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Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt started off by calling the reports of protests hype that was made-up by unscrupulous journalists. When it became undeniable that the protests were real the line was that there are […]

According to this press release http://www.bahrainedb.com/mclaren-moves-to-bahrain.aspx Mumtalakat owned 42% of McLaren Group, 50% of McLaren Automotive in 2010

Thanks for doing this Keith.

Given that McLaren Group is 42% owned by the Bahraini government they are virtually employed by the regime.

“A civil war is a high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, organized and large-scale.”

Bahrain is not a democracy and the government has violently suppressed initially peaceful protests.

Di Resta is impressively consistent

I was very surprised to see the likes of Vettel pit so early for a 2 stop strategy. I was expecting them to pit later for their first stop to avoid falling off the cliff in the final stint.

Ferrari pit crew were pretty impressive.

Massa doesn’t seem to be able to adapt to the Pirelli tyres.

6 laps to go: Alonso is a sitting duck with Perez within DRS range and the engineer tells him to be careful?

Remember Toro Rosso use a Ferrari engine so they will presumably have a third radiator at the back like the F2012.

Undercut side pods, a tighter ‘coke-bottle’ zone at the rear and a possible air intake at the tip of the nose.

I’d rather the Treasury gave the BBC a fair licence fee settlement rising in line with inflation.

I think Button did a lot of work on his race set-up in practice whereas Hamilton focused on qualifying.

Are there definitions of what constitutes Low Speed, Medium Speed and High Speed corners?

I think re-used his soft tyres from Q2 in the first part of Q3. As he missed his 2nd lap in Q3 he had to start the race on these well-worn soft tyres.