We've finished today reasonably happy but, as always, there's work to do to refine the set-up and find more performance ahead of qualifying tomorrow. read more »

Carlos Sainz has suggested F1 teams have been "surprised" by the nature of the Losail International Circuit during practice for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

On a busy opening day of track action at the Losail International Circuit, Bottas set the fastest lap of the day in FP2 of 1m23.148s to claim top spot ahead of... read more »

Overall a good start but the track is evolving rapidly, and grip is coming up with every session, so we need to make sure that we keep everything in the right place. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is hoping to figure out why he's off the pace in Qatar before the business end of the weekend. read more »

Let's see what happens this weekend, there's still a lot of things to look at as everything is still so new. read more »

All the best bits from under the lights in Qatar, as the F1 drivers went through their paces in second practice... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow... read more »

Coming to a new track, we didn't expect some of the challenges here. read more »

As usual with a new track, there will be plenty of data analysis tonight as the teams begin to work out the weekend's qualifying and race strategy. read more »

The conditions were not bad, actually better than we expected. We had worse situations in the past, in places like Bahrain, where the wind and the dust made it really hard on... read more »

So far we're looking competitive, particularly over the short runs, which were very good for both drivers. The longer runs were a bit more of a challenge for the tyres. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left singing the praises of Mercedes' "guesstimation" as he and the team hit the ground running on F1's first visit to Qatar. read more »

Hamilton heads into the Qatar weekend on a high after charging from 10th on the grid to win in Brazil last Sunday, cutting Red Bull rival Max Verstappen's championship... read more »

Christian Horner has lamented criticism of Max Verstappen ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix and insisted F1 should be "encouraging not criticising" the Dutchman. read more »

With the intensity of the F1 title battle between the top two teams ramping up with three races remaining, Red Bull is placing a growing focus on the behaviour of its... read more »

Pierre Gasly says AlphaTauri is remaining realistic despite putting in a highly competitive showing during practice for Formula 1's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix. Gasly was... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he needs to "figure out" the reasons behind his lack of pace after admitting he made a slow start to Formula 1's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix... read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace for Mercedes during second practice at Formula 1's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix.  read more »

F1's title battle spilled off the track and into the press conference room at the Qatar GP as Mercedes' Toto Wolff and Red Bull's Christian Horner were pitched... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has insisted he has no perspective on the decision to deny Mercedes a review of Max Verstappen's defence of the lead at the Brazilian Grand Prix, read more »

Bottas finished ahead of Gasly and Verstappen in the second free practice session at the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fastest in FP1 but it was Bottas who set the quickest time of the day - under the floodlights in FP2 - at 1m23.148s.Pierre Gasly was an... read more »

Just after darkness had fallen at the Losail circuit, Friday's second session got underway, with Kimi Raikkonen leading the pack out of the pits and setting the opening... read more »

Max Verstappen outpaced Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the inaugural Qatar GP - but the title contenders finished third and fourth on the timesheet, with Mercedes'... read more »

Times from today's second free practice session for the Ooredoo Qatar Grand Prix. read more »