The Scuderia Toro Rosso boys finished 13th and 16th in the opening round of the F1 season in Bahrain. Here's what the drivers and team principal had to say afterwards…

Sebastian Vettel was robbed of a first race victory of 2010 due to mechanical problems at the opening Formula One grand prix in Bahrain

The anticipation ahead of this Formula One season, which begins this weekend, is greater than ever. Which of the four world champions on the grid will win, or will it be someone new?

It's going to be a long Formula One season. What you need is a handy guide to staying fit and going out when you're at the races. Luckily Red Bull Racing have thought of everything...

If you dream of getting your hands on Kate's Dirty Sister then check out Red Bull Racing Challenge which comes to the iPhone today.

Sebastian Vettel has become the youngest person to be voted Motorsportsman of the Year by Europe’s biggest automobile club, the ADAC.

Australian takes battling third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix to close gap to championship leader.

Sebastian Vettel's championship charge suffers a blow in Budapest.

Jaime Alguersuari, aka Devil Child, settles in a little better than his detractors at the Hungaroring

… about Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari

Toro Rosso's new man is also a dab hand on the decks

Alguersuari puts trust in own fledgling talent

Webber to partner Vettel again next season

The German Grand Prix was Sébastien Bourdais' last race for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Who knows what Bernie's saying to Christian Horner? The Bullseye, that's who...

Webber wins in Germany as Red Bull Racing enjoy another one-two.

Take one seven-time world champion and one tactical genius. Then take away their microphone…

Ecstatic Aussie's team-mate is first to laud his maiden victory

Red Bull's man gets just deserts for driving through the pain

Sebastian Vettel said he blames himself not his RB05 car after qualifying in fourth, behind the Brawns of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button for his home grand prix.

Most of the F1 drives take the opportunity to put in a few laps of the Green Hell, and gave us their opinions of the Nordscheife – and the prospect of a grand prix being held in Bulgaria…

Welcome to the bright, shining future of Formula One…

It's been barely two weeks, but it seems like F1 has been gone forever. Time to catch up with some of the drivers on Formula One's very unofficial social networking site.

Mark Webber’s been busy during the two-week break, catching up with Lleyton Hewitt, Ricky Ponting and Speedway star Jason Crump.

Oliver Wilson is barely a birdie away from becoming a household name, but on the eve of The Open he still managed to find time for a few holes with The Red Bulletin.

The F1 supremo has always lived on his wits, which is why Bernie’s idiotic own-goal is a thing to be treasured, writes Joe Montego.

Another potential F1 star now takes up a highly sought-after supporting role.

Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing team principal talks exclusively to the Red Bulletin.

Formula One may be full of politics and in-fighting right now, but the Bullseye always has his mind on higher things...

On Sunday in Silverstone there was a feeling that we weren’t just saying farewell or maybe au revoir to the Home of British Motorsport, but to Formula One as we’ve known it for the past 30 years.

Sebastian Vettel wins the British Grand Prix after a display of fearsome dominance from Red Bull Racing.

Brain the size of a small planet, shy and retiring by nature, recently spotted drenched in champagne, Red Bull F1’s chief technical officer talks exclusively to the Red Bulletin.

Mark Webber reckons his chance of a maiden victory at Silverstone was taken from him in qualifying but claimed he had done the maximum possible to carve out another one-two.

Sebastian Vettel claimed his second victory of the season with a dominant lights-to-flag display at Silverstone and went on to hail the circuit as “fantastic” and the kind of venue where he has always dreamed of racing.

Red Bull Racing senior personnel dubbed today’s one-two result a “dream result” for the team, whose factory is a stone’s throw from Silverstone at Milton Keynes.

I never did like Donington much, my only memory of the place being the wettest race in the history of the world ever, the 1993 European Grand Prix.

When the flag falls at the end of the British Grand Prix, Formula One will enter one of its brief periods of respite: a three-week gap until the next race, the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

After yesterday’s shenanigans, it’s all gone a bit quiet on the political side of the paddock fence today almost as if, in celeb gossip mag style, the rowing couple had gone off to lick their wounds.

