Andrew Shovlin has described Valtteri Bottas as looking like "the man" in the opening exchanges in Qatar after topping the Friday timesheets but the team is still shy... read more »

Valtteri Bottas ended the opening day of the Qatar Grand Prix on top, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton in fourth after a difficult start to the weekend for the World Champion. read more »

Max Verstappen knows there's still plenty to do this weekend, but he finds the Losail International Circuit 'really cool' to drive. read more »

There will still be some uncertainty going into Qualifying and the race and so we are looking forward to adapting to the situation as it unfolds and making the very most of the... read more »

With it being so difficult to overtake, securing a good position on the grid will play a major part in our final result. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi appears set to face questions from Formula 1 drivers over racing standards after Mercedes' request to review Max Verstappen's driving... read more »

Mercedes has denied Red Bull's claim over its Formula 1 rear wing having score marks as questions over its impressive straight-line speed continue at this weekend's... read more »

What will be key is balancing the first and last sectors, due to tyre overheating that is caused by the high temperatures here. read more »

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 »