Verstappen's best lap of 1m31.294s is 2.334s slower than the 1m28.960s he set to top pre-season testing at the Sakhir track earlier this month, but that was set in much... read more »

Max Verstappen was the fastest man in today's first free practice session at Bahrain International Circuit. The session was mostly spent to test tyres and validate... read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen heads Valtteri Bottas by nearly three-tenths in opening practice for F1's Bahrain Grand Prix.  read more »

Though the opening session is entirely unrepresentative of qualifying and the race, Max Verstappen and Red Bull get their Bahrain weekend off to the best possible start. read more »

Full practice results for the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season. read more »

Max Verstappen gave an early glimpse of the pace Mercedes believe makes Red Bull favourites for the season-opening Bahrain GP by topping the first practice session of Formula 1... read more »

Max Verstappen clocked the fastest time during the opening practice session of the 2021 Formula 1 season in Bahrain. Red Bull Racing driver Verstappen set the fastest time... read more »

Times from today's opening free practice session for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Pre-season suggestions Red Bull could take the fight to Mercedes played out in FP1 for the Bahrain GP with Max Verstappen quickest of all. read more »

George Russell is confident Williams will score points this season, but doubts it will happen as early as the season-opening Bahrain GP. read more »

Ricciardo moved to McLaren to replace the Ferrari bound Carlos Sainz this winter, jumping ship after two largely frustrating seasons with Renault.Ahead of this weekend's... read more »

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he had spoken to Bahrain officials about human rights in the country after promising last year he would not let any abuses go... read more »

Britain's George Russell says he has proved he can fight for world titles and wants a car that will allow him to do that. read more »

Haas chief Guenther Steiner says details still need to be "ironed out" as F1 teams prepare for further talks in Bahrain about the proposed new 'Sprint... read more »

The 2021 F1 season is almost here - so time for this season's first Weekend Warm-Up! It's the best race weekend preview around! For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Round 1 of the 2021 F1 season is almost here - time to hear from the drivers as they look ahead to getting started in Bahrain... For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

It's not just the media asking the pre-race-weekend questions in 2021. This season, the drivers are put on the spot by some questions from young fans, starting at Round 1... read more »

Formula 1 and the Bahrain International Circuit have announced that the F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix is set to go green from 2022 thanks to sustainable energy plan. read more »

Williams Racing's Dave Robson previews the season opener at the Bahrain International Circuit. read more »

Formula 1 returns for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, with a different starting point in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits he's "excited" to see where McLaren truly is in the Formula 1 pecking order at this weekend's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Carlos Sainz admits he heads into this weekend's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix not yet feeling completely comfortable with Ferrari's SF21 F1 car. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen knows it will not be until Qualifying in Bahrain where Alfa Romeo are compared to their rivals. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is predicting Formula 1's title battle to be the closest it has been in years after Red Bull showed an impressive turn of pace in Bahrain winter testing. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he's "never been so excited" for a new Formula 1 season as the world champion prepares for his "hardest battle" - insisting Red... read more »