But it was a tough start to the season for both Ferrari and Mercedes, as Charles Leclerc retired while running in third with an engine issue and both Lewis Hamilton and George... read more »

Carlos Sainz has expressed concern over the tyre degradation issues that saw Ferrari lose out on the final podium place to Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin in the Bahrain... read more »

That was one of our worst days in racing. It was not good at all; we are lacking pace front, right, and centre. read more »

Fourth-starting Sainz was on course for third place when his Scuderia stablemate Charles Leclerc was forced to retire on lap 39 out of 57 with a suspected engine... read more »

Leclerc was running a lonely third place in the Bahrain Grand Prix behind the dominant Red Bull duo, as Max Verstappen went on to lead a 1-2 in the opener, until his Ferrari... read more »

Alpine hid its true potential in testing at Sakhir by not running soft tyres or low fuel, but Gasly picked up the pace in second practice, when he was an encouraging... read more »

Max Verstappen has sent a warning to Red Bull's rivals that it will be even stronger in the race after the reigning champion was "surprised" by his pole position... read more »

Charles Leclerc expressed hope that Ferrari's Q3 tyre strategy will pay dividends in Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix but conceded Red Bull is likely to have strong... read more »

After topping FP2 and FP3, Alonso confirmed Aston Martin's giant leap forward by qualifying fifth in the AMR23, just six tenths off polesitter Verstappen, with team-mate... read more »

Fernando Alonso says qualifying fifth ahead of both Mercedes cars in his first race for Aston Martin felt "too good to be true". read more »

With decent long-run pace we can make good with both cars and target points tomorrow. read more »

Fernando Alonso has hailed Aston Martin's performance during qualifying in Bahrain, admitting its pace feels "too good to be true". Alonso showed rapid speed... read more »

After Red Bull appeared to be the strongest team by some margin during pre-season testing last week, Verstappen had to persevere with more understeer during Friday practice as... read more »

Max Verstappen storms to pole in Bahrain ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and the Ferraris, as Alonso and the Mercedes pair are over 0.6s off the pace. read more »

Max Verstappen has fired rivals an ominous warning over Red Bull's race pace after securing what he described as a 'surprise' pole position for the Bahrain Grand... read more »

Fernando Alonso topped the timesheet with a time of 1:32.340 in FP3 ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.  Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished the session just... read more »

Following his strong showing on Friday, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso continues to live up to the hype around him as he finishes top of the timesheet with the Red Bull... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has praised Fernando Alonso for his early season form, joking that he doesn't know "what he's taking". Alonso ended the... read more »

At the start of the 2023 F1 season, Aston Martin has caught the eye with its AMR23 during pre-season testing and this pace duly translated on Friday at the Sakhir circuit as... read more »

0.636s off the pace, Lewis Hamilton admits that Mercedes has work to do. read more »

Pace is still lacking; single lap seems more of an issue than the long run but neither are good enough, so we've clearly got some work to do. read more »

We are in a decent spot, in terms of pace, so it's really a matter of working out a few small details and making sure we are ready for the race. read more »

Charles Leclerc has appeared to already rule Ferrari out of the running for pole position ahead of tomorrow's first qualifying session of the 2023 Formula 1 season in... read more »

In the later FP2 session, which best replicates qualifying conditions, Leclerc was fourth fastest as his Scuderia team-mate Carlos Sainz ran to 14th.Leclerc was 0.46s adrift of... read more »

Lewis Hamilton fears Mercedes will be a long way off the pace of its rivals at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after he finished Friday practice eighth fastest. read more »