Sebastian Vettel has admitted he feels it is his duty to deliver pole position as a thank you to his team for providing him with a race-winning car.

Mark Webber slammed Kimi Raikkonen for ruining a possible pole-winning final qualifying lap at Silverstone this afternoon, wondering whether the Finn had been “drinking some vodka”.

Last year Heikki Kovalainen had a brilliant McLaren and pole position at Silverstone; this year he and his team face different challenges.

Rising this morning to the news that FOTA have decided that it’s their ball and they’ll play with it elsewhere, a man of a more poetic bent than I might have been struck by the symmetry of the timing of it all.

Sebastian Vettel has denied that he has been unfaithful to the RB5 race car that brought him his first victory for Red Bull in China in April.

Are Williams drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima going to miss Silverstone so much that they've built a replica to race around this London basement?

With Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull looking deadly serious about starting a breakaway series, Joe Montego wonders if the FIA haven't scored an own goal.

We all know the financial reasons for the in-season testing ban – but what to the drivers think?

Before the British Grand Prix, we take a quick look back at what really happened at the Turkish Grand Prix – at least what happened according to the Bullseye...

In an iPhone first, you can now follow the F1 season as it unfolds with the Red Bull GP app - the only legitimate F1 app available on iTunes.

Jenson Button took his sixth victory of an increasingly dominant season in Istanbul. Ominously for his rivals, it’s starting to look even easier…

Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost tells us where the team is, and where it’s going.

Mark Webber can’t wait for the British Grand Prix to arrive, if only to give the Red Bull Racing driver a crowd to race in front of.

Sebastian Vettel admitted that his attempt to close in on championship leader Jenson Button was compromised by a first-lap driving error and a failed strategic decision.

Fifteenth place might not seem a positive result from the Turkish Grand Prix but Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi reckoned it was a better than expected.

After a night playing The Bulletin drinking game (aka, Hide The Vodka) with Messrs Hynes and Youson, Joe Montego is unable to write his regular blog. So...

After losing time behind the KERS-aided Ferrari of Felipe Massa in Spain, Sebastian Vettel today admitted he was grateful pole position in Turkey would allow him to escape the same fate.

It is with massive relief that I’m able to report today that something happened in Formula One other than people shouting at each other across the garden fence of the 2010 regulations.

STR’s Sébastian Buemi admitted he is facing a tough task to carve out a good result for his team in Turkey after he complained of tyre trouble in qualifying today.

Sebastian Vettel turned a troubled Friday into a stunning qualifying display to grab his second pole position of the season at the Turkish Grand Prix this afternoon.

There’s a first time for everything and there’s so little going on of any note this weekend in Turkey, that I might have to resort to writing about F1.

There are rumours circulating that Istanbul Park may not host F1 after its contract expires in 2011, with track boss Mumtaz Tahincioglu admitting that "it won't be easy to come to an agreement (with Bernie Ecclestone)”.

Inconvenient, historic circuits full of character, or modern Tilkedromes? Which do the drivers prefer?

There are plenty in Formula One who reckon that the sport has lost its way, that things are out of control, beyond rescue and that only a changing of the guard can rescue us from certain implosion.

At the risk of stating the obvious, I never actually studied to become a journalist. It was more a case of waking up one day and thinking I always wanted to be a writer and now I is one.

Think you can remember what happened at the Monaco Grand Prix? Well think again, because when you look through the Bullseye’s roving lens, Formula One may not be exactly as it appears…

With Danica Patrick causing a stir in the motor racing world, another female driver is hoping to embarrass the boys and forge a career in F1.

As he prepares to jet off to the Turkish GP, Mark Webber is optimistic that he’ll finish on the top step of the podium sooner rather than later.

With the Red Bulletin patented celebradar in place, we head back to the glamour and excitement of the Monaco Grand Prix.

BBC pundit, hotelier, occasional F1 reserve driver and proud father. Yes, David Coulthard is the king of multi-tasking.

