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A black Ferrari Enzo in the exhibition

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

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

Maxi Jazz from Faithless music group.

FIA Deputy Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Jacques Tropenat

The polished knob of the bandmasters stick

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

Champagne shower

The official sponsor Petrol Ofisi positioned a GP2 car for souvenir photos in the public area

ELF fuels ad on refueling machine

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Timo Glock's grid girl

The late event attracted many fans

A signpost at the track guides to paddock

The Red Bull Formula Unas

Adrian Sutil's grid girl

The Singapore grid girls

Marshals watch the action through the fence, enlighted by countless light towers

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl

Sebastian Vettel's grid girl

Media Centre

Media Centre

Media Centre

Two DENSO advertising ladies pose for photographers

Two marshals have a snack break

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

A warm welcome from German VIPs for Rainer

Good morning, Bahrain!

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

Magig lightshow at the paddock entrance

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

Nico Rosberg's Williams is being removed from pit straight after an engine failure in lap 41, the marshals briefly give ground to the approaching field

A Honda in parc ferme after the race

The grid girls walk in line to receive the numbered panels

The grid girls line up at the red carpet for the arrival of the drivers after their parade

Two Turkish Red Bull 'Unas'

A Turkish Petrol Ofisi grid girl expresses her excitement

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Alonso's grid panel

A Canadian firemarshal, receiving an emergency call?

Lunch break for the pitlane marshals

Beautiful nature surrounds the racetrack

Green pitlane signal

Red Bull Formula Unas

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Promotional event of Toyota team and Batman movie The Dark Knight.

Two blonde 'Formula Unas' pose for the photographer

Firemarshals inspect their workplace

Cheering fans

Main sponsor Telefonica supplies heavy belt buckles to the grid girls

Grid clearing

Spanish marshals wait for action

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A moment of silence to honour the victims of an aeroplane crash in Madrid the previous day.

A Ferrari followed by a McLaren towards the bridge

Formula One attracts TV broadcasting from all over the world

The Red Bull Formula Unas play table football

Extraction marshals stand still for FIA medical car examination

The italian grid girls form a guard of honour for the drivers

An italian Red Bull Formula Una presents her favourite drink

After the race, masses of fans flow back home through the old royal park

Ten to eleven at night, the driver's groupies enjoy a late pitwalk

Toyota pitwall command center

Legendary dancer Maxi Jazz

Fernando Alonso, whose Renault quit on him with fuel supply problems in turn 18 during his out lap during Q2

Robert Kubica chats with Fisichella and Alonso (Hi Alastair and Martin;)

Fans on a grandstand

The secured toilets besides the track were reserved for the marshals (Hamilton passes in the back)

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

... they are being defused by grinding down the bumpy cusps

Nico Rosberg's grid girl

Raikkonen in front of an illuminated skyline, 20 minutes later.

Last roadworks at the new racetrack, the controversal curbs at Cricket Club turn cause some trouble later ...

The Fujijama behind the racetrack wears a cap of clouds

On Saturday afternoon, the Red Bull Unas stroll home filled up with impressions

A little Chinese palace surrounded with skyscrapers at Shanghai city

Chinese on-track presentation dancers

Chinese ladies dance on the grid

Barrichello's kid

Jean Michelle of FOM

Andreas Beil

Barrichello's kids

Barrichello's kids

Jean Michelle of FOM

Bernard Asset

Barrichello's kid

Barrichello's kids

A funny group of maintenance marshals

Sam Michael with his Williams driver Nico Rosberg

New McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen checks his helmet design

Press arranges interviews between press center and art sculptures.

Nico Rosberg with Sam Michael, technical director of the Williams F1 Team

The 'melting pot' Australia has fans of every team, and they go together well.

