Bahrain GP talking points: Verstappen starts first, but all eyes on Fernando Alonso
Today's Bahrain Grand Prix is the first race of the new 2023 Formula 1 season, but already the cards are lined up for a promising year.
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Saudi Arabia overcome Bahrain to win ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s national cricket team defeated Bahrain by 10 wickets to win the ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2023 at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok on Sunday. The men in green were dominant throughout the 50-over match. Bahrain were first bowled out for only 26 runs from 21.1 overs, before Saudi Arabia comfortably posted a total of 30 for no loss in 4.1 overs.
F1 drivers see no need for qualifying change
MANAMA : Formula One will experiment with qualifying at two races this season, the first likely to be Imola in May, but double world champion Max Verstappen and other drivers see no need for change.
Alanazi, Morales share spoils of Local Jockeys Challenge
RIYADH: Naif Alanazi and Lewis Morales shared first place in the Local Jockeys Challenge, which was held over four rounds on Friday at the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia’s 100th meeting of the season.
Bahrain’s Al-Hashemi wins the 2023 Two Holy Mosques Endurance Cup in AlUla
ALULA: Bahrain’s Mohammed Abdulhameed Al-Hashemi emerged victorious in the fourth Two Holy Mosques Endurance Cup on Saturday to claim the sport’s richest prize in the ancient desert terrain of AlUla.
'Pleasant Surprise' As Max Verstappen Takes Pole For Bahrain Grand Prix
Max Verstappen said it was a "pleasant surprise" to claim pole position as Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen on pole as he bids to end barren run in Bahrain
SAKHIR, Bahrain: Formula One champion Max Verstappen is in the right place to win his first Bahrain Grand Prix by starting from the pole in Sunday’s season-opening race. The desert track has been barren for Verstappen, who failed to finish three of his first four races there. The two-time reigning champion seemed cursed in Sakhir last year when his Red Bull failed just laps from the end with a steering problem.