Mercedes are "happy" that Red Bull are also starting Portuguese GP on the medium tyres, especially as the Brackley squad has track position. read more »

With little to choose in pace terms between the F1 title rivals at Portimao, the two teams are heading into the race on Sunday with completely different options available in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton described his qualifying session as "messy" and felt he had "only one good lap" through the course of the three-part shootout in Portugal.... read more »

F1's top two teams opted for different tyre strategies for the final runs in Q3, with the Mercedes drivers returning to medium tyres with which they had dominated in Q2,... read more »

Mercedes driver Hamilton upset the formbook to clinch pole position ahead of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, who both made mistakes on their final Q3 laps at Imola and missed... read more »

Hamilton held on to take his 99th career pole despite not improving on his final flying lap, with his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas qualifying down in eighth, on spot... read more »

The gap between the compounds is lower than expected between hard and medium and higher than expected between medium and soft, although the difference can vary from team to team. read more »

Valtteri Bottas again headed a Mercedes 1-2 as Max Verstappen's preparations for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were dealt a blow during second practice. Bottas set the... read more »

In the Bahrain Grand Prix he struggled on the medium tyre in Q2 and started 11th, and then in the race he charged up to fifth after an engine issue on the formation lap obliged... read more »

The Japanese driver already had a debut point for 10th place in his pocket, but he showed that he already means business by stealing ninth place from Stroll at the start of the... read more »

After missing out on Q3 with the medium tyres, Perez was due to start 11th but triggered an aborted start when his RB16B shut off and coasted to a halt before the final... read more »

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo has set his sights on getting past Pierre Gasly at the start of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after the AlphaTauri driver claimed a... read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli expects a two-stop strategy to be favoured by teams at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The Sakhir circuit is rear-limited and has an... 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 »

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

Red Bull's Sergio Perez has defended the decision to complete his final Q2 lap on Medium tyres after his first attempt was deleted due to a track limit violation. Perez... read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen continued his impressive start to the 2021 Formula 1 season in a closely-contested second practice session in Bahrain. Verstappen topped... read more »

Gerhard Berger has no fears for Sebastian Vettel's medium-term F1 prospects and believes he will overcome his Aston Martin teething problems. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner believes the new Ferrari engine is a "medium step" forward, but does not have all the data. read more »

In the final hour of the afternoon Verstappen clocked a time of 1m30.674s with medium tyres on his RB16B to stay on top until the chequered flag.As expected, the four-hour... read more »

The medium yellow tyre is a very interesting compound to start the race on, with five of the top 10 qualifiers in Q2 setting their best times with this compound and four more... read more »

The medium compound might play a key role for qualifying tomorrow. read more »

The two Mercedes in first and second will be the only ones in the top 10 starting on the medium tyre, so it will be fascinating to see if they can turn that into an advantage. read more »