Adrian Sutil was fastest in the first session of the year driving the VJM03 Adrian Sutil put Force India at the top of the times sheets at following free practice one at Bahrain. Ferrari and McLaren also headed the times during the 90-minute session with Fernando Alonso ending the session second quickest ahead of the man who replaced him at Renault, Robert Kubica. The three new teams struggled to find the pace on the extended Bahrain circuit.

Ferrari are early favourites for the constructors’ championship Ferrari narrowly lead McLaren as the favourites to win this years constructors’ championship, according to F1 Fanatic readers. Over 17,500 votes were cast in the polls to name the winner of the 2010 constructors’ championship. The average finishing position named by readers for Ferrari in this year’s championship was 1.77 – narrowly beating McLaren’s 1.85

Ferrari’s long-run pace marks them out as candidates for victory The off-season finally draws to a close and the teams have assembled at Bahrain for the first round of 2010.

Early screenshot of F1 2010 by Codemasters The long-awaited 2010 F1 season game by Codemasters will go on sale in September this year.

Lotus and Virgin have added a new splash of colour to the F1 grid The only the thing that really matters about an F1 car is how quick it goes.

The green and yellow is back – but how competitive will New Lotus be? Lotus were the last team to gain an entry for 2010 – but so far they look like the most promising of the new teams. Even so they’re still expecting to start the year around four seconds per lap off the pace .

This year’s Predictions Champion will be going to the British Grand Prix The F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship is back for the 2010 season! This year we’ve got a bigger competition with – for the first time – prizes to win at every race.

Toro Rosso have developed the STR5 themselves from last year’s car Last season was a reality check for Toro Rosso after their giant-killing feats in 2008.

Renault have gone back to their classic yellow-black colour scheme It’s a new era for Renault with a new owner, new team principal and the Alonso-Briatore-Symonds partnership consigned to the history books. The team began the last two seasons poorly.

The HRT F1 car shown off for the first time today HRT has revealed the car which will be raced by Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok in 2010.