Nico Rosberg with Sam Michael, technical director of the Williams F1 Team

Proud polesetter Robert Kubica during drivers presentation

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

Little wings added to a McLarens rear

Lewis Hamilton climbs the stairs up to the autograph area

A Formula 1 Ferrari 246 Dino GP of 1958

The Sakhir tower illuminated at night

Blue sky reflects on a Williams nose cone

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

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

Spanish grid girls, sponsored by Spanish "movistar" Telefonica

Spanish grid girls pose with a local VIP

FOM TV's Andrew James and Alex Henderson leave their TV compound...

Spanish grid girls

Crowded pit lane in lap 25: Nakajima soon to pit out whilst Coulthard arrives and a Toyota lollipop man awaits Glock

Toyota's technical senior advisor Frank Dernie lets his hands talk, too

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore leans backwards

View at the back of the paddock club puppets

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits with David Coulthard

Kubica's grid girl

The grid as seen from front

A friendly Bridgestone promotion lady

Turkish race fans take the opportunity to relax in a comfortable seat at the public area

Reflections at an FIA truck

A happy grid girl guards Kubica's car

A reflection of the Casino on a shiny sculpture on a garden fountain

The safety car leads the queue with Hamilton in front

The McLaren pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton's grid girl

A Ferrari rear mirror

Lewis Hamilton and test driver De la Rosa have fun together in McLaren pits

A world-weary groundhog very close to danger

Safety car phase in lap 19, Nick Heidfeld on first position because the race leaders collided in pitlane

Sir Jackie Stewart is being interviewed by Canadian TV

Three hospitality ladies take a rest for a snack at the lake

Busy marshals clean the track from dust and rubber marbles

A Red Bull Una plays with her necklaces

The performers of the British national anthem stand still on the grid

many cars

mtz

A female marshal at the pitwall

Teams rush across the grid

The conductor's polished silver baton

A drummer in parade uniform

Teams prepare to rush across the grid

The performers of the British national anthem take position on the grid

A pit for the marshals

Ross Brawn meets friends in the paddock

drivers parade

Ex-F1 driver turned DTM Mercedes driver Ralf Schumacher visits his old playground.

Ralf Sc humacher visits the paddock in the new look of his recent employer

Raikkonen's grid girl

The crowded grid in front of a large 'Motodrom' grandstand

The reanimation kit of the german Red Cross for photographers surprisingly includes The Red Bulletin and GEO :)

A professional photoshooting of the Red Bull 'Formula Unas' in the paddock

Three Brazilians: Whilst Rubens Barrichello chats with Kubica, Massa and Piquet exchange the latest rumours

An austrian fan seems to dislike the german beer

Ferrari mechanics roll the car to Thursday evening scrutineering

Kimi Raikkonen poses with an 'official' fan :)

The Red Bull Formula Unas are being welcomed on Thursday afternoon

The grid girls await the drivers to the drivers parade

Ferrari mechanics unload the van which delivered new carbon fibre car body parts

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are welcomed at the Red Bull Energy Station with a glass of champagne

Reflection of the paddock in a glass building

Marshals watch Nakajima racing

Start preparations on the crowded grid

Kubica's grid girl

The team trucks are well fit into the large harbour halls

The paddock and a VIP entrance

The Spanish Red Bull Formula Unas are well trained to show who their employer is }:-)

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug checks the new track on a scooter

Grid clearing

Michael Schumacher visits Stefano Domenicali at Ferrari command center

On early evening the teams work busy in their trucks and pits

Sir Jackie Stewart

Kimi Raikkonen walks

Drivers parade

German tifosi give a warm welcome at paddock entry.

