With Lewis Hamilton having never missed a grand prix in his Formula 1 career up to now, the Sakhir GP will be the first race without him on the grid since the end of 2006. We take a look at how much has changed about F1 in that time
The Mercedes Formula 1 team was “impressed, but not surprised” by George Russell’s Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying performance, where he was 0.026 seconds off the pole time set by Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes has pledged to give Romain Grosjean a final run in a Formula 1 car if he cannot race in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and no one else is willing to offer him a private test
Alex Albon put his Q2 elimination in Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying down to failing to cope with the way his Red Bull Formula 1 car’s behaviour changed on soft tyres
Valtteri Bottas took pole for the Sakhir Grand Prix but temporary team-mate – and Mercedes’ next-in-line – George Russell wasn’t far behind. How worried should Bottas be for his future? Our writers have their say
Fernando Alonso says he’s “happy that rival teams are so worried” about him participating in the Formula 1 ‘young driver’ test with Renault. Is he being typically mischievous, and has F1 missed a trick with this test?
Valtteri Bottas won a very tight fight with Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to take Sakhir Grand Prix pole, as Charles Leclerc starred
George Russell has gone from F1’s bottom team to its champion squad in the space of a week. He’s not the first driver to experience a sudden dramatic switch like that
Pre-season testing for the 2021 Formula 1 season will remain at Barcelona rather than switching to Bahrain, with dates now finalised
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen led the way in Saturday morning F1 practice for the Sakhir Grand Prix, with Friday pace-setter George Russell only seventh
