Next year it may not be protesters burning tyres who light up the night sky – it could be the Formula One race itself. Bahrain's Grand Prix chairman, Zayed Alzayani, is anxious to mark the race's 10th anniversary at the Sakhir track and a night event is one of the options. Alzayani said: "We are looking at many options. A night race could be one of them, but it is not the only one. There are pros and cons to doing it."Sunday's race went ahead against a background of violent clashes between Read more [...]

London: Paul Di Resta has urged his Force India team to go the extra mile to help him secure his first Formula One podium after another near-miss in Bahrain on Sunday.The Briton equalled his career best with fourth place at Sakhir, leading the race for three laps and tantalisingly close to a top three finish before being caught by Lotus's Romain Grosjean in the closing laps."We've got to take a great amount of credit and positives from the first four grands prix," the Scot, who was fourth in Singapore Read more [...]

Sochi: Fresh from winning his third race of the season in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel touched down here on Monday to test the track for next year`s Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix.Vettel and former star David Coulthard are to whizz around the 5.9-kilometre Sochi Olympic Park Circuit, which is yet to be completed, in a regular road car.The pair was first whisked around the site for the paddock by the deputy governor of Sochi`s region of Krasnodar, Nikolai B uturlakin.Vettel extended his championship Read more [...]

Dubai: An Indian woman suffered severe burn injuries during a firebomb attack in Bahrain and is said to be in stable condition, according to a media report on Monday. Priya D'Souza suffered 60 per cent burn injuries when she was caught in the middle of clashes between police and thugs on the Shaikh Isa Al Kabeer Avenue on Friday. "Thugs hurled Molotov cocktails at policemen as Ms D'Souza was on her way home from a cold store," Gulf Daily News reported. She was initially Read more [...]