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Bahrain might continue to host the F1 season opening race
Australia’s grand prix boss has vowed to keep fighting to restore Melbourne to the top of the Formula One schedule. To make way for the Commonwealth Games, the race at Albert Park deferred to season-opening substitute Bahrain earlier this year but remains contracted to open the calendar. However, with Bahrain recording better global TV ratings [...]
Full StoryChanging times for Bahrain
These are not easy times for Bahrain, despite the efforts being made by the authorities to create a tourist paradise in the years ahead. The Formula 1 Grand Prix is an important part of that process along with massive construction projects which are either underway or now being planned. The vast Bahrain Financial Harbour is [...]
Full StoryHip-Hopping Big Time in Bahrain
As a DJ for 50 Cent, I have been able to travel the world. Most recently we toured countries like Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Thailand. As the tour came to end, 50 Cent went to Morocco to start on his new movie with Samuel L. Jackson and I began my own tour, the “Sada [...]
Full StoryRight formula for success…
Officials have hailed the third Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix as the most successful event since Formula One arrived in the country. More than 40,000 fans flocked to the Bahrain International Circuit for this year’s race, 6,000 spectators up on last year’s race day. It meant 77,000 people visited the track during the three days [...]
Full StoryOne last thought about Bahrain
The Grand Prix in Bahrain may be doing wonders for the reputation of the city and there is clear development going on all over the island but this does not seem to have had much of effect on the crowds. In 2005 the circuit said that it had attracted 77,257 spectators over three days. This [...]
Full StoryNew qualifying format wins rave reviews
After a string of botched attempts to make qualifying exciting, Formula One came up with a format that worked and entertained on Saturday. Drivers and team bosses gave the three-part knockout system a rousing vote of confidence after an enthralling afternoon session to decide the starting grid at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “This is [...]
Full StoryGearing Up
With race day rapidly approaching, Bahrain is preparing itself for the 2006 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. After two successful years playing host to Formula One’s big race, Bahrain is stepping up a gear in its attempt to use the event to attract visitors and international attention. Ticket sales have surpassed previous years, and the [...]
Full StoryBahrain Grand Prix facts and figures
Facts and figures for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix: Circuit: Sakhir, 5.412 km/3.363 miles, race to be held over 57 laps. Total distance 308.238 km/191.539 miles. GMT start time: 1130 2005 pole position: Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault one minute 29.848 seconds. Race lap record: Schumacher, 1:30.252 (2004). Records of leading drivers in Bahrain [...]
Full StoryFormula One statistics ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
Formula One statistics for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix: CHAMPIONS Renault’s Fernando Alonso, 24, is the youngest champion in the history of Formula One. He is also the youngest driver to have started on pole position and to have won a race (at 22 years and 27 days). Only seven drivers have won back-to-back titles [...]
Full StoryAlonso aims to pick up where he left off
Fernando Alonso expects to be fighting for victory again on Sunday in a season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix that begins a new era for Formula One. Renault’s 24-year-old Spaniard, the youngest champion in the sport’s history, starts for the first time with the number one on his car and with a V8 engine behind him instead [...]
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