HIGHLIGHTS: Catch the action from Day 3 of 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain

George Russell was the final driver to top the timesheets during 2025 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, with the Mercedes man setting the pace to close out the three-day test. After team mate Kimi Antonelli got behind the wheel of …

Formula 1: Liam Lawson’s first taste of Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren shine - what we learned from Bahrain testing

Last season McLaren won their first constructors’ championship in 25 years and clearly had the best all-round car in the second half of the season. Has anything changed since then? It does not appear so. At no point were they in a great rush to rack up the …

Bahrain imports 38,000 live cattle for holy month

More than 38,000 live cattle, including sheep and camels, have been imported in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan, a Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture Ministry official revealed. An additional 12,000 heads of cattle are expected to arrive in …

Bahrain’s banking system to remain stable says Moody’s

Bahrain TV to air 28 programmes during Ramadhan

Abdulrahman Al Zayani, Director of the Television Directorate at the Ministry of Information, announced the lineup of programmes and dramas scheduled for broadcast on Bahrain TV during the holy month of Ramadhan. Al Zayani underscored the ministry’s …

Bahrain F1 Testing Final Day: It’s close! Russell pips Verstappen

George Russell ended the final day of Bahrain Formula 1 preseason testing top of the timesheets, a mere hundredth of a second up on Red Bull’s reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, with the top seven separated by less than a second. Notably in the top …

Bahrain F1 Testing: Leclerc fastest on final morning session

The Monegasque, he managed a decent mileage in his Ferrari SF-25 with 66 laps on the board before the lunch break. Leclerc will hand over the driving duties to Lewis Hamilton in the second session. Kimi Antonelli was up next in the Mercedes, second fastest …

Shuttle bus drives on live track during Bahrain F1 Testing

In a bizarre scene, a red flag was waved to halt testing as a white bus drove slowly on a runoff area of the track at Bahrain International Circuit. It wasn’t the only oddity of the day. In the morning session, there was a brief red flag after a pane of …

F1 testing in Bahrain: The key moments

Feb 27, 2025, 10:57 AM ET The Formula 1 season got underway this week with all 10 teams heading to Bahrain for three days of testing their 2025 cars. All 20 cars took to the track on Wednesday morning for the first time after their liveries were unveiled …

F1 Testing: George Russell fastest for Mercedes on final day in Bahrain as intrigue builds ahead of new season

28 February 2025, 12:20 George Russell pipped Red Bull rival Max Verstappen to the fastest time as Mercedes ended an intriguing yet inconclusive final day of F1 Testing on top. On a Friday punctured by two bizarre red flags - the first for a shattered pane …