After Mick Schumacher had led the pack around to post the first timed lap of the 60-minutes session, which featured strong and unpredictable gusts of wind hitting the Istanbul... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff heaped praise on Lewis Hamilton in the wake of his 100th Formula 1 victory at the Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton surpassed the previous benchmark, set by... read more »

With 21 minutes of the hour-long session remaining at Zandvoort, Leclerc became the first and only driver to dip under the 1m11s barrier as he ran to the top of the timing... read more »

Mercedes got their weekend to a perfect start, posting the fastest time in the first practice courtesy of Valtteri Bottas. Although Red Bull's Max Verstappen ended up... read more »

Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski has said Fernando Alonso sets a "benchmark" at the team, like he saw Michael Schumacher do at Ferrari. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has praised his team for keeping "fighting" to lower the pit stop benchmark for the season despite a troubled Hungarian Grand... read more »

Although the majority of the field spent the first third of the session in their garages, the Haas pair headed out immediately - with Nikita Mazepin on the mediums and Mick... read more »

The Finn bolted to the top of the times towards the halfway stage of the one-hour stint when he ran to a 1m17.012s benchmark on soft tyres to put himself two hundredths... read more »

Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen laid down the early benchmark by topping the timesheets in opening practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Yuki Tsunoda caused... read more »

Robert Kubica, in for Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo for FP1, established the first place benchmark at 1m25.259s on the hard tyres, but was quickly shuffled down the order by a... read more »

Honda's engine chief Toyoharu Tanabe says he does not believe the manufacturer is Formula 1's benchmark in the power unit stakes and dismissed speculation over recent... read more »

The first one-hour practice session got underway in overcast conditions, with all the cars heading out in the opening minutes - the majority immediately running the prototype... read more »

The opening day of the Styrian Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap time, but the Briton lost his benchmark to track limits. In the end, championship leader Max... read more »

Verstappen ended up 0.256s clear of Gasly and 0.422s ahead of his title rival, but all three might have been beaten by Valtteri Bottas had the Finn not run too wide through the... read more »

Carlos Sainz has named Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc as the benchmark in Formula 1 over a single lap, saying if you put any driver in a Ferrari, they'd struggle to... read more »

After spending much of the Baku race weekend downplaying his chances of repeating his Monaco feat, Leclerc scored his second straight pole position after topping Q3 ahead of... read more »

Ferrari driver Leclerc claimed his second consecutive pole once again with the aid of red flags which ensured his Q3 benchmark could not be toppled by any late improvements.The... read more »

Carlos Sainz was left frustrated amid the Q3 mess that he felt wrecked his prospects during qualifying for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Sainz was provisionally fifth... read more »

Charles Leclerc claimed a surprise eighth pole position of his Formula 1 career. His crash at the end of Q3 meant the likes of Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas couldn't... read more »

Max Verstappen narrowly beat Carlos Sainz during final practice for Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix as title leader Lewis Hamilton classified only seventh. Sainz maintained... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed the 100th pole position of his Formula 1 career as Mercedes' supreme run at the Spanish Grand Prix continued. The usual leading three suspects... read more »

When the session got underway, the pack was in no particular hurry to head onto the track, with Fernando Alonso eventually emerging for a solo run on the medium tyres towards... read more »

Under clear skies and in warm temperatures, Robert Kubica, running place of Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo for FP1, set the initial P1 benchmark at 1m27.006s on the hard tyres.... read more »

Verstappen took a free pitstop late on in a bid to set the fastest lap in the closing stages of the Portuguese Grand Prix, which he managed after beating Valtteri Bottas's... read more »

After his difficult morning session, Lewis Hamilton bounced back to top the second practice session for the Portuguese Grand Prix, followed by Red Bull's Max Verstappen... read more »