Alonso's pole was Ferrari's first since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix and with Button qualifying second fastest, it will be the first race this season that will not feature a Red Bull on the front row.

BBC: Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo demands home win

Felipe Massa, who missed out on winning the 2008 drivers' title for Ferrari by a single point, did not share Domenicali's views on reducing wages.

BBC: F1 stars may have to take pay cut

It was shocking to see the 2008 championship runner-up plough his Ferrari into the tyre wall and then not to initially know what the outcome of his accident was.

BBC: David Coulthard column

With the combined efforts of Webber and double world champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull currently hold an imperious lead at the top of the constructors' championship, 64 points ahead of Ferrari, who have failed to finish top since 2008.

CNN: Webber signs one-year Red Bull extension

Hamilton won the 2008 title in dramatic fashion as he pipped Ferrari's Felipe Massa at the final race of the season in Brazil.

BBC: Hamilton reveals hunger for title

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo insisted he would not swap the English 2008 world champion for Felipe Massa, who lost the title to Hamilton by a single point.

BBC: F1 stars may have to take pay cut

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is desperate to get his first points of 2008.

BBC: Bahrain qualifying - as it happened

The season is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent times, with two-time world champion Fernando Alonso joining Massa at Ferrari and last year's winner Jenson Button switching to McLaren alongside 2008 victor Lewis Hamilton.

CNN: Massa motivated to make winning return with Ferrari

Despite having won the drivers' championship in 2008, the spy row of 2007, where they had to publicly apologise for having Ferrari data, was very damaging and now there are question marks over the team and its senior members once more.

BBC: Coulthard on Hamilton row