After the grey skies and rain of Shanghai, it was a joy arriving into Bahrain where the skies were clear and the mercury above 30 degrees. I only secured my Bahrain media visa in Hong Kong en route to Bahrain which was cutting it fine.

Thursday sees no action on the track, but plenty off the track with the teams setting up, drivers walking the track and then a round of press conferences where the drivers and team managers talk up the event to gender

Last night the hosts threw on a sunset welcome party in the paddock which was a top night