I was absolutely exhausted a few hours after Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix and I never even made it to any parties.

Button makes it five wins from six races after dominating in Monaco.

It had to happen one day: there’s a contract out on me here in Monaco. Those of you who used to read the F1 Red Bulletin at the race track or online might remember the acid pen of Helen Paradyce.

Like London buses, you wait ages for an Adrian Newey press conference and then two come along at once… This is what the mighty brain had to say in Monaco.

Each grand prix weekend has a rhythm that determines how you live your F1 life.

With no in-season testing, the practice sessions have become more important this year but there’s a balance between covering as much ground as possible and zeroing in on the things that really count. Two teams reveal their approach.

Ferrari might not think so, but £40m is still quite a lot of money. We had a look at what else you could buy in the sport world for such a splendid amount.

I’d saved this file on my computer under the title of “blog Thursday” and therein lies the problem: it’s now Friday morning and somehow Missing Monaco Thursday Night Syndrome has struck again.

Before Thursday’s practice runs, Mark Webber answered some quick questions about the world’s most famous motor race*

While minding his own business, Justin Hynes stumbled across either an extended metaphor or a rodent doing an impression of a two-times winner of the Monaco Grand Prix...

A pretty, blonde chauffeur met me at Nice airport and insisted I travel in her limo rather than take a taxi, it seemed rude not to accept.

When we started to pack for Monaco, Red Bulletin was surprised to find a collection of Bullseyes from the Spanish Grand Prix left in the jacket pocket of our favourite polyester Safari suit…

Monaco, a place steeped in motor racing lore, a shining jewel in F1’s crown, a place where men are men (largely on oxygen tanks) and the women are barely out of their teens.

So much for all the talk of waiting until the Spanish Grand Prix for the big fish to catch up with the minnows, as the Brawns and Red Bulls continued to pull away from the field in Barcelona.

Spanish GP podium-finisher Mark Webber reckons that thinking like a golfer is the key to success this season, particularly at the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most challenging for F1 drivers.

Red Bull Racing chief technical officer Adrian Newey says his cars have the edge in raw pace on the season-dominating Brawn GP machines but they’re getting held up by others.

Spanish F1 fans have overtaken the Italian and British as the most passionate, most raucous, it’s just a shame that that’s all the overtaking going on at their grand prix.

Forgive the short sentences. I’m in Spain, but my writing style is nothing to do with Hemingway. It’s just that I have to stay near a toilet at all times.

You probably think that because we're back in sophisticated Europe, there's less chance of the bullseye catching all those urbane paddock people out? Well, you'd be wrong...

Sebastian Vettel claimed a front-row start for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix to continue a spectacular run of top three qualifying results at every race so far this year.

It’s not often that Sebastian Vettel gets treated as an elder statesman in the F1 paddock but this weekend is slightly different.

I’ve just discovered the most useless product in the world – decaffeinated espresso! I mean that’s like alcohol-free vodka.

Shocking though it may seem, this infernal credit crunch thing is hitting not just the Formula One teams but also us humble hacks.

Finally F1 is back in Europe but even as new faces fill the press conferences with idiotic questions, Joe Montego is already in need of a break.

After a long time away, it’s good to be back on terra firma, says Justin Hynes, who notices that Ferrari, for one, have been busy remodelling their safe European home.

David Coulthard treated thousands of motorsports fans to the first-ever show run of an F1 car in Romania.

Formula One returns to Europe and familiar territory for the Spanish Grand Prix, with most teams planning major car upgrades.

Fifteen years ago, on May 1, 1994, Ayrton Senna was tragically killed during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.

It’s been a while coming, but RBR’s official test driver Brendon Hartley has finally been granted a Formula One Superlicence.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh spent his 51st birthday facing the World Motor Sport Council alone and apologising for the team lying to stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.

Button back on top, Vettel pressing, Hamilton closing and Trulli impressing: we take a look back at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Thank God that’s over: four races in five weeks was a completely mad start to an F1 season, although you have to admit the racing’s been fantastic.

