As Valtteri Bottas admits to having no explanation for his lack of pace in Baku, Toto Wolff insists the Finn wasn't sacrificed in favour of his teammate in qualifying. read more »

Pierre Gasly has spoken of his optimism ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, putting in a sterling qualifying performance to take P4 on the grid. read more »

Valtteri Bottas claimed he was "on the limit but so far off the pace" after finishing a disappointing 10th fastest for Mercedes in qualifying for Sunday's... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has "no clue" as to why he had no pace in Formula 1 qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas states he has "no clue" where he is lacking pace around the Baku Street Circuit after he ended Saturday's qualifying session in 10th place. The... read more »

Both Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez showed great pace throughout the practice sessions at the Baku circuit, and underlined their credentials to potentially claim pole... read more »

The world champion had headed in to qualifying firmly on the back foot, with his Mercedes team struggling to extract any pace from its car around the streets of Baku.But a... read more »

Pierre Gasly sets pace in FP3 as Max Verstappen crashes and Lewis Hamilton has to rely on a "monster tow" in incident-filled session. read more »

Pierre Gasly set a surprise fastest time for AlphaTauri in a hugely-eventful final practice session in Baku which saw championship leader Max Verstappen crash out and Mercedes... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is concerned Mercedes may have "a bit more in hand" after responding to Lewis Hamilton's onboard radio comments about a... read more »

As Andrew Shovlin admits to the team's "worst Friday by some margin", Mercedes fears woeful single-lap pace will cost it dearly in qualifying. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has conceded the team is already pinning its hopes on its race pace as it seeks answers to its disastrous lack of pace for this... read more »

Charles Leclerc discussed his latest Baku crash but, more intriguingly, the hidden pace of McLaren in Baku. read more »

Charles Leclerc has played down Ferrari's chances of challenging Red Bull despite showing a strong turn of pace in Formula 1 practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton had no explanation for Mercedes' disappointing pace during Formula 1 practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, admitting it is "just slow". read more »

Formula 1 returned to the streets of Baku for the first time since April 2019 on Friday, as two one-hour practice sessions were held across the morning and afternoon. Red Bull... read more »

Lewis Hamilton finished FP2 in Baku down in P11, and the Mercedes man doesn't think that he could have gone any faster. read more »

Lewis Hamilton was at a loss to explain where Mercedes' pace had disappeared to after being cast a second adrift in second practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

World champion Hamilton ended up 11th fastest in second free practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Bottas down in 16th spot - ahead of only the Williams and Haas... read more »

Red Bull and Ferrari continued to set the pace in the second practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Sergio Perez coming out on top, edging his team mate Max... read more »

Sergio Perez continued Red Bull's strong start to the Azerbaijan GP weekend by setting the pace in Practice Two, with Mercedes surprisingly outside the top 10 and well off... read more »

Both Friday practice sessions have each been cut to one hour in 2021, instead of the usual 90 minutes each.FP1 was topped by Red Bull's Max Verstappen, while team-mate... read more »

Red Bull completed a Friday practice double in Baku while Mercedes remained firmly out of the picture ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. After Max Verstappen topped first... read more »

New Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen set the pace in opening practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Wind and overenthusiasm cause issues in opening practice session in Baku, as championship leader, Max Verstappen edges out the Ferraris. read more »