Romain Grosjean says he was urging Nico Hulkenberg to knock him into the elimination zone in Q2 because he knew it would set him up well for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean... read more »

Jenson Button is forced to admit that rookie team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne 'did a good job' after an unexplained balance switch leaves him behind the Belgian in Bahrain... read more »

Manor Formula 1 rookie Pascal Wehrlein admits he was hoping to make it to the second phase of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying read more »

Formula 1 debutant Stoffel Vandoorne declared himself happy after he secured 12th position on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vandoorne, filling in for the unfit Fernando... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein hailed the progress made by Manor after he qualified in 16th position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Wehrlein comfortably out-qualified team-mate Rio Haryanto and... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein ends the first day of the Bahrain Grand Prix just a second off the top ten despite not using a single set of super-soft tyres. read more »

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo believes he faces a challenge to reach the final segment of qualifying after Friday's pair of practice sessions at Sakhir. Ricciardo, who... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff doubts that this weekend's qualifying session at the Bahrain Grand Prix will be more entertaining, after the new format was heavily criticised in... read more »

Rookie driver Jolyon Palmer qualified P14 in Australia and admitted he did not expect to be any higher on the grid for Renault on Saturday. read more »

Magnussen didn't expect Renault to make it through to Q2 read more »

Renault drivers Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen expressed surprise at progressing through to the second knockout segment during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.... read more »

Fernando Alonso at least had something to smile about, brushing off 12th on the grid as he describes his McLaren as a big step forward. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the changes to the qualifying format are 'rubbish', after the system was sampled for the first time during the Australian Grand Prix.... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes the sport needs to apologise to Formula 1 fans after the new qualifying format failed to achieve the desired spectacle. Under a... read more »

The changes to Formula 1's qualifying format for 2016 have been approved, following a meeting of the FIA's World Motor Sport Council in Geneva. The Strategy Group and... read more »

Formula 1 is set to delay the introduction of its amended qualifying format until the Spanish Grand Prix, after Bernie Ecclestone said that the required software changes cannot... read more »

Formula 1 could adopt a revised qualifying system in 2016, the first major change to the format in a decade. Since 2006, Formula 1 has used a knockout system in three stages,... read more »

Sebastian Vettel accepted that he and Ferrari made a misjudgement after a shock exit from the first part of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel had set a time on... read more »

Jenson Button thinks McLaren could have made its first Q3 appearance of the season in Abu Dhabi after settling for 12th on the grid. While a late puncture scuppered Fernando... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he was knocked out of the first round of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Ferrari simply made the wrong call over whether his initial Q1 time... read more »

Fernando Alonso was left to rue "cruel luck" for McLaren after he suffered a puncture during his final attempt during the first knockout segment of qualifying at the... read more »

Jenson Button was a bright spot for McLaren as he made it into Q2, but Romain Grosjean had problems on his last Lotus qualifying outing. read more »

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel says he and the team will have to "create a miracle" if the squad is to overhaul Mercedes during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Vettel was... read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel admits Q2 briefly gave him false hope of a closer battle with Mercedes before he settled for third on the grid in Brazil. Mercedes has seemed to... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says that he could not have hoped for more than a spot on row two of the grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix, despite splitting the Mercedes in Q2 at Interlagos. read more »