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 »

Results from the second practice session at the Qatar Grand Prix, Round 20 of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. read more »

Valtteri Bottas put Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in the shade under the lights for the first time ahead of this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set two laps quick enough for top spot during second practice for Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix as Pierre Gasly surprisingly emerged as a contender. Bottas... read more »

Red Bull has warned Mercedes it is ready to protest the rear wing design on its Formula 1 rival's car at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.  read more »

Nikita Mazepin will not take part in second Formula 1 practice for the Qatar Grand Prix after sustaining damage in FP1. read more »

Haas driver Nikita Mazepin will miss second practice for the Qatar Grand Prix after damaging his chassis in FP1. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has threatened a protest over Mercedes' rear wing after raising questions regarding "score marks" on the endplates. Last... read more »

Sit back and watch all the best bits from our first ever F1 session from Qatar, as Round 20 of a thrilling 2021 F1 season got under way... For more F1® videos, visit... read more »