Friday and Saturday qualifying topper Leclerc had launched cleanly to comfortably hold off front-row rival Verstappen into Turn 1 at the race start.But the Ferrari driver was... read more »

In the end the team had nothing to gain by so doing and the anomaly in the regulations is set to be addressed before the next sprint event in Austria.McLaren could potentially... read more »

The German was due to start from 16th on the grid, following Alpine's decision to start Esteban Ocon from the pitlane in both the sprint and grand prix, amid a difficult... read more »

Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll had been struggling with the DRS overtaking device all weekend on their new low-drag wing for Baku's long straights.The problem came up... read more »

1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill has labelled Max Verstappen as a "poor loser" following his criticism of the new sprint format. Verstappen has voiced his... read more »

Carlos Sainz admits that the nature of the Sprint format has ensured he is encountering a “damage limitation” weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. While Charles Leclerc has... read more »

Leclerc claimed both pole positions on offer at the Baku round, topping Friday qualifying and Saturday's new sprint race qualifying session, but he couldn't convert... read more »

Max Verstappen has urged Formula 1 to revert to its traditional format and "scrap" the sprint schedule. F1 Sprint underwent further changes for the Baku race weekend,... read more »

In the first sprint race of the season, which followed a new qualifying format (see below), Ferrari's Charles Leclerc led from pole ahead of Perez, as Max Verstappen (Red... read more »

Sergio Perez has claimed he could have topped the Sprint Shootout if he'd had a cleaner run on his final qualifying lap. read more »

American driver Logan Sargeant will not take part in Saturday's sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix due to car damage sustained in the sprint shootout qualifying... read more »

George Russell says his surprise improvement of seven places between the two qualifying sessions in Azerbaijan has provided Mercedes “something to learn” from for the future.... read more »

Williams has elected to withdraw Logan Sargeant's car from Saturday's sprint race in Azerbaijan after his crash in qualifying earlier today.   Having made it through... read more »

The American driver had done enough in SQ1 to make it through to the second qualifying segment, ending the first session in 11th, but struck the wall at Turn 15 late on,... read more »

Formula 1 and the Baku City Circuit organisers behind the race have been in negotiations over a new deal to keep the six-kilometre street venue on the calendar, with... read more »

The Monegasque, who started third in Bahrain and qualified second-fastest in Saudi Arabia, beat Red Bull to the top spot for the first time this season, before repeating the... read more »

Charles Leclerc says he was trying to limit the damage to his Ferrari F1 car in his Sprint Shootout qualifying crash at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.  read more »

The Briton had a frustrating time in Friday qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a mistake on his final Q2 run left him knocked out of the session and down in 11th on the... read more »

Charles Leclerc says that Ferrari must be realistic about its chances of victory ahead of the two races around the Baku City Circuit. Leclerc will start on pole position for... read more »

Charles Leclerc reigned supreme in qualifying for the sprint race as he beat the two Red Bulls to pole position. read more »

Results from Saturday's 'Sprint Shootout' qualifying session at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Round 4 of the F1 2023 world championship. read more »

Charles Leclerc doubled down on his pole position in Friday qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he also took pole in the inaugural sprint shootout session on Saturday,... read more »

A 1m41.697s from Leclerc amid the first runs in the eight-minute SQ3 session proved unassailable, and a second set of laps from both Perez and Verstappen could not topple the... read more »

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for the Baku F1 Sprint at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after getting the better of the Red Bull duo of Sergio Perez and Max... read more »

Charles Leclerc will start from the front of the grid for the Azerbaijan Sprint despite a late crash in Saturday morning's qualifying session. read more »