Leclerc pipped Red Bull driver Verstappen by 0.123s in the third and final segment of the one-hour qualifying session, in which five cars are knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr qualified third, with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finishing down in fifth and ninth.After the first runs in Q3 it was Sainz who led the... read more »

The Finn progressed into Q3 in all 101 of his starts for Mercedes, notching 20 poles during that time, in a streak that stretches back to his Williams farewell in the 2016 Abu... read more »

The team had a tricky first test in Barcelona, where it was held back by not running DRS and focusing on high fuel runs.But after finally letting its drivers go for some lower... read more »

Alpine were able to resolve their porpoising issues in Bahrain with Alan Permane saying the team will be in the Q3 fight come Saturday. read more »

Max Verstappen says lap times don't matter until "Q3 in Bahrain" but so far he's happy with his new Red Bull RB18. read more »

Team officials have discussed the removal of the rule for a number of years, which had been in place since 2014 and required all drivers who reached Q3 to start the race on... read more »

The FIA has announced that the regulation regarding its Q2 starting tyre rule has been abolished for the 2022 Formula 1 season. For several years, F1 drivers who made it into... read more »

He's got into Q2, Q3, scored points and a podium, but George Russell won't rest until he's become World Champion. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will join Max Verstappen on the front row for the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but was unable to match his title rival in Q3 in Qualifying. read more »

Before he dominated Q3 to take pole at the Yas Marina track ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen had initially tried to get through Q2 on the mediums - the same compound his... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes never discussed using towing tactics in qualifying for Formula 1's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.  read more »

Max Verstappen believes he gained one-tenth from Sergio Perez's slipstream on his first run of Q3 in Formula 1 qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Verstappen appeared to have been on the backfoot in pace terms compared to title rival Lewis Hamilton through the first two qualifying stages at the Yas Marina circuit.But a... read more »

Max Verstappen praised Sergio Perez for their team work during Abu Dhabi qualifying but says the tow he received was not the determining factor in his pole position. Verstappen... read more »

Bottas finished over nine tenths of a second off pole-sitter Max Verstappen's lap time in Q3 as Red Bull took a surprise pole position ahead of Mercedes, which had led FP2... read more »

Lewis Hamilton credited title rival Max Verstappen post-qualifying, saying he had "no answer" to the Q3 benchmark set by the Red Bull driver. Hamilton set the pace... read more »

Verstappen pulled off a brilliant effort in his first run in Q3 to deliver a lap that was half a second clear of everyone else - although it was slightly helped by a tow from... read more »

Full Q1, Q2 and Q3 results from qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Round 22 of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of Hamilton and McLaren's Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which was split into three segments with five cars each being... read more »

The two title contenders will start Sunday's race on different strategies after Verstappen used the softs to go through Q2, where Hamilton progressed on the mediums, and... read more »

Max Verstappen stormed to pole position for Formula 1's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ahead of championship rival Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen clocked a time of... read more »

Charles Leclerc "closed the eyes" as he had a moment through Turn 22 in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian GP. read more »

Verstappen was on course to beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position for Saudi Arabia's first F1 race but locked up at the final corner on his last Q3 lap and hit the wall on... read more »

Max Verstappen lost the chance of pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after crashing at the final turn on his final flying lap in Q3 on Saturday. read more »