Roaring engines again filled the air for the recent Bahrain Grand Prix, the first F1 race of the season in the Middle East.

OPINION: Formula 1 and MotoGP played out in close geographical proximity last weekend, with one grand prix beginning not long after the other ended. How did they compare and might it occur more often?

The race, now in its 21st year, made history as the first Formula One race in the Middle East ... The rulers of Bahrain, a small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf just off the coast of Saudi ...