While Friday came and went without any official protests lodged, qualifying day in Baku could provide the latest chapter in the rear wing saga. read more »

As Andrew Shovlin admits to the team's "worst Friday by some margin", Mercedes fears woeful single-lap pace will cost it dearly in qualifying. read more »

Fernando Alonso sees plenty of "potential" in the Alpine A521 which he will look to unlock overnight before qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP. read more »

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff admits he is expecting his team to endure a "very, very difficult" qualifying session in Baku on Saturday. The reigning world... read more »

Ferrari took a surprise upswing in performance over the Monaco race weekend as the team's SF21 car excelled on the slow-speed layout, allowing Charles Leclerc to score... read more »

On a strong day for Red Bull, Perez edged team-mate Verstappen in FP2 after the new F1 world championship leader had been fastest in the morning session at the Baku City... read more »

Perez joined Red Bull for 2021 after his exit from Racing Point, and anticipated it would take him around four or five races to get up to speed with the team's car.A... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has introduced a rule to stop drivers going "unnecessarily slowly" during qualifying in Baku. read more »

Other than track limits, the FIA is targeting the practice of driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying in order to create a gap to the car ahead. read more »

The new directive, issued by Masi in the second version of notes that he gave to the teams today, specified the last section of the lap that runs from Turns 17-20 and on to the... read more »

Ferrari spent the first four races of the season largely battling McLaren to lead the F1 midfield, but enjoyed a surprising upswing in form around the low-speed Monaco... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has warned drivers about creating a gap in practice and qualifying after the de facto final corner to avoid an unnecessary incident. read more »

Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has urged Kimi Raikkonen to improve his qualifying performances in a bid to boost his chances of scoring points. read more »

Sergio Perez is confident his Red Bull struggles will be over if he can find a level of consistency that has so far eluded him in qualifying. read more »

Twenty corners and a fabulously long straight. Ride onboard with Max Verstappen during 2019's qualifying session to see what makes the difference between good and great on... read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has labelled suggestions that F1 should consider an IndyCar-style red flag rule in qualifying a 'discussion there is no need to... read more »

Haas team boss, Guenther Steiner admits to being no fan of the proposal to introduce an IndyCar style rule to F1 whereby drivers who crash in qualifying lose their times. read more »

Sergio Perez is confident he will be able to compete at the front of the field regularly, once he sorts out his qualifying form. read more »

Guenther Steiner says he would prefer to find another way to finish qualifying after a car crashes, instead of the IndyCar rule that has been mooted to be brought to Formula 1. read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says the squad is braced for "another tricky" event at this weekend's Azerbaijan round, following its subdued display in Monaco.... read more »

Tsunoda moved into F1 for 2021 after finishing third in last year's F2 championship, and starred on debut with a charge through to ninth place in Bahrain.But the Japanese... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he has taken time to "reset and refocus" following his disappointing weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Australian failed to advance past Q2... read more »

Yuki Tsunoda believes his early setbacks in his Formula 1 career are to be expected and has emphasised that he is heading in the right direction. Tsunoda surged to ninth place... read more »

Williams head of vehicle performance Dave Robson believes the reason George Russell is undefeated in qualifying against Nicholas Latifi is simply that he is "bloody... read more »

F1 technical consultant Rob Smedley says the series is busy brainstorming ways to avoid sprint qualifying passing the fans by. read more »