THE last man to flag home the winning driver at a grand prix in Bahrain has returned to play a significant new role in motor sport and help promote the kingdom.
While the Grand National may have produced the closest race in history, two golfers at the King’s Invitational hosted by the Royal Golf Club could not be separated after 18 holes, with Thomas Bjorn, the Danish European Tour ace who earned almost two million Euros in prize money last year, finally winning after a nearest-the-pin shoot-out.
THE razzmatazz of this weekend’s Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix spectacle will have come as a welcome boost to the kingdom’s hospitality sector still reeling from the repercussions of civil unrest, regional turmoil and the cancellation of last year’s race.
One of Bahrain’s most popular short getaway destinations, Al Dar Islands, has reopened for the season and is now offering visitors the opportunity to spend the night in one of six new beach-front chalets.
ALL eyes off the race track are focusing on the stunning girlfriends of the F1 superstar drivers who have been turning heads in the paddocks, writes Mai Al Khatib.
Twin Palms Riding Centre’s staff, riders and supporters have recently spent long hours with paint brushes in hand, to produce the most magnificently funky and brilliantly-painted new fences. The course looked awesome for its showing jumping event on Friday.
MIGHTY McLaren is motoring ahead this season sitting proudly on top of the constructors’ league table with ace drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in first and second place respectively in the drivers’ pecking order.
The first time I laid eyes on the new Mercedes-Benz M-Class was during its launch last week. Al Haddad Motors, the marque’s distributor, held a family open-day at its premises in Salmabad.
WITH the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2012 fast approaching, race fans in the kingdom can be found lapping up the atmosphere at Club F1, a nightspot that is named after the world’s hottest motor sport.
Race fans unfortunate enough to miss out on this week’s GulfWeekly competition to win F1 tickets can still catch all the action from the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2012 on TV.
We have all longed for that overwhelming feeling of passion for the things we love the most, the satisfaction of re-living the moments we will always treasure alongside a fascination of romanticising the past.
Bouncebackability is a phrase originally coined by TV pundit Iain Dowie, then manager of Crystal Palace Football Club and once used in a headline in GulfWeekly when he took over at Queens Park Rangers in the days when the team was sponsored by Gulf Air. Simply put, bouncebackability is one’s ability to come back from adversity and win. It is a skill that we need to try and develop as golfers too because golf can get on top of you. Last year, Rory McIlroy had an epic meltdown on the back nine during the final round of the Masters. For the first 63 holes of the event he was in complete control and in the lead. As it turns out, it wasn’t meant to be, he proceeded to shoot 80 and miss out on his first major championship. That sort of disaster had the potential to haunt him for the rest of his career as it has done to many others over the years.
