Slipping and sliding their way around the Baku street circuit, Valtteri Bottas was quickest in Friday's first practice while Max Verstappen met the barriers. read more »

Valtteri Bottas leads Azerbaijan GP FP1, Max Verstappen crashes read more »

Bottas fastest in the first F1 practice session of the Baku weekend as Red Bull and Ferrari have more difficult sessions. read more »

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Losing the rear of his RB14, Max Verstappen become the first - but likely not the only - casualty of the Baku GP weekend as he got it wrong in FP1. read more »

The German finished sixth fastest in FP1 in China before improving to fourth in FP2, but hopes for better on Saturday in Shanghai. read more »

The Dutchman ended both FP1 and FP2 in fifth, and says that Red Bull's long run pace is pleasing. read more »

Such is Lewis Hamilton's pace around the Shanghai International circuit that even Ferrari and Red Bull's switch to the ultras was not enough to depose him from the... read more »

The Chinese Grand Prix weekend got underway on Friday morning, with windy conditions causing a fair few off-track excursions... For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Lewis Hamilton's bid to become a six-time winner in China got off to a promising start on Friday with the Mercedes driver dominating opening practice on a cool and... read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a comfortable advantage over Kimi Raikkonen in the opening practice session for Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix read more »

The Spaniard was eleventh fastest in FP1 but ninth in the evening session. read more »

Max Verstappen believes Red Bull has good pace round Bahrain despite missing first practice read more »

The Finn was third and fastest in FP1 and FP2 respectively as the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend got underway on Friday. read more »

Max Verstappen is certain he's not lost any vital track time after sitting out most of FP1 as he produced some eye-catching race pace in the second session read more »

Cars headed out into the heat of Bahrain for the first session in the desert, where there were mixed fortunes for the Red Bull drivers... For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Mixed emotions for Red Bull as Daniel Ricciardo tops FP1 timesheets and teammate Max Verstappen is sidelined by engine issue. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time in the first Formula 1 practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix as Red Bull had the edge on a tight Mercedes/Ferrari battle read more »

Daniel Ricciardo was the early pace-setter in Bahrain after FP1, but Max Verstappen was unable to set a timed lap after an on-track stoppage within the first five minutes. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo leads the way from Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen in opening F1 practice in Bahrain as Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen hits trouble. read more »

The main focus of the day was on set-up work and tyre management in preparation for the race. A good improvement was made from FP1 to FP2. read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident McLaren "managed to recover everything" after he was kept in the garage for a large part of FP1 in Australia. read more »

The opening round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship began on Friday at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit as teams prepared for the Australian Grand Prix on... read more »

The wait is over - F1 is back! Catch up on the best of the action from the first session of 2018 in Melbourne... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on... read more »

A familiar story to start the new F1 season as Lewis Hamilton heads up a Mercedes one-two while McLaren loses track time due to an issue on its car. read more »