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 »

However, the squad feels that moving away from the strong single-lap form that helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell top Thursday practice was essential to give it a decent... read more »

While Charles Leclerc was unable to repeat his session-topping Q2 time, clearing the way for Max Verstappen to grab pole position, Russell led the Mercedes charge by running... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has explained the set-up change which resulted in his disappointing qualifying performance in Bahrain. read more »

An unusual trend between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell continued at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen stormed to the first pole position of the season for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a 34th career pole for the Dutchman. The reigning champion was 0.228s... 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 »

Reigning Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen claimed the first pole position of the 2024 season in Bahrain. The Red Bull driver beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.228s,... read more »

Video: George Russell asks the Team what their @Formula1 intro pose would be ? read more »

Max Verstappen finished half a second adrift in sixth in Thursday's FP2, which was held in similar night-time conditions as qualifying and the race, with team-mate Sergio... read more »

Mercedes had a low-key test at Sakhir in terms of outright pace, but the Brackley team topped the times in FP2, with Lewis Hamilton ahead of George Russell.Carlos Sainz was... read more »

George Russell says Mercedes must strive to understand the surprise pace that saw it take a 1-2 in the second practice session for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Mercedes had... read more »

In Thursday evening's second free practice session, which is held in similar conditions to qualifying and the race, Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of Russell,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton heads teammate George Russell and Fernando Alonso in second practice session, albeit as speculation mounts over fuel loads and engine modes. read more »

George Russell doesn't think Mercedes are capable of challenging Red Bull despite showing strong pace in Bahrain practice. read more »

Having hidden their true pace in testing, Lewis Hamilton demonstrated the one-lap performance of his brand-new Mercedes W15 by topping the representative sesond practice... read more »

The Briton set the early benchmark in the session on soft tyres and subsequently cranked up the dial with a 1m30.374s to put distance between himself and the rest of the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes 1-2 in FP2 after topping the timesheets with a lap time of 1:30.374s. The seven-time champion sat two-tenths clear of Mercedes team-mate George... read more »

Lewis Hamilton fronted a Mercedes 1-2 in the second practice session for Formula 1’s season-opening 2024 round in Bahrain this weekend. The seven-time champion emerged quickest... read more »

George Russell has delivered a worrying assessment of the Mercedes W15 - bouncing is back. read more »

Last year, Mercedes stuck to its troublesome 2022 concept, which it realised was a mistake as soon as it showed up to winter testing.The team rallied to finish second in the... read more »

George Russell has reiterated that Mercedes now has a better base to build upon with its 2024 Formula 1 car but admitted that the team is still “lacking downforce”. Mercedes... read more »

Mercedes has been consistent in saying its W15 is a step forward compared to the recalcitrant W13 and W14 cars with which it opened F1's latest ground-effect era in 2022... read more »

Will Mercedes go for Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Fernando Alonso or somebody else to replace Lewis Hamilton? read more »

The Brackley squad focused on long stints rather than glory runs across the three-day winter test in Bahrain, with George Russell taking second on the final day using softer C4... read more »