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Australians, like Williams’ Mark Webber or Sam Michael, have officially been told to stay away from the scene of the 2006 Formula Oneseason opener, in Bahrain.
The renewed warning of the country’s federal ‘Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’, mirroring a similar American alert, said there is a ‘high threat of terrorist attack’ in the small [...]

Graham Rahal, son of racing legend Bobby Rahal, joins A1 Team Lebanon this weekend at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Monterrey, Mexico. Rahal recently tested for the team at Misano, Italy and strengthens the current line up of regular drivers, Khalil Beschir and Basil Shaaban. Graham was born into a motor racing family and [...]

India will be represented for the first time in the Formula Renault UK Championship with Michelin after Position 1 Racing confirmed Team A1 India driver Armaan Ebrahim as it’s second driver for 2006. Ebrahim joins Richard Keen at the team, which was formerly known as Team Firstair, with a third driver due to be announced [...]

Fisichella Motor Sport International has announced Petrol Ofisi as the new team’s title sponsor for the next two years in the GP2 series. The announcement came in Istanbul, Turkey, where FMS International also unveiled their second driver for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Turk Jason Tahinci. Jason will partner Italian Luca Filippi for the next [...]

Bahrain is putting together an impressive entry list for a celebrity race at the opening Grand Prix of 2006.
Tennis legend Boris Becker, cycling’s Lance Armstrong and top US sprinter Michael Johnson, are among those signed up to drive the ten-lap events during the official Formula One meeting.
Rowing icon Sir Steve Redgrave will also race, according [...]

Bahrain is expecting a sell out crowd for its first season opening grand prix date next month.
With Australia taking a break from the calendar’s first slot due to the Commonwealth Games, Bahrain has been promoted from round three to round one for 2006.
A spokeswoman for the Sakhir circuit said she did not know exact figures, [...]

Honda Racing F1 are heading out to the Gulf Nation of Bahrain in a weeks time, testing the new RA106 chassis ahead of the season opener in March.
Testing will run between 13 and 21 February, and Honda will be joined by both Ferrari and Scuderia Toro Rosso. Ferrari have already tested at the desert circuit [...]

Dubai: Adam Reeve, Karim Al Azhari and Andy Flint hogged the limelight at the opening Motor Sports Club Race Day at the Dubai Autodrome recently.
Reeve recorded the fastest time of 1:17.758 to win the Toyo GTi Cup, Al Azhari took the honours in the Gulf Radical race with the fastest lap of 1:02.265 and Flint [...]

A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan missed qualifying for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Durban after being hospitalised following an accident at Turn 4 of the new street circuit in the Saturday morning practice session and the team has elected to wait until Sunday morning to make a decision on whether the will take [...]

Just two weeks after the death of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which caused organizers of the A1 Grand Prix series to suspend the Indonesia round of the inaugural championship, comes the news that Bahrain Crown Prince, Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa, son of his Majesty King Hamad bin [...]