Verstappen was on course to grab pole for Red Bull after setting two purple sectors on his final qualifying lap, only to run wide at the final corner and hit the wall.It left... read more »

Verstappen was on course to beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position for Saudi Arabia's first F1 race but locked up at the final corner on his last Q3 lap and hit the wall on... read more »

Lewis Hamilton took pole position and will share the front row with Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas for the first-ever Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Drinks are on Valtteri Bottas in the Mercedes garage after his mechanics were able to repair his car in time for qualifying. read more »

The defending F1 world champion held on to take his fifth pole of the season in Jeddah after Max Verstappen hit the wall at the final corner on his last lap in Q3, having... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' decision to change his engine after final Formula 1 practice didn't impact his qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has vowed to do "whatever I can" to assist team-mate Lewis Hamilton from the front row of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

In the Q3 shoot-out at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas had just demoted Verstappen to third when the Dutchman embarked on a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas gave Mercedes a front row lockout as he rose ahead of Verstappen seconds before the Dutchman's late drama.The two title contenders had different programmes... read more »

Hamilton will start ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each... read more »

Mercedes is facing a race against time to change the engine in Valtteri Bottas' W12 ahead of qualifying in Saudi Arabia after detecting a fuel leak in final practice. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was full of praise for the Jeddah Corniche Circuit after finishing the first day of running at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix second fastest to team-mate Lewis... read more »

The long run pace seemed competitive, Lewis was a little happier than Valtteri, and we finished the day with quite different setups on the cars. read more »

The Mercedes driver completed a clean sweep of top times on Friday in Jeddah, leading FP2 by 0.061s from team-mate Valtteri Bottas despite both drivers having their soft tyre... read more »

Hamilton topped both free practice sessions at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, narrowly edging out teammate Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly in the second... read more »

Red Bull enters the penultimate race of the season in Saudi Arabia trailing Mercedes by just five points at the top of the constructors' championship, while Max Verstappen... read more »

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton continued where he left off earlier in the first practice by going quickest in the more representative afternoon session for the inaugural... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stayed on top of the timesheets as he led a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in second practice for Formula 1's inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand... read more »

Hamilton beat his title rival Max Verstappen of Red Bull in FP1 by 0.056s and was then 0.061s ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas under the floodlights in FP2.Saudi... read more »

A fortnight ago Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, McLaren's Lando Norris and Williams duo George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all suffered similar looking left front tyre... read more »

Formula 1's tyre supplier Pirelli has outlined an initial conclusion regarding the punctures that occurred during the Qatar Grand Prix two weeks ago. Valtteri Bottas,... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has paid tribute to Sir Frank Williams, thanking him for giving him a chance in Formula 1. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has sworn to race hard but remain 'professional' as the title fight between team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen nears a climax. read more »

Valtteri Bottas does not believe he would be in Formula 1 but for the late Sir Frank Williams. read more »

Gasly started the inaugural F1 race at the Losail International Circuit from second, the first front-row start of his F1 career, after yellow flag penalties demoted Max... read more »