Fancy seeing you here - Mercedes' Michael Schumacher inspects the progress of his former Ferrari team-mates as an eagerly anticipated 2010 Formula 1 season begins in Bahrain
Everyone is always smiling at the start of a season, as McLaren's new all-British line-up of Lewis Hamilton (left) and world champion Jenson Button prove
Maybe not everybody is smiling. Ferrari's Felipe Massa has much to contemplate as he makes his return from injury, having been struck on the helmet by a spring during the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix and not raced since
Schumacher, at the age of 41, eases himself into his Mercedes and heads out for his first Grand Prix laps in anger since retiring at the end of the 2006 season
And Schumacher is soon out on the dusty Bahrain track, where the lap record remains the one he set in 2004. New corners and new refuelling rules make the circuit a different challenge this season
Out onto the track with the old, and into the garage with the new. Lucas di Grassi's Virgin is pushed back home on his, and their, Formula 1 debut
Another new face for 2010 is Nico 'the Incredible' Hulkenberg, former Williams test driver, now in the hot seat himself following namesake Nico Rosberg's departure to Mercedes
The wink of a world champion - Button, in his first McLaren appearance, gives new boss Martin Whitmarsh a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "I'll bring the car back in one piece," perhaps
"And what does this bit do?" - Red Bull's Mark Webber has a nosey around the new McLaren, watched by an ultra-cool Hamilton and a slightly possessive-looking Button
The first Grand Prix sighting of Fernando Alonso in Ferrari colours - realising an eternity of speculation over the Spaniard's move from Renault - results in second place after first practice, behind Force India's Adrian Sutil
No need for Karun Chandhok to even don his race overalls, with Hispania struggling to get his car race-ready: "We have had a lot of problems," he says. "The next few weekends will be character-building."
Look, it's a Mercedes out in front, it must be Schu- no, wait! Team-mate Nico Rosberg, crowned King of Practice at Williams in 2009, goes quickest in the second session on Friday
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