Spanish fans go wild as Alonso dominates in Barcelona

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ferrari is definitely back and Fernando Alonso delivered a dominating victory to win the Spanish Grand Prix Sunday as his throngs of hometown fans cheered him on.  Alonso's Ferrari was untouchable pretty much the entire race and cruised to a comfortable victory over the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen.  His Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa was third ahead of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

Spanish GP: Sunday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)
2 - Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus)
3 - Felipe MASSA (Ferrari)

All-Mercedes front row in Barcelona

  Rosberg beats Hamilton
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton captured an all-Mercedes front row in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Rosberg's initial lap of 1m20.8s was good enough, but Rosberg wanted to crush his teammate Hamilton so he improved to a 1m20.718s with his last run just to be certain. Hamilton had to settle for second, 0.254 seconds adrift. Formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel was third for Red Bull, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.

Spanish GP: Saturday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)
2 - Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes)
3 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)

Spanish GP: Thursday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams)
Daniel RICCIARDO (Toro Rosso)
Esteban GUTIERREZ (Sauber)
Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)
Sergio PEREZ (McLaren)

Technical Feature: Fuel Systems

  Formula 1
This year, the final year of the Renault RS27, we explain each of the key systems of the V8 engine in detail. This week we give you the fuel system, a key car system at the boundary between the chassis and the engine teams – the chassis team designing and operating the fuel cell and lift pumps and collector, and the engine team taking responsibility for the main fuel pump, filters and injectors.

Women in F1: The Stirling Moss Debate

  by Stephen Cox
83-year-old Formula 1 legend Stirling Moss has once again spoken and the reaction has been as predictable as sunrise. When asked last week if he believed that a woman could win in Formula 1, Moss riled slaves of political correctness by responding, “We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in a competitive situation will tell when you're trying to win... the mental stress, I think, would be pretty difficult for a lady to deal with in a practical fashion. I just don't think they have the aptitude to win a Formula One race.”

Vettel takes competitors to school in Bahrain

  Formula 1
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix F1 race Sunday with a nine second lead over Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean .  This marks the second win for Vettel this season and 28th of his career. Red Bull captures their second win of the season. But make no mistake about it, the best driver in F1 today gave the entire field a lesson in driving in the hot desert.

Bahrain GP: Sunday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
2 - Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus)
3 - Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus)

Bahrain GP: Rosberg takes pole over Vettel

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Nico Rosberg has won pole position for tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix in his Mercedes.  Rosberg's lap of  1m32.330s beat Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull who carded a time of 1.32.584s.  Fernando Alonso's Ferrari will start third.  Rounding out the top-5 were Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber.  All five drivers set their time on medium compound Pirellis.  Felipe Massa was sixth but he set his time with the hard compound Pirellis.

Bahrain GP: Saturday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)
2 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
3 - Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)

Bahrain GP: Friday Press Conference

  Formula 1
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES
Stefano DOMENICALI (Ferrari)
Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber)
Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren)
Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli)
Eric BOULLIER (Lotus)