Formula One News — April 2008

Bahrain GP - Sunday Press Conference

Bahrain GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Bahrain GP - Race Incidents

Bahrain GP - Race Results

Robert Kubica scored his first Formula 1 pole position in Bahrain, beating Felipe Massa to pole by a tiny margin. The BMW Sauber driver is probably running with a slightly smaller fuel load than his rivals but both Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton said they could have done better, so the difference may not be enormous.

Bahrain GP - Saturday Photos

Bahrain GP - Saturday Press Conference

Bahrain GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Bahrain GP - Qualifying Results

Bahrain GP - Practice 3 Results

Last September the FIA World Motor Sport Council judged the McLaren team, based on the existence of a number of text messages and telephone calls which were supposed to indicate McLaren guilt. The right to use that information was challenged by McLaren on the basis that it was not acquired legally. This was Mosley's response.

The Brazilian motorsport federation Confederacao Brasileira De Automobilismo (CBA) President Paulo Eneas Scaglione, has said that FIA President Max Mosley has a right to privacy in his private life and should go on and complete his mandate, if he chooses to do so.

It was a very quiet Friday on the race track in Bahrain until eight minutes before the end of the second practice session when Lewis Hamilton lost control of his McLaren over a kerb and slid sideways into a wall.

FIA President Max Mosley has launched a legal action against the News of the World, claiming "unlimited damages". Mosley is understood to be angry about an invasion of his privacy. It remains to be seen how the arguments in the case will develop and it is best not to speculate on this.

The American Automobile Association has joined in the calls for Max Mosley to step down as FIA President.

Bahrain GP - Friday Photos

Bahrain GP - Friday Team Quotes

Bahrain GP - Friday Press Conference

FIA President Max Mosley has been under pressure for the last day or so following announcements from four of Formula 1's six manufacturers that they were none too happen about the allegations about his private life. ADAC, the biggest European automobile club, weighed in on Friday calling for Mosley to "very carefully reconsider" his position as president of the FIA.

Bahrain GP - Practice 2 Results

If Max Mosley has to go as FIA President, there is no obvious successor. There has been talk of the job going to Ferrari's Jean Todt but his close association with Mosley in recent times could possibly count against him.

The news that the FIA is to convene an Extraordinary General Assembly in order to discuss "the widespread publicity following an apparently illegal invasion of the FIA President™s privacy" may not be as significant a gathering as it appears.

Bahrain GP - Practice 1 Results

Bahrain GP - Thursday Press Conference

The FIA is governed by its General Assembly. This is the ultimate decision-making organisation of the federation and is made up of delegates from each of the members clubs.