The Frenchman ended inside the top eight in both Friday practice sessions in Bahrain. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has played down Ferrari's initial pace in Bahrain, putting it down to high engine modes. read more »

Liberty Media sat down with all ten team principals in Bahrain to unveil their plans for the future direction of Formula 1 in 2021. read more »

Mercedes failed to top either free practice session in Bahrain on Friday, and James Allison says there is still a lot of work to do to make the W09 competitive this weekend. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes it is very close between the teams in Bahrain. read more »

Max Verstappen believes Red Bull has good pace round Bahrain despite missing first practice read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes still have work to do to be competitive this weekend in Bahrain. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is confident that Red Bull have a good car ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

The Finn was third and fastest in FP1 and FP2 respectively as the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend got underway on Friday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will receive a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Following a busy day for Formula 1 in Bahrain with a teams' meeting and two practice sessions, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will only be able to start Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix no higher than P6 after picking up a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is to start the Bahrain Grand Prix with a five-place grid penalty after governing body the FIA said he had breached rules over gearbox changes. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is set to be hit with a five-place gearbox penalty at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after Mercedes was forced to change his gearbox.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton will take a five-place grid penalty at the Bahrain GP due to a gearbox change. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start the Bahrain Grand Prix with a five-place grid penalty after the team found an issue with his gearbox ahead of this weekend's race. read more »

As on any Friday, we tried different things, tested and learned as much as possible. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is set for a five-place grid penalty at the Bahrain Grand Prix as the result of a gearbox change read more »

Today was a very productive and successful day for the team as a whole, a bit more so on Pierre's side of the garage than Brendon's. read more »

In general, it was quite a positive day for us. read more »

From what we can see so far, there are a number of different strategic possibilities on the table for qualifying and the race. read more »

Mercedes admit they have work to do if they are going to beat their rivals at the Bahrain GP, but are also not "so worried" about Ferrari's leading times on a... read more »

Overall it wasn't a bad day. read more »

Although we were untroubled by any reliability issues, and we ran through our programme as expected, it wasn't our best day from a performance point of view. read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Sakhir paddock following Friday practice for the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »