Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg was frustrated after the qualifying session today, despite outperforming his illustrious new team mate Michael Schumacher, saying that he felt that he had the package under him to challenge for pole position in Bahrain.

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel said that capturing the first pole position of the year had been a surprise to him, but said it was a "good feeling" after the top F1 teams arrived at Bahrain looking very evenly matched on performance.

After a tough and rather dreadful qualifying session for the untried and untested Hispania Racing team, race driver Bruno Senna says that simply getting to the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix will feel like a podium finish for the Spanish team.

Mercedes GP team principal Ross Brawn has said that he has accepted the legality of the McLaren team's new rear wing arrangement, and are already preparing to adapt the design onto their own W01 cars as soon as possible.

Former Renault team boss and fake tan hero Flavio Briatore has ruled out him ever returning to the Formula One paddock, despite successfully getting his lifetime ban from the sport overturned in a French court earlier this year.

FIA president Jean Todt has said that he would very much like to see the old '107% rule' return to control grand prix qualifying, but admitted that it was highly unlikely that the rule would be able to return during the current season.

Karun Chandhok's debut in the HRT-Cosworth car was delayed until Saturday at the Bahrain track, after the Indian driver was forced to miss out on running in either of Friday's practice sessions with teething problems on his new machine.

Former F1 team owner Adrian Campos has spoken about "the worst nightmare of my life" over the pre-season, as he struggled to get his team onto the grid, and eventually was forced to sell the team to shareholder Jose Ramon Carabante.

Renault boss Bob Bell has refused to accept the FIA's decision to allow the new McLaren rear wing design to pass inspection, slamming the Woking team live on the BBC for starting "another arms race" in the sport at the start of 2010.

The four Formula One world champions present on the 2010 grid came together for the traditional pre-weekend press conference at the Sakhir track, with each of them predicting an exciting season ahead for the sport.

The FIA could take "appropriate action" against the USF1 team, after the Americans were forced to withdraw from the championship on the eve of the new season, forcing the governing body to re-open their selection process for 2011.

The FIA have unsurprisingly ruled that the innovative and yet controversial McLaren rear wing design is legal, and have granted the team permission to race with the MP4-25 car this weekend without making changes to the setup.

Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug has told the Formula One paddock to be patient with the three new teams in 2010, saying that they should be given respect for the work they have put in just to get to the starting grid.

Michael Schumacher says that he is hopeful that the new Bahrain upgrade package for his Mercedes GP car will be enough to allow him to fight at the front, as he prepares for his first Formula One race weekend since the end of the 2006 season.

Organisers of the impending Rome Grand Prix have once again denied that their planned street race would not replace the historic Monza event on the 2013 schedule, with the city's mayor saying that their race will be "a Grand Prix of Europe".