Martin Whitaker has stepped down as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), chairman of the BIC board Zayed Al Zayani announced last night. In a planned move, BIC chief operating officer Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa will take over as the new CEO while Mr Whitaker will continue as Formula [...]
The top ten finishers in a Grand Prix will score points next season under a new system expected to be ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on Friday. The proposed amendment, put forward due to the expanded grid of 13 teams for 2010, was agreed by the F1 Commission on Thursday after [...]
Toyota’s technical chief Pascal Vasselon has said he believes testing in Bahrain offers “the best value for money”.
There is no telling who will take the checkered flag in this year’s Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix but one sure winner will be the kingdom’s economy, which will benefit from an injection of cash and international promotion. This year’s race, to be run over the weekend of April 4 to 6, is set to [...]
The investment arm of the Bahraini government will this week be consulted by Formula One team McLaren as it weighs up whether to appeal a $100 million (BD37.8m) fine imposed after a hearing into claims it had access to secret information about its rival Ferrari. A spokeswoman for McLaren yesterday confirmed to the GDN that [...]
When compared with Melbourne, Monaco or Magny-Cours, the tiny Middle Eastern island of Bahrain doesn’t seem like the most obvious place for a Formula One race: local mores mean no camping at the track or alcohol in the grandstand; and the occasional bomb inspection when your taxi approaches a hotel in Manama, the capital city, [...]
Aldar Properties has awarded Bahrain-based construction firm Cebarco-WCT a $350 million contract to build Abu Dhabi’s F1 circuit. The deal was announced on Monday by Cebarco-WCT’s Malaysian parent company WCT Engineering in a statement to the Bursa Malaysia. The racetrack will be situated on the southern side of Yas Island and is expected to complete [...]
That each of the 11 teams in Bahrain has brought in up to 40 tonnes of equipment. Of this, 30 tonnes consist of mechanical needs such as three chassis, the engines, spare parts, tools, wheels and pit equipment. That there are nearly 180 large computers and 300 laptops in use among the 11 teams, supplied [...]
More than 100,000 fans are expected to flood the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), in Sakhir, during the 2007 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The F1 weekend will be held from April 13 to 15 and organisers say that ticket sales are 20 per cent up on last year. “Ticket sales have been phenomenal in recent [...]
Bahrain International Circuit Company’s revenue is increasing every year, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa told MPs yesterday. The company posted revenues of BD116 million last year, which was up from BD101.4m in 2004. “We are expecting further increases in the revenue considering that there are many companies interested in staging their events [...]
