In an extremely tight Q3 field, Alonso's 1m29.542s yielded him sixth on Saturday's grid.And while he was a tantalisingly close 0.005s off Sergio Perez in fifth and... read more »

Three-time world champion Verstappen will begin his title defence from first place on the grid in Sakhir after his 1min29.179s final flying lap eclipsed main threat Leclerc by... read more »

The reigning champion had taken a back seat during the opening two stages of qualifying but, when it came down to Q3, he set a demanding benchmark of a 1m29.421s - and then... read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars... read more »

Last year Norris enjoyed his best season to date with McLaren, taking seven podiums to finish sixth in the drivers' standings, a single point behind Fernando Alonso and... read more »

Although he finished the 2023 season as runner-up in the F1 championship, Perez had a campaign to forget in many regards, 290 points off team-mate Max Verstappen and bereft of... read more »

Perez had arrived in Miami just six points back from Verstappen in the drivers' standings and with a 2-2 record for GP race wins following his triumph in Jeddah and his... read more »

Lando Norris was threatening to nick pole position off Max Verstappen in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale but on his final flying lap in Q3, he suffered a large slide... read more »

In a tight Q2 session, Hamilton could only muster 11th and reported on the radio afterwards that "there's something not right with this car". Meanwhile,... read more »

Oscar Piastri reveals that he had been struggling throughout the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend up until the final segment of qualifying after securing third place on the grid.... read more »

Sergio Perez has issued a call to the FIA for a review of its track limits processes after he was “hurt” by a costly lap time deletion during qualifying in Abu Dhabi. Perez has... read more »

Lando Norris believes he "threw away" pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a mistake on his final run in Q3 on Saturday. read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff admits he's "happy" Abu Dhabi marked the final qualifying session of the 2023 Formula 1 season amid its continued one-lap... read more »

Oscar Piastri has escaped punishment from the Formula 1 Stewards after the McLaren driver was investigated for an alleged case of impeding during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi... read more »

Lando Norris rued committing another mistake in qualifying that he's convinced cost him a certain second place on the grid for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Norris... read more »

The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen's main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel... read more »

Charles Leclerc admits he was concerned about being eliminated in Q1 before ending up with a "surprise" front row in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Having... read more »

The three-time champion signed off his season's qualifying efforts with a 12th pole, having pipped Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc by 0.139 seconds despite failing to... read more »

Leclerc ultimately lapped only 0.139 seconds shy of polesitter Max Verstappen in the final part of the shootout, with the Red Bull driver failing to improve on his last flying... read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with... read more »

In a final qualifying session where the soft tyres were good for just a single flying lap - unlike the multiple fliers seen last week in Las Vegas - Lewis Hamilton was also... read more »

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was downbeat after a curtailed day of practice in Abu Dhabi and said that getting into Q3 will be “a challenge.” Hamilton missed out on running in FP1,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes it might be difficult to make Q3 after his one session of running in Abu Dhabi was disrupted by two red flags. read more »

Valtteri Bottas revealed how his Las Vegas Grand Prix was scuppered beyond the start after sustaining diffuser damage when he was hit from behind by Sergio Perez. The Finn... read more »

Williams’ Alex Albon exclaimed he could have made the top three of Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying had the event come earlier on in the 2023 Formula 1 season. Albon and his... read more »