A minor opening lap skirmish wrecked the races of both McLaren drivers in Saudi Arabia and condemned the team to its worst start to a season in 23 years. Oscar Piastri secured... read more »

Oscar Piastri says that it will be "tricky" to stay in a points-paying position during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Australian rookie is eyeing his first career... read more »

A bittersweet qualifying today. Our aims this year are for more than simply being satisfied by making it into Q3, but this is an improvement that we welcome. read more »

Today's Qualifying is a significant improvement from the first race of the season and it's certainly satisfying to have both cars reach Q3 and starting in a... read more »

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez will start from pole position in Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix alongside Fernando Alonso after championship leader Max Verstappen was forced out of... read more »

We have a lot of data to analyse as usual for a Friday and we will continue to look at everything tonight and into tomorrow. Our main goal will be to reach Q3 again. read more »

Kevin Magnussen has expressed optimism that he and Haas can contend for points when Formula 1 returns to Saudi Arabia this weekend. Magnussen and Haas endured a low-key start... 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 »

Rivals had pegged Williams as the 10th-fastest team in the 2023 field after testing at Sakhir, a view that Albon himself supported.However, the former Red Bull driver put in a... read more »

Stella's sentiments were shared by Lando Norris, who highlighted the progress made by Aston Martin over the winter as something that McLaren could aspire to match within... 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 »

To get both cars through to Q3 in fifth and eighth is an excellent outcome. Tomorrow is what really counts, though, and we will work hard to convert these positions into points. read more »

The gap to the very front isn't ridiculous considering we only ran one new soft tyre at the end of Q3. Nevertheless, it's not where we want to be and not what we had... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he feared Mercedes' performance was such that it could struggle to make the top 10 during Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying. Mercedes had a... read more »

After setting the fastest times in second and third practice, Alonso was in the hunt for pole position in Bahrain but ran early to set his final Q3 lap and duly qualified in... read more »

After Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso paced two of the three practice sessions, Red Bull fought back in qualifying as reigning world champion Verstappen led a 1-2 ahead of... read more »

The seven-time world champion progressed from Q2 in third place, and then qualified seventh in the final session, a place behind team-mate George Russell.Hamilton said that the... read more »

Alexander Albon expressed frustration after believing Williams had top 10 potential at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix. Albon was ninth-fastest in Q1, displaying... read more »

Leclerc jumped out of his SF-23 after posting his banker lap in Q3 to forfeit his shot at pole position, with the driver settling for third place by lapping 0.292s adrift of... read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of Red Bull Racing team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which was split into three... read more »

Carlos Sainz finished fourth ahead of his compatriot Fernando Alonso, with the Aston Martin driver only running once in the final segment due to having one set fewer of the... read more »

The injury was sustained when the Spaniard crashed into the wall during Q3 in Australia last year. Alonso suffered a hydraulics failure aboard his Alpine to end a lap headlined... read more »

The Italian outfit's strategy calls came under the spotlight last year after a number of high-profile costly errors. This included bad pit calls at the Monaco Grand Prix... read more »

Ex-Formula 1 driver Pedro de La Rosa has brushed away suggestions that Sergio Perez crashed on purpose at the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year. During the final laps of Q3,... read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has heaped praise on Lando Norris, believing that his one-lap pace doesn't get enough credit. Norris has been a frequent fixture in Q3 battles during... read more »