Those two old sparring partners McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa come to Bahrain with different mind sets at different stages of their world championship campaigns. 2008 world champion Hamilton seems chilled and calm after his third podium place of the season in China moved him to the head of the points table

Winning a race is one thing, dominating is another. And to win at your 111th attempt sounds like a near miracle

Neither Lewis Hamilton nor Jenson Button will take part in next month’s in-season group test at Mugello, McLaren have revealed. Instead the championship leaders are to field test drivers Gary Paffett and Oliver Turvey. The three-day session at the Italian circuit, which all 12 teams are expected to attend, has been added to this year’s official test schedule

Fresh from Nico Rosberg’s dominant win in China on Sunday, it would be easy for Mercedes to feel supremely confident ahead of this weekend’s 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The German team, however, aren’t planning on swaggering into the paddock, but are instead determined to stay level-headed in their approach to the Sakhir race

Williams’ return to their championship-winning heydays may still be some way off, but they are undoubtedly enjoying an excellent resurgence in form in 2012. And after drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado claimed the outfit’s first double points finish since 2010 in Shanghai on Sunday, the overwhelming feeling in the British team is one of optimism. Chief operations engineer Mark Gillan reviews Williams’ performance to date, looks back at the Chinese race and reveals his hopes for this weekend’s Bahrain round…

Sunday in China saw Nico Rosberg become the member of a very select club: drivers to have won a Grand Prix at the wheel of a works Mercedes.

When Mercedes took over then reigning champions Brawn ahead of the 2010 season, they probably didn’t expect to have to wait quite so long for a win.

With its searing temperatures, occasionally sandy track surface and high braking demands, the Bahrain International Circuit presents both drivers and engineers with a unique challenge. Despite its absence from the 2010 calendar, most of the 2012 grid have driven there before, either in Formula One or GP2, and those that have are eager to go racing again

Jean-Eric Vergne will start Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix from the pit lane after his Toro Rosso team made changes to his car overnight in Shanghai. Vergne had qualified a disappointing 18th

Innovative and quick, the Mercedes F1 W03 was a hot tip for success following pre-season testing, but at the opening two rounds the 2012 Silver Arrow failed to shine. In Shanghai on Saturday, however, it finally bared its teeth, as Nico Rosberg stormed to his maiden Formula One pole position and the first for the team in its current form.