Ferrari set the pace on Friday in Baku, but Leclerc and Vettel still think Mercedes has pace in hand heading into the rest of the weekend. read more »

Lance Stroll's Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ended in a clash with the wall at Turn 2, but the Racing Point driver says he was pleased with his rhythm. read more »

Claire Williams has confirmed Williams will seek compensation from Azerbaijan GP organisers after a loose drain cover wrecked George Russell's car in Friday practice. read more »

Pierre Gasly needed a strong weekend to recover from a slow start to his Red Bull career, but the Frenchman has been forced into a pit-lane start for Sunday's Azerbaijan... read more »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton believes it is "unlikely" that his team can reel in Formula 1 rival Ferrari overnight after trailing by seven tenths in Azerbaijan... read more »

Today's press conference with Toto Wolff, Otmar Szafnauer, Christian Horner, Cyril Abiteboul and Claire Williams. read more »

Loose manhole covers, crane mishaps and a number of on-track errors led to one of the weirder Fridays in recent F1 history - but it should make for a thrilling weekend. read more »

George Russell had a tough Friday in Azerbaijan after hitting a manhole in Free Practice 1 read more »

Friday prospects went down the drain - George Russell read more »

As a loose drain cover costs the F1 grid half of its Friday running in Baku, Raikkonen is far from impressed. read more »

Full times from today's second free practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Officials from the Baku City Circuit confirm the cause of the loose manhole cover that ultimately led to the cancellation of opening F1 practice on Friday. read more »

The first practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was cut short in rather farcical circumstances on Friday after George Russell's Williams was damaged by a loose... read more »

Ahead of his fourth Grand Prix weekend, Alexander Albon has revealed he will attack Friday's Free Practice sessions differently so to be able to learn the limits of the... read more »

Chinese Grand Prix qualifying brought the McLaren Formula 1 team "back to reality" after its encouraging performances in the opening two rounds and during Friday... read more »

Just like on Friday, Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas proved fastest in the last free practice session before qualifiying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was once... read more »

Pierre Gasly believes Friday was not a true reflection of where he is after being a bit behind team-mate Max Verstappen read more »

"I'm just focusing on trying to figure out what the hell is going on with my car," admits world champion. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo was in the top ten in both sessions on Friday ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Nico Hülkenberg finished Free Practice 2 in fifth position in Shanghai for Renault after failing to make the top 10 in Free Practice 1. read more »

Today's press conference with Toto Wolff, Mattia Binotto, Andrew Green and Toyoharu Tanabe. read more »

The performance advantage between Ferrari and Mercedes swung massively between the opening two races, but Laurence Edmondson believes read more »

Recapping all of the news and notes following Friday in Shanghai, here is Michael Lamonato's paddock notebook. read more »

Sebastian Vettel still doesn't feel completely confident with his Ferrari following Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Alfa Romeo do not know at the end of Friday's free practice in China what caused Antonio Giovinazzi to be sidelined during FP1. read more »