Friday at the Bahrain Grand Prix marked an historic day for Lotus Racing, exactly six months to the day since the team's entry into the 2010 Formula One™ World Championship was confirmed.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Specialty-Rated Boost Mobile SurfSho presented by Samsung was off to a flying start today with world class surfers Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Owen Wright and Jordy Smith hitting Bondi's famous waves this morning.

Under the blazing sun at the Sakhir circuit the Mercedes with Niko Rosberg was the fastest car on the track during the second free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix in a time of 1.55.409, followed by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1.55.854) and the other Mercedes with Michael Schumacher (1.55.903).

It's a brand new press conference and a brand new crowd – this afternoon's rabbits in headlights are Lucas di Grassi, Nico Hulkenberg, Robert Kubica, Sebastian Vettel, and Heikki Kovalainen.

'I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning. Like a whirlpool it never ends...' Spin was the name of the game in Friday's afternoon practice session, with drivers off at turn 22 (Vettel), turn 13 (Alguersuari), turn 23 (Massa), turn 18 (Schumacher).