After finishing almost half a second off the pole lap in Bahrain, Sebastian Vettel thinks Ferrari "lost a little bit of time everywhere" to Mercedes. read more »

Sebastian Vettel: Gap to Mercedes bigger than expected read more »

Sebastian Vettel has conceded he was a little surprised by Mercedes' pace in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says the gap to the Mercedes drivers in Bahrain Formula 1 qualifying left him "a bit down" after he could only manage third on the grid read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel conceded he was "a bit down" after witnessing the deficit to rivals Mercedes during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel… read more »

Valtteri Bottas has taken his first pole position for Mercedes AMG F1, narrowly edging team mate Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel qualified in third position, nearly half a... read more »

Charlie Whiting has warned the Formula 1 drivers that starting out their grid boxes - as Sebastian Vettel did in China - could lead to a penalty. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have been told that anyone copying Sebastian Vettel's strategy of starting outside his grid box in the Chinese Grand Prix is likely to get a penalty read more »

Mercedes and Ferrari have confirmed their line-ups for the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test, with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel all set to… read more »

Sebastian Vettel was quickest in both free practice sessions in Bahrain on Friday but felt the day still could have been better. read more »

While Sebastian Vettel was fastest again after completing the same feat earlier in FP1, the battle was much closer than before. Valtteri Bottas stranded at 0.041s of the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton insists Ferrari has the edge following Friday practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, despite Sebastian Vettel's uncertainty. read more »

Less than a tenth of a second separated the top three teams during FP2 in Bahrain - despite Lewis Hamilton's unhappy encounter with a Renault and Sebastian Vettel's... read more »

Sebastian Vettel claimed a clean sweep of the Friday sessions but it was not all plain sailing for the German. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he is refusing to get carried away with Red Bull's apparent low fuel pace following an encouraging Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix. After... read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Sebastian Vettel says there was no major damage as a result of the issue that caused his car to stop on track during the second practice session for the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he feels "lucky" to have been able to rejoin the track after a technical glitch during second practice for the Bahrain Grand… read more »

Sebastian Vettel concedes he was "lucky" to recover from the glitch that caused his SF17H to go "dark" in Friday's second practice in Bahrain. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he was 'lucky' to suffer only a quick glitch as Ferrari prove fast but unreliable in Bahrain Grand Prix Friday practice. read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- The top three cars were split by just 0.066s during the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel just pipping... read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen looking strong as Lewis Hamilton struggles with traffic. read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ends fastest in second practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Mercedes and Red Bull close behind. read more »

Sebastian Vettel topped the second free practice session for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, although what he called a "complete shutdown" of his Ferrari cost... read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel continued to top the timesheets after FP2 was run under the lights in Bahrain. read more »

Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets again in Practice Two for the Bahrain GP but Ferrari suffered more reliability problems in the desert. read more »