Carlos Sainz Jr produced his best ever qualifying in Formula 1 and will start the Russian Grand Prix from second place alongside former team-mate Lando Norris. read more »

Lando Norris secured his first ever pole position and Mclaren's first since 2012, after mastering the drying conditions at the Sochi Autodrom. Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo... read more »

McLaren driver Norris capitalised on a well-timed switch to slick tyres to claim his first career pole in damp and slippery conditions, admitting he "risked quite a... read more »

Two weeks after its surprise 1-2 finish at Monza, McLaren scored its first pole since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix as Norris topped Q3 with a late run on slick tyres in... read more »

The 22-year-old Chinese driver is understood to be favourite to become Valtteri Bottas's team-mate at Alfa in 2022, with a decision set to be made in the next few... read more »

Sebastian Vettel had a very positive opening day at the Sochi Autodrom ending the day in ninth, team-mate Lance Stroll was in a disappointing fifteenth. read more »

Pierre Gasly looked mighty in Sochi ending the opening day in third place, whereas team-mate Yuki Tsunoda struggled with grip in eighteenth. read more »

The Finn topped both Friday practice sessions for Mercedes ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, grabbing the fastest lap time in FP2 but just 0.044s, in a session that was... read more »

Yuki Tsunoda conceded to being "quite confused" over his performance deficit to AlphaTauri team-mate Pierre Gasly at the Russian Grand Prix. Gasly finished second... read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas carried over his form from the opening session to top the second practice for the Russian Grand Prix, narrowly beating his team mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 during second practice for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix, with Pierre Gasly third for AlphaTauri. Bottas set a time of 1:33.593s to... read more »

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso returned to the series in 2021 with Alpine after taking two seasons out to explore other motorsport events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and... read more »

Mercedes have never been beaten in Sochi, winning every race since the first at the Winter Olympics venue in 2014. The Anglo-German team seemingly intends to continue this... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 during the opening practice session for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom. Bottas clocked a time of 1:34.427s to finish... read more »

Hamilton and Verstappen are separated by just five points at the top of the F1 drivers' championship, with Bottas a distant 85 points off the lead in third place.Mercedes... read more »

The Mexican has had an up-and-down first season with Red Bull in 2021 as team-mate to world championship challenger Max Verstappen.While his highlight was victory in the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he will miss team-mate Lewis Hamilton when he leaves Mercedes at the end of the year and is confident he can class the seven-time F1 champion as a... read more »

Before Gasly's retirement and Yuki Tsunoda's failure to start the race at Monza, AlphaTauri had been the only team to score points in every race this season, putting... read more »

Max Verstappen has backed former Red Bull team-mate Alex Albon to perform at Williams due to their being less pressure on the Thai-British driver. read more »

Carlos Sainz said he is definitely trying to emulate part of team-mate Charles Leclerc's driving style at Ferrari. read more »

Mika Salo thinks Nikita Mazepin's improvement is the reason why he and his team-mate, Mick Schumacher, are having frequent racing incidents. read more »

Lando Norris believes team-mate Daniel Ricciardo's recent discovery of form will be 'good for me and the team'. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has had a range of experiences with his team-mates so far in his career, so where will George Russell fit into that spectrum? read more »

After a relatively disappointing qualifying session saw him only finish 15th, George Russell had a strong race to ninth place, while his team-mate Nicholas Latifi just missed... read more »

Lando Norris hopes his first 'shoey' will also be his last after being dragged into his McLaren team-mate Daniel Ricciardo's victory celebrations at Monza. read more »