The track surface presents a challenge, being low grip and graining is a factor that has affected car performance in all the Grands Prix held here. read more »

Hamilton slumped to his worst qualifying performance in almost three years as he struggled to get his tyres in the right temperature window, leaving him low on grip.The... read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident his disastrous qualifying session in Monaco is a "one-off" after blaming traffic and a lack of grip for being knocked out of Q1 for the... read more »

Fernando Alonso bemoaned a lack of grip for his early exit in Formula 1 qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton bemoaned a "lack of grip" as he ended a "pretty terrible" day by qualifying only seventh on the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Mechanical grip is key to success in Monaco as is qualifying and strategy, with the renowned difficulty in overtaking. This puts the accent firmly on track position. read more »

The very stable Mercedes we saw at the Spanish Grand Prix has already made the memories of Bahrain seem very distant, where it suffered from a lack of grip at the rear of its... read more »

Gasly finished in twelfth and Tsunoda in sixteenth position for the Sucderia AlphaTauri Honda team at the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix read more »

The Enstone-based outfit endured a difficult start to the season, as it struggled to make much of an impact in the midfield battle during the Bahrain and Emilia Romagna... read more »

While Lewis Hamilton managed to beat title rival Max Verstappen to victory in Portugal last weekend, the low-grip track surface and tricky tyre characteristics meant it was... read more »

Formula 1's second visit to Portimao came threw up vastly different conditions to its inaugural grand prix last October, but ended with the same race winner in Lewis... read more »

Max Verstappen hopes twice will be enough for F1 at Portimao - a venue not to his liking due to the lack of grip. read more »

The Australian has had difficult weekends at Imola and Portimao, being unable to match teammate Lando Norris.But the contrast was huge during qualifying at the Portuguese Grand... read more »

In his third qualifying outing for Red Bull, Perez finished fourth in Q3 at Portimao and just 0.144s off teammate Max Verstappen in third place.But the Mexican driver reported... read more »

The thrilling battle between Mercedes and Red Bull continued in the qualifying session for today's Portuguese Grand Prix with Mercedes finding the better grip in the... read more »

Max Verstappen says a low-grip track surface at the Algarve Formula 1 circuit meant he has so far been unable to enjoy a "single lap" of the Portuguese Grand Prix... read more »

Max Verstappen says he no longer enjoys driving at Portimao after criticising the levels of grip available from the track surface. The venue, which joined the pandemic-hit... read more »

In overcast and cooler conditions compared to the Friday running, the drivers had to spend lots of time carefully preparing their tyres to get them in the correct temperature... read more »

Max Verstappen described the slippery Portimao circuit as "not very enjoyable to drive" after the Red Bull driver finished second in both Friday practice sessions for... read more »

Mick Schumacher says the lack of grip available during practice for Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix brought back memories from his time in Formula 3 and go-karting.... read more »

The Briton, who finished on the podium at Imola a fortnight ago, was eighth in the morning session and 12th in the afternoon on a day when the wind and low grip track surface... read more »

Lewis Hamilton feels Pirelli picked the wrong tyre for this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix after the drivers again struggled for grip on the slippery Portimao circuit. read more »

Last year's running in Portimao saw drivers struggle with low grip conditions throughout the race weekend, most notably on Sunday when a sprinkling of rain and low... read more »

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen said it was "not very enjoyable to drive" during practice for Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix and expressed frustration at the focus... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led the way for Mercedes, ahead of Formula 1's title front-runners, during opening practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Drivers struggled with tyre... read more »