Verstappen led easily away from pole position, while Perez lost second to Leclerc after he made a slow getaway and fell behind the Ferrari driver.Any hope of a battle for the... read more »

Verstappen controlled the race at the front from the start, as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc grabbed second early on thanks to starting on fresh soft tyres.Verstappen's... read more »

Charles Leclerc has endured a heartbreaking retirement from the Bahrain Grand Prix on lap 40. read more »

Contact between Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll added extra drama to the opening exchanges at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Charles Leclerc expressed hope that Ferrari's Q3 tyre strategy will pay dividends in Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix but conceded Red Bull is likely to have strong... 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 »

Ride onboard as the reigning world champ powers his way around the Bahrain International Circuit. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

Leclerc jumped out of his SF-23 after posting his banker lap in Q3 to forfeit his shot at pole position, with the driver settling for third place by lapping 0.292s adrift of... read more »

Fernando Alonso topped the timesheet with a time of 1:32.340 in FP3 ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.  Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished the session just... read more »

At the start of the 2023 F1 season, Aston Martin has caught the eye with its AMR23 during pre-season testing and this pace duly translated on Friday at the Sakhir circuit as... read more »

Pace is still lacking; single lap seems more of an issue than the long run but neither are good enough, so we've clearly got some work to do. read more »

AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda reckons that this year's car is an improvement on last season, but concedes that the team is nowhere near where it wants to be. Tsunoda’s... read more »

The lap times were not competitive, so we have a significant amount of work ahead of us to understand why we seem to have taken a step back compared to the test. read more »

Jump onboard with Fernando Alonso, for a qualifying-spec run around Bahrain in his Aston Martin AMR23. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

Sergio Perez says that Fernando Alonso's session-topping FP2 lap time confirms Aston Martin's strong pace for the 2023 Formula 1 season. Alonso beat Perez and... read more »

The injury was sustained when the Spaniard crashed into the wall during Q3 in Australia last year. Alonso suffered a hydraulics failure aboard his Alpine to end a lap headlined... read more »

We will be going flat out this weekend - and are determined to keep that going to the final lap in Abu Dhabi. read more »

Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu was pleased to take the fastest lap on Friday, and is feeling comfortable with C43 after extensive mileage. read more »

A cursory glance at the timesheets already pointed in that direction, with Sergio Perez having set the benchmark overall in the late flurry of lower fuel runs on the final... read more »

The change will ensure that the lap finishes with two fast corners, as it did in the past, and the hope is that it will allow cars to follow more closely onto the straight and... read more »

Alpine's Esteban Ocon says the team is targeting a retention of fourth in the championship this season following a "trouble-free" winter. Alpine was one of the... read more »

Sergio Perez set the fastest time of 2023 Pre-Season Testing in Bahrain with this effort on the final day. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

F1's Bahrain pre-season test is now over with Red Bull asserting itself as favourite ahead of the new campaign. read more »

Perez set the time on the last of the three days of testing, before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit on March 5. Lewis Hamilton was second-quickest... read more »

Sergio Perez achieved the fastest lap time as Red Bull set the pace in Bahrain on the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing ahead of the 2023 season. Perez traded times... read more »