After taking second behind the Brawn of Jenson Button in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel vowed that Red Bull will try to set the pace in Spain in two weeks’ time.

After two great results in Australia and China, it was down to earth with a bump for Sébastien Buemi at his ‘home’ race in Bahrain on Sunday.

Mark Webber came under the scrutiny of the BBC's F1 pundits on Sunday after an eventful opening lap of the Bahrain Circuit...

Jenson Button made it three wins from four starts for Brawn GP in Bahrain. But if he coasted to victory at the end, it wasn’t a procession like Australia or organised chaos like Sepang. Button had to work for it.

It's all change in F1. The old order is being swept away to be replaced by new teams, new drivers and new circuits. Yes, things are getting serious. Time for the Bullseye to do his stuff...

I dined in style at the swanky Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manama on Friday night, where all the F1 drivers stay, (I walked in behind Lewis Hamilton’s dad).

Motorsport is serious business in Argentina. So much so that one of the country’s top drivers is probably about to be voted President.

With Mark Webber hoping to soon put a notch in the win column, he was reminded in Bahrain that it will shortly be the 50th anniversary of the first win for an Australian in Formula One.

With a first victory behind it, Red Bull Racing made the trip from Shanghai to Bahrain in good spirits. The Red Bulletin caught up with head of race engineering Ian Morgan.

It's rare for a world champion to praise a rival, but every once in a while they can be magnanimous. And so it was with Fernando Alonso, when asked what he thought of Sebastian Vettel.

Just when it looks like the focus might be back on racing, certain other problems are rearing their ugly heads again.

We bring you both sides of a heated debate from the paddock: this week, is F1 going soft?

The exact contents of Bernie Ecclestone’s lock-up have long been the subject of whispered speculation…

RBR's Sebastian Vettel believes that championship leaders Brawn GP can be overhauled.

RBR’s rivals in Bahrain have admitted that the Milton Keynes-based outfit are now the team to beat in Formula One after Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber scored a historic first one-two victory in China last weekend.

Coming to Bahrain, things have changed in F1. Sure, we had all the noise of the Brawns and the McLaren business going on, but still, a week or so ago, things were a lot quieter. But not any more…

It’s not often one of Formula One’s newer venues can claim to have a local hero regularly scoring points in motorsport’s top echelon.

This year's F1 grand prix in Shanghai was quite a spectacle for the fans, even if it wasn't much fun for the drivers – or those with spectacles…

As the anthems ring out around the Shanghai International Circuit to mark Red Bull's one-two, Joe Montego realises someone has made a big mistake, and it won't be the last time either.

Sebastian Vettel was characteristically modest after winning in Shanghai: “I think it was a little easier for me than for others because for most of the race I didn’t have anybody in front.”

The fans always make a big effort to support their favourite drivers when they come to Shanghai. Join us as we look around the grandstands.

Sebastian Vettel was an “extremely happy” man after giving Red Bull Racing their first ever victory at the Chinese Grand Prix today.

Red Bull Racing’s victorious team principal thinks “the sky is the limit” after Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber claimed an historic one-two finish for the team at the Chinese Grand Prix today.

Mark Webber admitted that he hopes to go one step further in the near future after claiming the best result of his Formula One career in China today.

Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi admitted he was relieved to have scored a valuable point after what he called “the most difficult race of my life” at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today.

As the very pinnacle of motorsport, Formula One is a serious business and the paddock in Shanghai is full of serious people, taking it all seriously. So, it's just too bad that the Bullseye is in town...

Well, well… the Brawn hegemony has been broken at last, and by none other than everyone’s favourite ray of sunshine, Sebastian Vettel.

While heading for the toilet, Joe Montego stumbles across a case for the legendary gentleman detective Mr Sherlock Holmes.

Sebastian Vettel shocked the field yesterday by blasting Red Bull Racing to their first ever pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix .

There are those in F1 who would rather see KERS consigned to the scrapheap, but not all teams have the same approach.

