Starting from the second row is actually a positive result considering that we will have the only driver with an extra set of new soft tyres. read more »

Ferrari driver Leclerc looked to have the potential to beat Perez and possibly even threaten eventual pole winner Verstappen for top spot, but surprisingly climbed out of his... 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 »

Charles Leclerc opted against completing his final run of qualifying at the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in order to save a set of tyres.  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 »

As part of an effort to reduce the number of tyres that are brought to grands prix, at two races this year an experiment will take place for a new qualifying format.The number... read more »

In the wake of Verstappen's third-place finish in Monte Carlo, as Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez triumphed, both drivers found themselves subject to a Ferrari protest... read more »

The cars ran without issue, and we worked through our planned programme, which today meant fine-tuning set-up and developing our understanding of the tyres. read more »

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished fourth in a session where the top 13 drivers finished within one-second of each other, the Mercedes drivers were locked in the pack and... read more »

Pirelli has revamped its rubber for 2023 in a bid to make the fronts stronger, which is aimed at dialling out the understeer that became a common factor throughout last... read more »

The 2023 F1 season gets under way with the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday and tyres (as ever) will be a crucial element of race strategy. read more »

Pierre Gasly is confident that Alpine can pull off a competitive Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain, with further upgrades planned for the already 'solid' A523. ... read more »

A decision on next year will be made in July, and in the interim Pirelli has to develop and test tyres that the drivers, teams and the FIA are satisfied with. It's not... read more »

TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that... read more »

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly did not feature that high on timing screens over the three-day pre-season test in Sakhir as the team focused on longer runs and experimentation... read more »

Under a searing sun the opening phase of the final opportunity to test ahead of next week's Bahrain Grand Prix was dominated by longer runs, with Perez moving up the order... read more »

Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has opposed the proposal to ban tyre blankets for the 2024 season. Tyre blankets have been utilised in F1 for some time and... read more »

With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead... read more »

After taking over from team-mate Sergio Perez for the afternoon session, Verstappen instantly lit up the timesheet in the Red Bull RB19 and carved his way to top spot with a... read more »

Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu ended the second day of pre-season testing from the Bahrain International Circuit as the fastest driver. Zhou's fastest lap came in the final... read more »

Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola has revealed the reasoning behind the introduction of a new wet weather compound this season. read more »

Verstappen, the only driver to run for the full day as all other F1 teams split their programmes, put in a 1m32.837s midway through the afternoon to improve on his effort that... 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 »

Although the tyre compounds remaining unchanged from 2022 - other than the addition of a new C1, with the previous tyre of that specification becoming a new C0 to close the... read more »

The change of specification was formally approved at today's meeting of the F1 Commission, which was held at the F1 organisation's HQ in London.An F1/FIA statement... read more »