Verstappen will start ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and McLaren's Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars... read more »

The Red Bull drivers were amongst just a handful of drivers to gain time on the second runs in Q3, where Ferrari's challenge failed to materialise and the Mercedes drivers... read more »

Max Verstappen has explained that his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase dared him to produce a 1m28 lap in qualifying for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

The championship leader routed the rest of the field with his initial 1m29.012s, which would have been good enough for pole on its own, but a second lap yielded further... read more »

Leclerc punched in a 1m27.419s prior to a smattering of rainfall, which briefly intensified enough to dampen the circuit and reduce the available grip for the second half of... read more »

Verstappen was quickest in FP1 and FP2, setting the fastest time of the day at 1m28.078s, just 0.022s quicker than Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, while Alex Albon shone for... read more »

The championship leader topped the timesheets 0.4 seconds ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, with a 1m27.901s the quickest time of the weekend so far.Verstappen topped the... read more »

After a damp opening practice curtailed any sustained running, a dry second practice featured plenty of action with many teams testing out new parts, including substantial... read more »

Sainz set the pace courtesy of his 1m28.942s effort in the first representative dry running of the weekend to sit pretty by a little over a tenth ahead of Hamilton and... read more »

Verstappen led after the first runs in Q3 on a 1m28.991s, with Leclerc and Sainz trailing - just 0.080s covering all three.On the final runs, Leclerc headed the pack and was up... read more »

Ahead of what will be his 215th grand prix start, the two-time F1 race winner topped qualifying on the Corniche Circuit with his final soft tyre run in Q3 to depose the Ferrari... read more »

The Mexican driver bolted to the top with his final flying lap of Q3 on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit as he romped to a weekend-best 1m28.200s to triumph over the strong... 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 »

Verstappen's best lap of 1m31.294s is 2.334s slower than the 1m28.960s he set to top pre-season testing at the Sakhir track earlier this month, but that was set in much... read more »

Verstappen ended pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit with the fastest lap time, recording a best effort of 1m28.960s.The lap saw him finish 0.093s clear of... read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen topped the third and final day of the sole three-day pre-season testing with the Dutchman clocking in a sensational time of 1m28.960 on... read more »

In a frantic final hour of the afternoon session Verstappen used Pirelli's soft C4 compound to set a time of 1m28.960s, one tenth quicker than AlphaTauri's rookie... read more »