Sebastian Vettel wants KERS on his car this weekend, as he believe the controversial system could give his season a real boost.

Sebastian Vettel’s fifth quickest time in this afternoon’s free practice session in Shanghai was followed by further good news when he got back to the garage.

The Shanghai International Circuit is normally one to look forward to (for some) at the end of the calendar, but after the wet weather chaos of Sepang, DC thinks it may throw up a surprise...

Remember the Malaysian Grand Prix? Lots of overtaking, lots of drama and then a lot of rain. No? Then refresh your memory with this nice gallery.

You can't keep up with this Formula One stuff can you? There I was all set to have a look at what the Paris diffuser ruling will mean but that's already yesterday's news, about as relevant to F1 now as HD DVD is to watching movies.

Between the jetlag and the long-distance phone calls to India, Joe Montego is going through something of an identity crisis in China.

With storm clouds brewing over Shanghai and Paris, and the global economy still under the weather, F1 needs to build a proper shelter.

Lewis Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen and I all flew home together from the Malaysian Grand Prix on Monday.

Some say the Malaysian Grand Prix ended in farce. Reaching for it's Big Book of Farce Jokes, Bullseye says it began in farce too...

In South-East Asia at this time of year it rains at dusk. It rains a lot. So when the cascade began on lap 22 of the Malaysian Grand Prix there was no great surprise.

It’s not just the paddock that’s angry about the McLaren scandal, the whole of Malaysia seems to be getting over-heated; just ask Joe Montego, he’s mad as hell.

Some teams are using KERS; some are not and BMW is sitting on the fence with one car using it and one car not. Dr Mario Theissen, team principle of BMW-Sauber explains…

We bring you both sides of a heated debate from the paddock: this week, they’re arguing about tyre compounds.

You have to feel slightly sorry for McLaren. Yup, these are words that do not come easily to lips of… well, most people in the Formula One paddock...

It’s a perennial problem at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Just how do you cope with searing heat? Sebastian Vettel has a clever solution...

Formula One is not all about lying and cheating, there's intrigue too, and giant pigeons... if you look through the Bull's eye.

It's time to check on the drivers' statuses in the F1 pilots' unofficial networking site.

The combination of 90-degree temperatures and a diet of chillies means Joe Montego’s feeling the heat in Sepang, but that’s nothing compared to McLaren’s troubles…

A decade ago, Eddie Irvine won the first-ever Malaysian Grand Prix and the season-opening Australian GP. So what does he make of 2009 so far?

Protests, controversy and rain. Yes, now we’re in Malaysia, Australia all seems such a long time ago as Bullseye takes one last look at the paddock in Melbourne.

Even with massive budget cuts necessary for survival in the new world economy, old habits die hard around the paddock, but a few unlikely specimens are setting a good example.

Formula One championship leader Jenson Button has admitted that he sees Red Bull Racing as the main threat in the early stages of this season.

Joe Montego keeps the peace by wining on in Melbourne ahead of his journey to the Malaysian Grand Prix, while others recover from gaffes…

You saw the Australian Grand Prix track action, but what about around the paddock, where the rich, celebrated and merely beautiful hang out?

We should have been enjoying the post-race show, but Australian Grand Prix stewards left us in the dark as copy deadlines loomed out of the gloom.

This was the world turned upside-down as the Formula One season kicked off with a storm of controversy and crashes Down Under, writes Matt Youson.

Formula One is all about glamour, power and drama, right? Not when you're looking through the lens of the mischievous Bullseye...

It’s about the only time I’m ever going to say this, but… Jenson, Rubens, Seb: where have you been all my life?

After years of acting like supermodels, F1 drivers have finally started eating like them, too, as Matt Youson has noticed...

There were a few red faces in the Friday press conference when an overzealous reporter read too much into Sébastien Buemi’s unofficial diary.

While the F1 officials are making up numbers, the drivers are finding KERS very hard to swallow…

British television viewers tuning in to watch the grand prix this weekend are going to be especially excited. Because Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain is back!

