The early descent of Saturday evening's dusk brings a blanket of calm down upon the Sakhir paddock. The Bahraini nights are swept into darkness as early as 6pm, when the circuit's lofty floodlights bathe the paddock in an ethereal pink glow.
Pre-race engineering meetings are in full swing, and the layout of the Sakhir paddock - with its brightly lit, large-windowed offices - gives you the perfect opportunity to peek inside at an F1 activity all too often concealed behind the doors of team transporters.
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