, Mercedes Grand Prix team boss

F1's godfather Bernie Ecclestone

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

Race winner Fernando Alonso jumps on his car in parc ferme

Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Dr. Mario Theissen talking to his former driver Ralf Schumacher

Takuma Sato on his new seat

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fully recovered Ferrari driver Felipe Massa and his parents

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mark Webber

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

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)

Fernando Alonso

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

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

The polished knob of the bandmasters stick

BMW Williams pit stop

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Fast wheel exchange service for Alonso in lap 20

A friendly Gulf Air stewardess smiles on the grid

Robert Kubica, Renault

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso being pushed by Michael Schumacher in the early laps

Adrian Sutil, Force India, overwhelmed by centrifugal force

Kimi Raikkonen

German TV presenter Kai Ebel interviews Sebastian Vettel

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

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Renault mechanics with their new V8 engine

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

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

Fernando Alonso on his way to championship?

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, ends his pit stop

Still race leader: Sebastian Vettel of RBR

A Ferrari brake with wheel nut

Piquet rushes out of Renault pits

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

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Ferrari's new hope Alonso signs a mini replica helmet

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

Old champ Stefan Johansson retires in a Speedcar race

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

Jean Todt during a Ferrari press conference

Jenson Button, McLaren

Michael Schumacher after his spin

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

McLaren engineer inspecting a new chassis

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

Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson in BAR Honda pits

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

McLaren mechanics rebuilding Kimi's whole car on Friday afternoon

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso in front of Felipe Massa

Good morning, Bahrain!

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

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

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

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

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

Nico Rosberg sweats pretty much today ;-)

Ralf Schumacher with Franz Tost of BMW

Comfortable smoking zones invite to relax a while in the paddock

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

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

Sebastian Vettel approaches the Red Bull Racing pits

Ron Dennis smiling at Briatore

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

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso

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

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

Williams technical director Sam Michael

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

Felipe Massa finishes his stop at Ferrari pits during Q3

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Fry, Mercedes

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

Friday evening in the McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

World Championship-winning 1962 BRM P57

A historical group photo of Formula 1 World Champions

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

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

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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

Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen

Renault winning crew

Newcomer with famous name: Nico Rosberg

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Juan Pablo Montoya doing last preparations

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)

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

The racetrack's public area

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

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone with Martin Whitaker

A belied looking Nick Heidfeld in parc ferme after the race

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

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Robert Kubicas BMW Sauber is already positioned on pole position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button greets the fans after podium ceremony

A Ferrari mechanic vents the braking system

Juan Pablo Montoya

The McLaren Mercedes car is being pushed to scrutineering pits

Brawn GP's main sponsor Richard Branson of Virgin

Parc fermé

Juan Pablo Montoya rushing back to track

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Sebastian Vettel approaches the Red Bull Racing pits

Legendary Mexican Jo Ramirez

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

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

Heidfeld overtakes Kovalainen in the inside of a corner

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Nico Rosberg

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr.

Illuminated palm trees create a festal paddock atmosphere

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

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

Fernando Alonso

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

Nico Rosberg, Williams, puts his helmet on

A McLaren Mercedes car on small rolls

Robert Kubica's helmet and HANS device

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start field squashes through first chicane, Glock leads Trulli

Ralf Schumacher Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Red Bull engineers working on the Cosworth engine

Jacques Villeneuve as Speedcar driver

Michael Schumacher quite relaxed before the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Men at work on the new Ferrari car

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

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

A low-budget Ferrari ;)

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

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

Lotus car in pits

Juan Pablo Montoya

Technical director and Williams shareholder Patrick Head

Mechanics work on Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes in pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Fernando Alonso fisting

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

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

A very proud third placed Kubica celebrates his achievement

Still life of drivers shoes (Michael Schumacher) and bottle

Ross Brawn

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa gets ready for the race

Helmut Marko obviously sticks to Red Bull

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992)

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Jenson Button, Brawn GP, at the grid

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

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

The detached front wing of a Ferrari car in pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

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

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Ferrari pitstop

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

Mario Andretti (Formula 1 World Champion in 1978)

The race car parade at parc ferme after the race

The start, both BMW.Williams

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel greets from parc ferme

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

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

Ralf Schumacher

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

Jenson Button, Honda

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

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

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

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

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992)

Ferraris Felipe Massa caresses BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Artists

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

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

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

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

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock in Panasonic Toyota pits

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

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

The "rest of the best"

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

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

Solving a gearbox puzzle

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Yuji Ide of Super Aguri

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nick Heidfeld

Sebastian Vettel with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

David Coulthard genuflects to Bernie Ecclestone

Little new rear wings and rear suspension of a Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber

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

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

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Jenson Button of McLaren during Thursday's press conference

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari team-mates Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Brawn GP car waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The World Champion points out the right direction to the circuit

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

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

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

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

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

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

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

Honda driver Jenson Button with Honda F1 team boss Ross Brawn

Pit stop of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica in lap 17

Gulf Air's mega air show

A delighted BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen after Q3

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and FIA president Jean Todt

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

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

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

Red Bull rider David Coulthard lifts a wheel at a curb

Felipe Massa jumps out of his Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Handshake beween polesetter Kubica and later race winner Massa

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

The World Championship-winning BRM P57 of 1962

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton is searching his head

In first lap Massa slightly slides away from ideal line

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

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

Christian Klien

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

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

Nico Rosberg, Williams

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

Rubens Barrichello now working for Honda

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

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes a VIP guest on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Magig lightshow at the paddock entrance

