World Champion Lewis Hamilton says his final effort during Formula 1 qualifying at Imola was "pretty poor" and was encouraged to be so close to team-mate Valtteri... read more »

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen conceded the suspected electrical issues he suffered during qualifying ended up contributing to the sizeable advantage Mercedes gained in Q3. read more »

Lewis Hamilton missed out on a 98th pole position in Formula 1, calling his final Q3 lap at Imola "pretty p*ss poor". read more »

Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to claim pole position for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Formula 1 has returned to Imola after a 14-year absence, on... read more »

Mercedes technical director James Allison says the garage was tense as they tried to find the best Q3 strategy at the Portuguese GP. read more »

Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon will start third and sixth in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. read more »

Renault's Esteban Ocon believes that he is making good progress in Formula 1 qualifying, despite missing out on Q3 for the Portuguese Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton explains the thinking behind the decision to make his final qualifying run on the medium tyre. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo didn't do a lap in Q3 due to damage to his car picked up in Q2, and says he was just a minute away from being able to. read more »

Obviously we are a little disappointed today with only Daniel into the top ten and Esteban just missing out on Q3. read more »

This was a solid qualifying result with three of our cars in Q3, with the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing pair third and sixth on the grid. read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped all the practice sessions, Q1 and Q2 but was beaten by teammate Lewis Hamilton when it mattered. So what went wrong for car 77? read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc is in "another league" after he failed to make it through to Q3 for an eighth successive event. Vettel... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton says he had to dig "very deep" in order to see off the challenge from team-mate Valtteri Bottas and take pole position at Portimao. The... read more »

Racing Point's Sergio Perez has been handed a reprimand after he was found guilty of impeding Pierre Gasly during qualifying at Portimao. The incident occurred during Q2,... read more »

We gave both drivers the choice of tyre and run length for the last outing in Q3 - they went for the Medium and Valtteri went for one timed lap, Lewis for three. read more »

Starting fifth means we are very much in the mix for a strong result tomorrow with equally strong race pace. Lance was on course to make Q3, but a gust of wind ruined his best lap. read more »

After being beaten to pole position by Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas regrets not doing two flying laps in Q3 like his team-mate did. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Renault were a minute shy of taking part in Q3 following his spin during qualifying for F1's Portuguese GP. read more »

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he came agonisingly close to returning to qualifying at Portimao after his spin at the end of Q2. Ricciardo managed to sneak into... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left with regret after opting against logging multiple flying laps on the medium tyre in the final stage of the Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying as the Finn... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he regrets opting for just a single lap run in his final qualifying effort at the Portuguese Grand Prix after losing pole position to Lewis Hamilton read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has conceded he made the wrong decision to only complete a single hot lap at the end of Q3 at Portimao, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton taking his... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stunned Valtteri Bottas to snatch pole position for Formula 1's 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, after Bottas had topped every practice session and topped Q3... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has now out-qualified Esteban Ocon in ten of the eleven races in 2020, although they were only separated by 0.019 seconds at the end of Q3 at the Nürburgring. read more »