2013 Bahrain Grand Prix (April 19 - 21)

Amidst growing unrest on the streets, it is business as usual again for the Formula 1 circus.

Massa topped practice 1:

[QUOTE=Practice 1]Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m34.487s 11
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.564s + 0.077s 19
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m34.621s + 0.134s 22
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.790s + 0.303s 20
5. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m34.949s + 0.462s 17
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.069s + 0.582s 22
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m35.101s + 0.614s 19
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m35.119s + 0.632s 19
9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m35.345s + 0.858s 17
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m35.611s + 1.124s 14
11. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.640s + 1.153s 23
12. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m35.783s + 1.296s 16
13. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m35.792s + 1.305s 16
14. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m36.014s + 1.527s 19
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m36.485s + 1.998s 20
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.498s + 2.011s 17
17. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.755s + 2.268s 20
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.214s + 2.727s 21
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m37.850s + 3.363s 20
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m38.401s + 3.914s 20
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.445s + 4.958s 12
22. Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.215s + 5.728s 7

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106866"]Bahrain GP: Felipe Massa tops opening practice session - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/QUOTE]

Heard that there were a lot of human rights protesters using this event to draw attention to what's going on there.

[quote=jcp123;994882]Heard that there were a lot of human rights protesters using this event to draw attention to what's going on there.[/quote]
This was also the case last year and in 2011 it wasn't held at all.

Well in 2011 they were actually rioting.....

Rosberg will start on pole:

[quote=Qualifying]Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.330s
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m32.584s + 0.254s
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m32.667s + 0.337s
4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m32.762s + 0.432s
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m33.078s + 0.748s
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m33.207s + 0.877s
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m33.235s + 0.905s
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m33.246s + 0.916s
9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m33.327s + 0.997s
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m33.702s Gap **
11. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m33.762s + 1.016s
12. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.914s + 1.168s
13. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m33.974s + 1.228s
14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.976s + 1.230s
15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m34.105s + 1.359s
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.284s + 1.538s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m34.425s Gap *
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m34.425s + 1.547s
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.730s + 1.852s
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m35.283s + 2.405s
20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.178s + 3.300s
21. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m36.304s + 3.426s
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.476s + 3.598s

107% time: 1m39.379s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106908"]Bahrain GP: Nico Rosberg takes surprise pole for Mercedes - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/quote]

That post race interview with Sebastian was, well... odd.