Mark Webber being refueled

Nick Heidfeld

Untagged pit crew of Super Aguri

Webber's HANS device

Robert Kubica leaves the pits in Q3 to gain pole position

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica managed to gain pole position

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

Bahraini marshal girls

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

BMW Sauber conning bridge at pit wall

Nico Rosberg with a front wing falling off

McLaren mechanics practise pit stops

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Third placed Kubica shakes hands with winner Massa in parc ferme

Kimi

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Bahrain race winner Jenson Button takes the chequered flag

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

Race winner Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Raikonnen pushes his Ferrari in front of Kubica in second lap

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

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jarno Trulli

Red Bull driver Mark Webber puts his helmet on

Renault mechanics celebrating Alonso's pole position

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Renault's Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

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

Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov of Renault F1 Team

Pit stop ends for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Dr. Mario Theissen and Dr. Burkhard Goeschel of BMW

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button walks back through pitlane after retiring

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi speeding in his Toro Rosso

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

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, ends his pit stop

Massas Ferrari is being pushed to second grid place

Flavio Briatore (Renault)

Quick Nick's HANS

Former racing driver and now team principal Aguri Suzuki

Inside the Red Bull pits

The start field leaves lot of debris in first chicane

Ross Brawn

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

Emerson Fittipaldi's helmet on a 1972 Lotus 72D

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa of Sauber Petronas braking hard

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

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

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Force India mechanic caresses the Ferrari engine

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone in discussion with a local VIP

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

Pulsating action on Ferraris part of the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

Vettel broke his cars nose during two collisions in first lap

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Jenson Button, Honda

Race winner Alonso raises his trophy

Red Bull Racing crew waiting to make Coulthard fly

Jacques Villeneuve

BAR Honda mechanics push Jenson Button's car

Adrian Sutil, Force India

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

Michael Schumacher on Saturday's qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

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

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

Mark Webber

Kubica out of pits

Fernando Alonso winning in front of Michael Schumacher

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

Here fans can get really close to their idols

Flavio Briatore and his Champion Fernando Alonso

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Jean Todt of Ferrari

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher

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

Signal to Fernando Alonso, five laps to go

Race winner Jenson Button

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

The start, Alonso leading Schumacher and Trulli

John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964)

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A detail of Webber's Red Bull car

A relaxed World Champion Fernando Alonso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Bernie Ecclestone and his daughter Tamara on the grid

Former F1 driver, Italian Riccardo Patrese

Nico Rosberg, Williams

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

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

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Jarno Trulli goes practicing

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

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes' Michael Schumacher arrives on sixth position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Ferrari in front of the Bahrain GP landmark

Second victory for Alonso (third for Renault)

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

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

A historical group photo of Formula 1 World Champions

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

The two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen always have fun together

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Three happy winners after a rose water shower

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Honda's driver Jenson Button and his team principal Ross Brawn walk through the paddock

Lewis Hamilton climbs the stairs up to the autograph area

A Ferrari waits in pitlane for FIA scrutineering

Sir Jackie and Paul Stewart

View at a Super Aguri cockpit, scrutineering finished

Felipe Massa talks with Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

The McLaren Mercedes car in pits

Nico Rosberg leads the rest of the field

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

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

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

Scott Speed, driver of the new Toro Rosso team

Markus Winkelhock, Midland F1 test driver - and son of Manfred Winkelhock, a famous German F1 driver who died tragically in 1985

Beautiful girls from Bahrain

Right after the start - two Ferraris in front, a motive not seen for a long time

Ralf Schumacher of Toyota

Honda test driver Anthony Davidson

Christijan Albers of Midland F1

Scott Speed leaving his pits with a beautiful car body artwork

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

Jacques Villeneuve with his friend and manager Craig Pollock

Felipe Massa integrated himself quickly in the Ferrari team

During FIA scrutineering Ferrari driver Felipe Massa discusses his frustration because he thinks that he was slowed down in Q3 by Nico Rosberg

Mark Webber in a cloud of rubber smoke

Proud polesetter Robert Kubica during drivers presentation

Mark Webber leaves the line after braking too hard

Renault mechanics work at their car in pits

A BMW Sauber nose cone tip

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore with his boss, Renault president Carlos Ghosn

FIA Deputy Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Jacques Tropenat takes a souvenir photo

Felipe Massa celebrates his first victory and point score this season

Close-up on a Ferrari air fan

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Nico Rosberg

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Williams mechanics between festively decorated palm trees

Little wings added to a McLarens rear

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari team mate handshake between winner Massa and second placed Raikkonen

BMW Sauber nose cone wings

Fernando Alonso, Renault

12th placed Fisichella and 13th placed Hamilton get out of their cars

A Force India wheel suspension

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

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid together with Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, chairman and executive director of Banco Santander

FIA Deputy Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Jacques Tropenat

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

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

Robert Kubica arrives at his pole position on grid

Polesetter Robert Kubica arrives at Bahrain's parc ferme

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

BMW Sauber mechanics work at the cars rear

Rubens Barrichello speeds through the paddock

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

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the race

Toyota mechanics on the grid before the race

The Ferrari team packs together after the race

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

Force India mechanics work on the Force India-Mercedes in pits

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota, in front of Massa

Physio Jo Leberer informs Heidfeld about his position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Sebastian Vettel's HANS and helmet

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

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits with his manager Nicolas Todt

FIA scrutineering after the race

Kimi Raikkonen

Adrian Sutil grabs the steering wheel

Bernie Ecclestone

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

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

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

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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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