Toyota, Chocolate, Coulthard, BMW and more
German driver Ralf Schumacher says Toyota is not ready to win the 2006 world championship. "That target is still a long way off," said the 30-year-old. "For the moment, we concentrate on winning a race -- which is hard enough."
Ralf Schumacher has advised his older brother Michael to sign a new contract, `as long as he is still enjoying it.` "I don`t think he has anything to prove to anyone," said the German.

To mark the airline`s sponsorship of the Bahrain Grand Prix, passengers on Gulf Air flights this week received a Belgian chocolate in the shape of a Formula One race car. "Our sky chefs wanted to create a unique treat for our Grand Prix visitors," head of in-flight services, Michael Kent, explained.

David Coulthard, the second oldest racer in Formula One, insists he is not yet contemplating retirement. "If you start putting that stuff in place you are using valuable energy," the 34-year-old Red Bull driver told the Daily Express.

Formula One will be broadcast in the Middle East and northern Africa after a deal was struck with the `Al Jazeera` TV network. Al Jazeera became a household name when it showed Osama bin Laden`s video statements following the September 11 attacks.


Williams` FW28 race cars are fitted with the new `seamless shift` gearboxes in Bahrain. The debut of the technology, that could be worth up to four tenths of a second per lap, was in doubt after the Grove based team struck reliability problems late in the winter.

Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher says he will not definitely appear in the new comic-book movie `Asterix and the Olympic Games`. "I read the (media) stories," the Ferrari driver admitted in Bahrain. "There are discussions, but nothing is finalised yet."

There is no `number one` driver at BMW Sauber, Mario Theissen says. The newly BMW-owned outfit`s principal played down suggestions that Nick Heidfeld, on a longer and more lucrative contract, will be treated differently to Jacques Villeneuve. "Both will be treated the same and (both will be) furnished with exactly the same equipment."

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