Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has defended the team's "awkward" tactical decision to sit out Q2 to claim 11th and 12th places on the grid for Formula 1's... read more »

This is not an easy place to overtake, but tomorrow we'll do our best and see what happens. read more »

We can be happy and proud with the pace today, it's the achievement of a lot of hard work over the past weeks. read more »

In the lead up to qualifying we felt we had the fourth fastest car, but we didn't quite maximise our performance when it mattered. read more »

We've seen an exceptionally close midfield here and we weren't able to be at the front of this battle on qualifying pace. read more »

Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson finished qualifying in Q3, and will start tomorrow's race from P7 and P10. read more »

Verstappen picks up two penalty points and a third grid penalty in Sochi after failing to adhere to yellow flags in qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Strategy was clearly at the forefront of qualifying, so we're going to see an interesting situation tomorrow with the top four cars starting on the ultrasoft tyre. read more »

We are looking forward to fight in the midfield, especially against the cars that will have to start on the softest tyre. read more »

We knew this was going to be a difficult weekend for us, but we're not hiding the fact that qualifying was a disappointing result. read more »

It was a good result today. read more »

Our race pace has been a bit stronger relatively than our qualifying pace so we still see some opportunity for a better outcome tomorrow. read more »

A tense battle played out on the streets of Sochi. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on... read more »

Max Verstappen has been given a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags during qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted he was pushing too hard when he lost control on his final qualifying lap for the Russian Grand Prix and missed out on pole position. read more »

Max Verstappen has been punished for a yellow flag infringement during Russian Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying, increasing his grid penalty for the weekend read more »

Vettel feels Ferrari maximised its potential in Russia qualifying despite finishing half a second off pole. read more »

After qualifying third for a race he desperately needs to win, Sebastian Vettel admitted he was not expecting to have such a big gap to Mercedes on the front row. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is still feeling confident of winning the Russian Grand Prix despite being outpaced in qualifying at the Sochi Autodrom. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he had been "slacking" in the Sochi Autodrom's second sector during Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix qualifying, which contributed to his... read more »

The Finn shaded his teammate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated qualifying in Sochi. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook:... read more »

n a qualifying session reminiscent of Formula One circa 2014-2016, Ferrari had no answer for Mercedes over a single lap. Nate Saunders analyses the main talking points from the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas claimed his first Formula 1 pole position in almost three months in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes lockout of the front row read more »

Full times from today's qualifying session for the VTB Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes confirmed their dominant performance from FP2 and FP3 and made it a 1-2 in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. This time, it was Bottas who took the honours for... read more »