During his farewell party in the Red Bull energy station on Thursday evening, David Coulthard inaugurates a photo exhibition

Emerson Fittipaldi is warmly welcomed by Sir Jackie

Vettel's grid girls in front of the Toro Rosso car

Red Bull Formula Unas pose for friendly photographers only

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A fire marshal under his umbrella during a rain-suspended session

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Austrian journallist Heinz Prueller with the famous italian 'F1 priest' Don Sergio Mantovani

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher with colleague Luca Badoer at the Ferrari pit wall command center

Force India's Kingfisher promotion girls took the opportunity of a sunny moment for a promenade

One of the italian grid girls

Nico Rosberg

Rosberg's grid girls

Alonso accelerates between the fences

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Red Bull Racing's pitwall command center

Crowded Marina Bay Gallery grandstand at night

Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner passes the security check at paddock entrance

Felipe Massa leads in front of Hamilton and Raikkonen

BMW Sauber pitwall command center

Toyota pit crew watchs the race on a screen in pits, the team's medical doctor Ceccarelli

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed

Sebastian Vettel walks through pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, crosses Anderson bridge

Track sightseeing on Wednesday

Polesetter Felipe Massa

Thoughtful view of polesitter Felipe Massa

The Scuderia Toro Rosso pitwall command center

Rubens Barrichello, Honda, in front of Piquet

Jarno Trulli races behind the fence

McLaren engineers and mechanics watch the race on a screen in pits

Lewis Hamilton is being interviewed

Scuderia Ferrari's pitwall command center

Massa exits pit lane

The two Todts, father Jean and son Nicolas

Ferrari mechanics run through the pitlane in order to remove the refueling hose from Massa's car

Williams' Nico Rosberg prepares for racing

Alonso passes cheering fans

FIA observer Herbie Blash waves at the marshals during an inspection lap of the safety car

Renault F1 pitwall command center, team boss Briatore in a blue shirt

Because Sir Frank Williams lost a bet to triple world champion and fellow knight Sir Jackie Stewart earlier this year he wears Jackie's tartan colours as trousers.

Grid girls in a row

The paddock entrance

Between the sessions, marshals clean the track from rubber and dirt

Adrian Sutil talks with Lewis Hamilton

Tyre washing after practice session

The Chinese Ferrari fan club reserved many places on the main grandstand

The McLaren mechanics practise pitstops

Felipe Massa's wife Raffaela.

Race atmosphere at the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

A large Mercedes billboard besides the Shanghai motorway advertises Formula 1

Button's grid girl

The Chinese national flag flares up in the evening sunlight

A Chinese dance artist

Waiting for the start of the drivers parade - Bourdais and Button with Coulthard and Vettel

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, after qualification

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Bridgestone Motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa

Is Kimi searching his race engine?

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

The Ferrari engine seems to sound really strange already on Saturday practice...

Toro Rosso's new driver Sébastien Bourdais

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull's gentleman driver David Coulthard

Honda driver Jenson Button

As a bad omen for the race, Ferrari experiences engine problems on Saturday's qualifying session.

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps (right hand)

Ted Toleman, founder of the original Toleman F1 team in 1981 (which then became Benetton and Renault)

Since twenty years in F1, BMW Sauber's team manager Beat Zehnder is never 100% happy with any result.

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

A devoted BMW fan has painted his face

Jenson Button's gloves

Close-up on Kimi Raikkonen's helmet

Timo Glock's gloves

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

What might cause this Ferrari engineer a headache?

Safety car leads the field after start incident

Giancarlo Fisichella crosses the track during a safety car period after start crash

Toyota driver Timo Glock already collected a lot of experience in F1

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Toro Rosso's talented Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull rider Mark Webber puts his helmet on

Jenson Button, Honda

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Felipe Massa

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore

Timo Glock's manager Hans-Bernd Kamps

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica firmly holds his new helmet during drivers presentation

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel

Annual group photo shooting with all drivers

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Force India's Adrian Sutil

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld during a thoughtful moment in pits

Probably F1's most innovative engineer, Red Bull's technical director Adrian Newey

Ladies pose for photographers as live Petronas advertising

Tyres are being marked as spare wheels by spray and stencil

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

Finnish fans

Felipe Massa jumps out of his Ferrari

Gulf Air's mega air show

Renault mechanics work at their car in pits

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull Racings David Coulthard

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Williams mechanics between festively decorated palm trees

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton