Max Verstappen's pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix vindicates the hype around Red Bull and sets up a tantalising fight for the championship with Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Red Bull's Verstappen held off both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to claim the fifth pole position of his career to demonstrate his impressive pace during pre-season... read more »

Verstappen strikes first with pole in Bahrain, as Red Bull throw down the gauntlet to Mercedes, but will Max be facing the Silver Arrows alone? read more »

Four of the top 10 will start the race on the yellow medium C3 compound, including the top three, and this will give them more strategic options. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he still has the "last 5%" of performance to find in his McLaren F1 car after qualifying sixth at the Bahrain GP.  read more »

Sergio Perez has taken responsibility for his Q2 exit in qualifying for the season-opening Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz feared his Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying session "was over" after his car suffered a shutdown at the end of Q1. read more »

Our long runs have been good so far, both in testing and free practice, so we're going into the race confident in our ability to compete for good points. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has been summoned to the stewards over an alleged breach of yellow flag rules when Nikita Mazepin spun during qualifying in Bahrain. Mazepin suffered a... read more »

We have mixed emotions after today's qualifying with Fernando in ninth and Esteban in sixteenth. read more »

Our decision to run three times in Q1 meant that we had no new Soft tyres left, but nonetheless, making Q2 was an excellent result. read more »

Despite being eliminated in Q2 at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Sergio Perez feels he has the race pace to come through the pack. read more »

A good qualifying session, with both drivers getting through to the final part: something we have not seen since Silverstone last year. read more »

While team-mate Max Verstappen claimed pole at the Bahrain International Circuit, Perez will start Sunday's season-opener from 11th on the grid.Running on the slower... read more »

The 20-year-old Japanese was a stunning second fastest in Q1 on soft tyres, behind only eventual poleman Max Verstappen, but he struggled in Q2 as AlphaTauri attempted to get... read more »

It's fantastic to start the season this way, our first pole at the opening round since 2013 and Honda's first since Senna in 1991. read more »

We are very excited to have a real fight on our hands. read more »

Lewis Hamilton insists he is feeling optimistic after Bahrain GP qualifying as he and Mercedes feared an even bigger gap to pole-sitter Max Verstappen - and the world champion... read more »

Max Verstappen kicks off the year with a stellar lap to earn the first Pirelli Pole Position Award of 2021... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

Sebastian Vettel felt he had the "potential to be a lot faster" and further up the Bahrain GP had his Aston Martin qualifying debut not be undone by untimely yellow... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits he's "upset and angry" after he didn't make it out of Q1 in qualifying for the season-opening Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

The three Alpine Academy drivers in F2 Oscar Piastri, Christian Lundgaard and Guanyu Zhou all battled it out for victory in F2 Sprint Race 2! For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Charles Leclerc revealed he struggled during the Bahrain practice sessions but was "very happy" with his P4 finish in qualifying. read more »

While the team is well aware that its chassis is not performing as it would like against its main Formula 1 rival, it is also facing headaches in getting on top of its energy... read more »

Carlos Sainz says he feared his qualifying session in Bahrain would come to an early end when he suffered a power unit glitch in the closing stages of Q1. Sainz suffered an... read more »