We saw some long stints, with more than 40 laps run on the medium and hard compounds, as well as plenty of speed on the soft compound, which allowed Hamilton to take the... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo was left to rue a costly loss of power during the Styrian Grand Prix, which he believes denied him a top six finishing position. A strong opening handful of... read more »

Verstappen said after taking pole for last weekend's French GP that "you're always a tiny bit under the potential in your first [Q3] run" when drivers are... read more »

Verstappen will start alongside Hamilton on the front row as Bottas will take a three place grid penalty for his FP2 pitlane spin, with the trio the only top 10 runners getting... read more »

The information collected today on the medium and soft compounds will also be valuable for next week, when they become the hard and medium selections. read more »

Like the cars around us, we will start the race on the Medium tyre, which will give us the opportunity to race hard tomorrow and hopefully put pressure on Max. read more »

The almost unanimous decision to run the medium tyre in Q2 gives some idea of what we can expect from the race strategy tomorrow. read more »

Verstappen dominated the race after taking the lead from title rival Lewis Hamilton during the pitstops. The Dutchman looked on course for a certain win until his left-rear... read more »

We've seen nothing today to suggest that teams will deviate from the usual one-stopper, with the soft and the medium preferred, judging from today's run plans. read more »

Max Verstappen finished fourth, as both the championship leaders encountered problems on their fastest laps in FP2.After missing most of FP1 due to a gearbox problem, Leclerc... read more »

Losing to Mercedes on medium tyre runs, Helmut Marko says if Red Bull knew exactly what was going wrong, they would "have turned it off". read more »

The A521 is generally better suited to low-speed corners, even if we've improved it since the beginning of the season across medium and high-speed corners too. read more »

Pole-sitter Hamilton was passed by Verstappen at Turn 1 on the opening lap, and spent the first stint of the race trailing the Red Bull driver, ultimately falling 5.5 seconds... read more »

Sainz qualified sixth for his home race in Barcelona, two places and one tenth shy of teammate Charles Leclerc.But Ferrari struggled on the medium tyres during last... read more »

When the session got underway, the pack was in no particular hurry to head onto the track, with Fernando Alonso eventually emerging for a solo run on the medium tyres towards... read more »

The teams concentrated on the soft and medium compounds in the afternoon, which are likely to be the key tyres for the race. read more »

Carlos Sainz says Ferrari's decision to pit him for medium tyres rather than hards was decisive in him not scoring points in Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Sainz led the midfield teams in qualifying to take P5 on the grid, and made a good start to pass Sergio Perez for fourth on the opening lap.But following a safety car period,... read more »

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 »