Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas set the initial pace with a 1m26.993s, but that was rapidly bettered by a series of quicker times from Zhou Guanyu, Fernando Alonso, Hamilton... read more »

The Ferraris were the first to break into the 1m31s at the opening of the session, Carlos Sainz posting a 1m31.787s before he was shaded by Leclerc by three tenths in the... read more »

Kevin Magnussen led the pack around at the start of the early running on the medium and hard tyres - the Dane therefore establishing the first place benchmark at 1m36.852s... read more »

As the only chance to get prepared for all of the competitive sessions to come this weekend, a big queue formed at the end of the pitlane ahead of the 60-minute session getting... read more »

Oscar Piastri has called McLaren team-mate Lando Norris a 'benchmark' for him to hit, as the Australian settles into his rookie season in the paddock. read more »

Verstappen led the pack out of the pits at the start of FP2, but it was Carlos Sainz who logged the first time to set the first place benchmark, the Spaniard putting in a... read more »

Ex-Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has backed Max Verstappen to eventually surpass Lewis Hamilton's current record-sharing benchmark of seven World Championships.... read more »

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen set the benchmark in the final practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz having... read more »

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen produced another ominous benchmark time to top second practice at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, heading two-time world champion... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has hailed Max Verstappen as the "highest benchmark" in Formula 1. Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix earlier... read more »

The benchmark from Perez came halfway through the hour-long session and, despite a late effort from Alonso, the Red Bull driver's time stood firm.In warm 27-degrees C... read more »

A cursory glance at the timesheets already pointed in that direction, with Sergio Perez having set the benchmark overall in the late flurry of lower fuel runs on the final... read more »

Charles Leclerc set a new benchmark pace as Ferrari and Mercedes started to flex their muscles on the final morning of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain.  read more »

Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu set the fastest time of F1 pre-season testing so far in Bahrain with a late push lap on the red-walled Pirelli tyre while reigning world champion... read more »

On a hot Friday morning Haas' Kevin Magnussen led the early running with a first representative time, a 1m33.710s on Pirelli's mid-range C3 compound.Sainz then... read more »

Max Verstappen narrowly edged out Fernando Alonso to round out the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing of 2023 in Bahrain in a familiar position at the top of the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has refused to openly talk up Mercedes' chances of reclaiming the titles it lost last year come the end of the 2023 Formula 1 season. Up until 2022,... read more »

Liam Lawson lapped Mount Panorama in a V8-powered Red Bull RB7 today in a special demonstration run at the Bathurst 12 Hour.There was a lot of anticipation heading into the... read more »

The British-based Dynisma company, which recently built Ferrari's new generation simulator at Maranello, has also created what is touted as the most realistic F1-spec sim... read more »

Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez set the benchmark in the third and final practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, pipping his team mate Max Verstappen with the Mercedes duo... read more »

After sitting out the first one-hour session earlier in the day, freshly-crowned double world champion Max Verstappen set the benchmark in the second practice session for the... read more »

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz set the benchmark in the opening practice session for the Mexico City Grand Prix, pipping his team mate Charles Leclerc in an extremely tight... read more »

Max Verstappen set a marker for his rivals ahead of the United States Grand Prix qualifying with a blistering run in final practice. read more »

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the benchmark in the rain-affected final free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, beating reigning world champion Max Verstappen and his... read more »

Following Ferrari's strong showing on home turf at Monza yesterday, Max Verstappen bounced back in the final practice to lead Charles Leclerc with a benchmark of... read more »