The fact that this year's pole was around eight-tenths faster, in similar conditions, underlines the increased performance of the 2023 car-tyre package. read more »

Fernando Alonso says qualifying fifth ahead of both Mercedes cars in his first race for Aston Martin felt "too good to be true". read more »

George Russell has referred to Fernando Alonso as a ‘dark horse’ by suggesting the Spaniard will pose a larger threat than Ferrari to Mercedes' hopes of a podium in... read more »

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 »

To get both cars through to Q3 in fifth and eighth is an excellent outcome. Tomorrow is what really counts, though, and we will work hard to convert these positions into points. read more »

The gap to the very front isn't ridiculous considering we only ran one new soft tyre at the end of Q3. Nevertheless, it's not where we want to be and not what we had... read more »

In general, that's not where we aim to be, and we certainly have improvements to make to ensure we're qualifying in much stronger positions at later races. read more »

With decent long-run pace we can make good with both cars and target points tomorrow. read more »

Today's result is a good first step and a platform on which we can build on to score points tomorrow. read more »

This is promising, but there is still much to do to get the car to where we want it. read more »

It was a pretty good day for us today. All the work that was put in last year and over winter to make and develop this car has come to fruition. read more »

A frustrating result this evening but one that shows good promise. read more »

Lance Stroll has revealed he suffered further injuries from his cycling accident which put his participation in this weekend's F1 Bahrain Grand Prix in doubt. read more »

Fernando Alonso has described the prospect of fighting Ferrari and Mercedes for the podium at the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix as "unreal". read more »

Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he feared Mercedes' performance was such that it could struggle to make the top 10 during Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying. Mercedes had a... read more »

Lance Stroll has revealed an additional injury sustained in his cycling crash after qualifying eighth for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Aston Martin's Lance Stroll qualified eighth for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and then revealed he had broken a big toe as well as both wrists in a... 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 setting the fastest times in second and third practice, Alonso was in the hunt for pole position in Bahrain but ran early to set his final Q3 lap and duly qualified in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is pinning his hopes on his car set-up coming good in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after feeling Mercedes made progress despite him only qualifying seventh. read more »

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After a disappointing qualifying for the season-opener in Bahrain, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualifying sixth and seventh, Wolff said the reality 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 »

Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes "can definitely close the gap" to Red Bull after qualifying for the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.  read more »

Toto Wolff remains confident Mercedes are still capable of providing Lewis Hamilton with a title-winning car after a disappointing F1 qualifying performance in the... read more »