The Mercedes driver had come into the weekend as the expected pace setter, but title rival Max Verstappen has proved to be a tougher challenge than expected with Red Bull bang... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen crashed on his final lap of qualifying.  read more »

Full Q1, Q2 and Q3 results from qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Round 21 of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. read more »

Max Verstappen slated as "terrible" his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying display that culminated in him hitting a wall and handing Lewis Hamilton pole position. read more »

Hamilton will start ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each... read more »

A dramatic qualifying session where Lewis Hamilton takes pole as championship rival Max Verstappen hits the wall on his final lap. read more »

Qualifying was a very intense affair today at Saudi Arabia with both title contenders clearly on the edge trying to beat each other. Hamilton eventually pulled the longest... read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start on pole position for the Saudi Arabian GP after Max Verstappen let the chance to head the grid slip by hitting the wall on the final corner of qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start on pole position for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen crashed at the final corner of qualifying. read more »

Times from today's qualifying session for the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix during a scintillating conclusion to qualifying at Jeddah. Max Verstappen set the... read more »

All the action from the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:... read more »

Mercedes is facing a race against time to change the engine in Valtteri Bottas' W12 ahead of qualifying in Saudi Arabia after detecting a fuel leak in final practice. read more »

Drivers may have to face the stewards if they drive unnecessarily slowly in qualifying in Saudi Arabia, the FIA has warned. read more »

Hamilton will meet with the stewards one hour before the start of qualifying at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit over for "not respecting double waved yellow flags/lights at... read more »

FP3 was held on a warm afternoon, rendering it not entirely representative for Saturday night qualifying, which is set to run in cooler conditions.Still, the fast-improving... read more »

Max Verstappen hit the front for the first time this weekend in final practice for the Saudi Arabian GP, with the championship leader outpacing Lewis Hamilton to stamp his... read more »

Max Verstappen came to the fore in the final practice before qualifying at the Jeddah circuit, his 1:28.100 the fastest time seen this weekend. read more »

The F1 drivers have been warned by FIA race director Michael Masi they face being reported to the stewards should they try to create a gap at a blind part of the Jeddah... read more »

Mercedes expect Lewis Hamilton to enjoy a "measurable step" from his fresher engine during Formula 1 qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.  read more »

Red Bull has struggled to match Mercedes for straight-line speed at points in recent races, most notably in Brazil when Lewis Hamilton fought back from being excluded in... read more »

Sergio Perez has warned of a potentially "very messy" qualifying session in Saudi Arabia after traffic caught out a number of drivers in Friday practice. read more »

The Mercedes driver completed a clean sweep of top times on Friday in Jeddah, leading FP2 by 0.061s from team-mate Valtteri Bottas despite both drivers having their soft tyre... read more »

The first read on the tyres confirms the reasonably small performance gap between the soft and the medium tyre, which will definitely have an effect on qualifying strategy. read more »

We used the day wisely to prepare ourselves for tomorrow's qualifying session. read more »