F1 is costly; F1 isn’t green; F1 makes too much noise – with so many critics, everyone in the Formula One paddock needs to pull together, suggests Justin Hynes.

The increasingly ridiculous rumours coming out of the paddock are a sure sign that everyone is glad to be back in the F1 circus…

Ahead of the F1 Australian Grand Prix, Adam Hay-Nicholls witnessed another thrilling race…

With new rules promising to give Formula One its most radical overhaul in its 60-year history, our animators take a lighthearted look at where the sport may be heading in the future...

The start of a new Formula One season brings with it all those things that make sport great – a nervous flutter of anticipation, a slight twinge of anxiety, hope, trepidation…

David Coulthard fans, take a deep breath – the Scot’s unfortunate spin on lap one in Brazil last year may not have been his last action in a Formula One grand prix.

Whenever he gets off a plane, F1 hack Joe Montego is usually met with arguments, wild accusations and recriminations but most of the time they’re from Mrs Montego, not the F1 teams…

Go behind the scenes at Red Bull Technology’s factory as Formula One star Sebastian Vettel reveals how his stunning new RB5 is taking shape.

With the Australian Grand Prix just days away, I’m leaving on a jet plane – don’t know when I’ll be back again…

Next weekend sees the beginning of the traditional media feeding frenzy that marks the start of a new Formula One season.

The new F1 points system, which sees the winner of the most races being crowned champion, does not have too many supporters among the drivers.

McLaren admit they are struggling to produce a car capable of defending the world championship as the new regulations promise to turn the grid upside-down.

With their 70s-style uniforms, and 70s-style budget, Brawn GP have got Joe Montego fondly remembering the days of disco – when he really should be watching the road…

The new STR4 has completed its first day of testing, producing a positive result, having completed 20 laps more than a grand prix distance at Spain's Circuit de Catalunya.

Toro Rosso unveiled their contender for the 2009 F1 world championship at the Circuit de Catalunya this morning at the beginning of a four-day test programme alongside all the other teams.

Nigel Mansell reckons that his 1992 championship was more credible than Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 crown, but Joe Montego thinks 'Our Nige' might be looking back through a rose-tinted visor.

Never a man to shy away from rumour, intrigue and innuendo, seasoned F1 journalist Joe Montego wonders if Honda Racing’s latest suitor is quite what he seems...

With the teams busy testing, there are plenty of statements of intent ahead of the new F1 season.

USF1, the all-American team aiming to take to the F1 grid next year, are considering IndyCar driver Danica Patrick as a candidate for one of their seats.

As the season-opening Grand Prix in Melbourne approaches, here's what to expect from some of the teams on the grid.

On Monday, Red Bull Racing will lift the lid on Adrian Newey’s latest creation, the RB5.

Once of F1's Toro Rosso, now back in the USA in NASCAR, racing's best-named driver thinks highly of revenge, women's clothes and purple.

Sébastien Buemi says he can cope with the inevitable comparisons that will be made between himself and his predecessor in the Toro Rosso hot seat, Sebastian Vettel.

The testing programme on the Algarve was disrupted by heavy rain on Monday, but was that the reason why Ferrari decided to stay in Italy?

Two-times F1 world champion Fernando Alonso has once again played down talk that he has signed a contract to drive for Ferrari in 2011.

McLaren boss Ron Dennis used the launch of the new MP4-24 to unveil some plans of his own: he’s standing down as team principal.

As the rival F1 teams unveil their cars for 2009, Aussie racer Mark Webber says that delaying the launch of the new RB5 is a gamble.

The Race of Champions 2008 is a case of some you win, some you lose for Formula One race ace Sebastian Vettel.

Canada’s Robert Wickens eager to line up as Formula Two returns next year.

Impressive debut at Red Bull test should be enough to put talented Brendon Hartley in an F1 driving seat next year.

The Formula One circus rolls up in Europe at the Circuit de Catalunya

The fourth round of the 2009 Formula One World Championship arrives in Sakhir.

The third race of the 2009 Formula One World Championship drives into Shanghai.