Sebastian Vettel finally made it into Q3 as an Aston Martin driver, and will start the Portuguese Grand Prix from tenth on the grid. read more »

In Portugal on Saturday, the new Ferrari driver demonstrated that he is a fast learner by outpacing his team-mate Charles Leclerc in Q3 to claim fifth on the grid.It's... read more »

Russell qualified 11th for the Portuguese Grand Prix - his best qualifying result for the Williams squad - and ended up just 0.057 seconds adrift of reaching Q3 for the first... read more »

Vettel finished the Q3 session in 10th place, having at times during qualifying shown the potential to be even higher on the grid.It was the first time in 2021 that Vettel has... read more »

The Scuderia Ferrari team had both drivers in the top 10 with Sainz in fifth and Leclerc in eighth positio read more »

In his third qualifying outing for Red Bull, Perez finished fourth in Q3 at Portimao and just 0.144s off teammate Max Verstappen in third place.But the Mexican driver reported... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he's slowly becoming more comfortable with Aston Martin's 2021 Formula 1 challenger as he progressed into Q3 for the first time this season. read more »

George Russell was close to making it into Q3 in Qualifying in Portugal, and Williams' Dave Robson says there was a little bit of disappointment within the team he... read more »

The Finnish driver became the third different polesitter in the opening three races of the 2021 F1 season, beating Hamilton in Q3 by just 0.007 seconds, to record his 17th... read more »

Bottas failing to warm up his tyres sufficiently in Q3 last time out at Imola meant he slumped to eighth on the grid and further struggles with retaining tyre temperature in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes his qualifying outing at Portimao was the most comfortable he has felt at Aston Martin since joining the team. In his third race weekend with his new... read more »

Lewis Hamilton described his qualifying session as "messy" and felt he had "only one good lap" through the course of the three-part shootout in Portugal.... read more »

Sebastian Vettel conceded he did not extract the maximum from his Aston Martin despite reaching Q3 for the first time in 15 races. read more »

Red Bull driver Verstappen managed to set the fastest time out of all the first runs in Q3, only for his effort to be deleted after the stewards deemed he exceeded track limits... read more »

Sebastian Vettel ended his 15-race streak of missing Q3 with a solid display at the Portuguese Grand Prix, but felt he had more pace in him. read more »

Hamilton entered qualifying at Portimao looking to become the first driver in F1 history to hit triple-figures for pole positions.But after setting the fastest time in Q2,... read more »

F1's top two teams opted for different tyre strategies for the final runs in Q3, with the Mercedes drivers returning to medium tyres with which they had dominated in Q2,... read more »

Alpine looked strong in FP2 in Portimao, securing P5 and P6, so much so that Lando Norris is worried about making it to Q3 ahead of them. read more »

Lando Norris says McLaren is unconvinced that it can qualify in the top half of the grid in Portugal and conveyed surprise at the speed displayed by Alpine. Norris holds third... read more »

The Briton, who finished on the podium at Imola a fortnight ago, was eighth in the morning session and 12th in the afternoon on a day when the wind and low grip track surface... read more »

Lance Stroll will start inside the top ten on Sunday despite having both laps in Q3 deleted for exceeding track limits. read more »

After losing out to Red Bull in the fight for pole at the Bahrain Grand Prix three weeks ago, Mercedes struck back at Imola as Lewis Hamilton topped qualifying on Saturday.But... read more »

In only his second event for Red Bull, Perez out-qualified team-mate Max Verstappen and felt he actually lost pole at Imola to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton with a mistake in... read more »

Norris was on course to take third place on the grid for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which would have been his best-ever qualifying result in F1, but saw his fastest lap... read more »

Mercedes driver Hamilton upset the formbook to clinch pole position ahead of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, who both made mistakes on their final Q3 laps at Imola and missed... read more »