Free Practice Review - Toro Rosso

Session one: Sébastien Bourdais (19) 1:35.353; Sébastien Buemi (20) 1:35.369. Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton 1:33.647. Session two: Sébastien Buemi (13) 1:34.127; Sébastien Bourdais (14) 1:34.366. Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg 1:33.339

Bourdais denies 'row' with boss Tost

''Team knows that I'm doing the best I can'' Sebastien Bourdais has denied speculation that an apparent falling out with team boss Franz Tost could cost him his Toro Rosso race seat...  

Hamilton sets pace in Bahrain

• Lewis Hamilton repeats practice form from China• Jenson Button goes sixth fastest in SakhirLewis Hamilton set the fastest time in today's opening practice session ahead of Sunday's Bahrain grand prix.McLaren's reigning world champion, Hamilton, who was also quickest in opening practice for the previous race in China yet was off the pace on race day, set a best time of 1min, 33.647sec at the Sakhir circuit, a quarter of a second quicker than the second fastest, Nick Heidfeld of BMW, whose team-mate Robert Kubica was third.Williams' Nico Rosberg, who has impressed all season in practice sessions, was fifth, ahead of the championship leader, Jenson Button of Brawn. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, Brawn's Rubens Barrichello and Ferrari's Felipe Massa completed the top eight.Temperatures were in the mid-30s, with drivers looking forward to a dry race after the rains of Malaysia and China. The only weather risk is the possibility of a sandstorm, which caused severe problems for some teams in pre-season practice.The practice session was an opportunity for teams to test what minor changes they had been able to make since last Sunday's race in Shanghai.Force India expects to take a step forward in Bahrain, having added an interim two-tier diffuser beneath the car, trying to match the speed of Brawn, Williams and Toyota, which have used the aerodynamic aid all season. McLaren and Renault added them in China.Ferrari, seeking to avoid its worst season start in formula one history by going four races without a point, used the Kers power-boost device on Felipe Massa's car, but not Kimi Raikkonen's. Raikkonen was 10th fastest in Friday's opening practice.Renault had not revealed its Kers strategy, but is considered likely to reattach it in Bahrain.Toro Rosso's Sebastian Buemi had the only significant problem of the opening practice, as his car stopped after driving roughly over a kerb.Lewis HamiltonJenson ButtonMcLarenBrawnFerrariToyotaWilliamsForce IndiaRenaultSauberToro RossoFormula oneMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Sebastian Vettel wins Chinese Grand Prix

Maybe Jenson Button is not going to have it all his own way this season after all. The Formula One World Championship leader finished off the top step of the podium for the first time this year after being shown the way home by Sebastian Vettel, the impressive young Red Bull driver, as treacherous wet conditions turned the Chinese Grand Prix into a thriller.

A positive start for Bourdais

Chinese GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Practice With additional development aero parts from Red Bull Technologies, Toro Rosso Ferrari got the Chinese Grand Prix weekend off to a strong start with Sebastien Bourdais recording the tenth best lap in both the morning and afternoon practice session...  

Vettel pips Button to Turkish GP pole

• Sebastian Vettel beats Jenson Button on final lap in Istanbul• Lewis Hamilton suffers oversteer and finishes a lowly 16thRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the Turkish grand Prix ahead of Brawn GP's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in this afternoon's qualifying session at Istanbul Park.The 21-year-old German driver left it until the final lap to post his fastest time of 1min 28.316secs and denied Button a hat-trick of starts from the front of the grid.It is the third pole of the 21-year-old German's career, with both his victories to date coming from the front of the grid, in Italy last year and China this season."It's quite a surprise to be quickest in all three sessions, but finally we have made it and we are ahead of the white cars," said Vettel. "It's been quite an effort by the team because we had some parts arrive late, but they've fixed them on and we've made it."The 2008 champion, Lewis Hamilton, had another afternoon to forget as he continued to struggle with his car which former constructor Eddie Jordan described as "simply hopeless, possibly the worst McLaren have ever designed".Hamilton struggled with his steering at corner eight and spun out of qualifying on the first round. He will start tomorrow's grand prix facing an uphill battle from 16th on the grid."Welcome to my world," said Hamilton in a rare display of gallows humour. "It's the car. It has got slower and slower throughout the weekend as the track has got hotter. It looked great yesterday, but this morning it didn't look fantastic."I don't think we should rush anything. It's better we take our time to refine it. It's not like we can claw back 60 points [in the championship]."Vettel's Red Bull team-mate, Mark Webber, will start the race fourth on the grid, ahead of Toyota's Jarno Trulli and the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.Leading grid positions after qualifying1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1min 28.316secs, 2 Jenson Button (Gbr) Brawn GP 1:28.421, 3 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Brawn GP 1:28.579, 4 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:28.613, 5 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:28.666, 6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:28.815, 7 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:28.858, 8 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:29.075, 9 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams 1:29.191, 10 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:29.357, 11 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:27.521, 12 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams 1:27.629, 13 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:27.795, 14 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 1:28.207, 15 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:28.391, 16 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:28.318, 17 Nelson Piquet Jr (Bra) Renault 1:28.582, 18 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:28.708, 19 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India 1:28.717, 20 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:28.918Formula oneMotor sportLewis HamiltonMcLarenguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds