Force India looks back at today's session in which its drivers qualified 14th and 17th read more »
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Narain Karthikeyan, 24th: "We made it through qualifying which was our aim for today. The car is virtually brand new so it's good to get read more »
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Nick Heidfeld, 6th: “I’m very satisfied as I think it’s the maximum we could have achieved, especially looking back at Friday where we... read more »
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Sam Michael, Technical Director: That certainly wasn't the qualifying session we were aiming for, but we struggled to get more out of the FW33 read more »
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Mark Webber was satisfied to improve on his Melbourne qualifying performance in Malaysia, even though he was beaten to the front row of the grid by team-mate Sebastian Vettel... read more »
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Fernando Alonso was distinctly downcast after qualifying almost a full second off pole position in Malaysia on Saturday, despite being the fifth-quickest car on the Sepang... read more »
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Fernando Alonso, 5th: "We weren't quick enough in Australia and we are not here in Malaysia either, at least not enough to fight for pole read more »
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Pirelli’s Motorsport Director Paul Hembery: “Malaysia is certainly one of the most demanding qualifying sessions of the year. The conditions stayed dry, so... read more »
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Nico Rosberg, 9th: "The team have made some good progress here and I had a decent balance up to Q2 today. Unfortunately I lost that read more »
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Timo Glock, 21st: "After Free Practice 3 this morning I'd say we had some problems as we couldn't get the car to work like yesterday read more »
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Sebastian Vettel praised his team for getting KERS up and running on his car in Malaysia so that he could take pole position at this weekend's grand prix read more »
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Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “That was an almost perfect lap – I lost a tenth-and-a-half in Turn 14 – so we’re much closer to the front... read more »
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Kamui Kobayashi, 10th: “I’m quite happy with today’s qualifying. Of course I was hoping to improve a bit on my very last run, especially as, read more »
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Sebastian Vettel, 1st: “It was a challenging weekend until qualifying today. I was happy with the car, but we never really got into a rhythm. read more »
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Adrian Sutil, 17th: The first qualifying session was not too bad I think and I felt quite positive. But we did not improve too much read more »
Bahrain Grand Prix
4th of October 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | 302 |
| 2 | George Russell | 236 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 199 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | 186 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 179 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | 163 |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | 120 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 86 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 59 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 41 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 538 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 378 |
| 3 | McLaren | 306 |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | 263 |
| 5 | Racing Bulls | 83 |
| 6 | Alpine | 68 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 27 |
| 8 | Audi | 17 |
| 9 | Williams | 12 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 3 |