In the round-up: Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Sebastian Vettel reverted to the team's previous exhaust configuration in China as the new one doesn't suit his driving style.
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Christian Horner: 'It's going to be a fascinating championship'' (Adam Cooper)
'There were some characteristics about the upgraded car which weren't particularly suited to [Sebastian Vettel's] style of driving, which is to carry a lot of speed into the corner. The decision to come here [with two specs] was very much Adrian [Newey's] and a technical decision, because we want to make sure we get a direction and a clear comparison.'
Fresh Protests in Bahrain (Sporting Life)
'Police and anti-government protesters were again involved in a running battle on the outskirts of Bahraini capital Manama just days ahead of this weekend's Formula One grand prix.'
Crown prince wants Bahrain to emerge F1 winner (AFP via Google)
'We must unify our efforts to make sure Bahrain is the big winner of this prize.'
Formula One should forget the money and pull out of Bahrain (Daily Mail)
'Filthy lucre should not always enjoy the last word. And the world would be no poorer for the loss of the Bahrain Grand Prix.'
Byron Young via Twitter
'Sitting here on a day in which I have smelt Molotov cocktails and tasted teargas wondering what the hell F1 is doing in Bahrain?'
Bahrain F1 Grand Prix a calculated risk, says race chairman (The Guardian)
Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed R Alzayani: 'The race will be positive to the country, positive to the economy which has suffered a lot in the last year and a half, and it will put things in perspective.'
Bahraini Embassy roof protester threatens to jump (BBC)
'Moosa Satrawi is highlighting the imprisonment and treatment of prominent human rights activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Hasan Mushaima, the leader of a banned political party in Bahrain.'
Hamilton in no rush to commit future (The Telegraph)
'When I need to, which can be within any time frame I want so long as it is before next year, then I will decide about my future. But the team are doing fantastic. I could not be happier in the team.'
Ted's Chinese Notebook (Sky, UK only)
Ted Kravitz: 'Felipe Massa again with an extremely strange strategy, seemingly going against what the tyres were doing, although that was dictated by starting on the harder tyre. But it seemed like he was almost a guinea pig for Fernando Alonso. I've never seen Felipe so down as he was during practice.'
Kimi Raikkonen ' 'A podium should be possible' (Lotus)
'It looked the best [strategy] for us and it worked for Romain [Grosjean]. If we had the same information again, we'd probably try the same approach. It didn't work, but you don't know these things unless you try them. We will now know better for next time. We were pretty close to finishing on the podium. We didn't. That's racing.'
Ferrari among teams exploring Mercedes-style DDRS (ESPN)
Technical director Pat Fry: 'We've been looking at it for a while. I think it's just a case of weighing up what the performance is on our car. It's bound to vary differently from car to car and particularly if you've had that system in mind and developed your car to work around it, you're further up the development curve.'
Lotus considering 'double DRS' options (F1)
'Lotus are looking into the potential benefits of developing their own version of Mercedes' 'double DRS' system, after their protest against the solution in China failed, effectively rubber-stamping it and similar designs as legal.'
It beats a box of chocolates (GP Week)
'I fear that the obvious nepotism of Susie Wolff's appointment at Williams undermines the achievements of [Michele] Mouton and the efforts of Alice Powell (19), Carmen Jorda (23) and Vicky Piria (18), who are working their way up the traditional ladder without the benefit of such wealthy and well-connected backing.'
Comment of the day
Some great stats on Nico Rosberg's first race win from Ilanin:
It is 1007 days since Mark Webber won the German Grand Prix in 2009. This is the second longest interval between maiden race wins in F1; the only person whose first victory ended a longer drought is actually Rosberg's team-mate. Michael Schumacher's victory in the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix was the first maiden victory since Alessandro Nannini's win in the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, 1095 days previously.
Conversely, there were no seasons between 1957 and 1983 which didn't contain somebody's first grand prix victory. In 1982 five drivers (Patrese, Tambay, Alboreto, Keke Rosberg, and de Angelis) won their first races, and Tambay, de Angelis, and daddy Rosberg made up F1's only ever three races in a row won by drivers who had not won a Grand Prix before. This might explain why there were no new winners in '83.
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