Putting in another top-five qualifying performance, Pierre Gasly feels AlphaTauri can fight "Ferrari and McLaren" at Imola. read more »

With his team-mate down in P8 on the Imola start grid, Lewis Hamilton concedes Red Bull have a "better set of cards in terms of strategy". read more »

Formula One's sole tyre supplier Pirelli expects most of the drivers to cover the race distance of today's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with a single stop. read more »

Mercedes driver Hamilton upset the formbook to clinch pole position ahead of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, who both made mistakes on their final Q3 laps at Imola and missed... read more »

While Red Bull had the fastest car in Bahrain, Mercedes appears to have the edge at Imola with Valtteri Bottas quickest in both Friday practice sessions.Mercedes technical... read more »

In recent seasons, Red Bull has selected contra-tyre strategy approaches in the middle phase of qualifying to try and gain an upper hand in race strategy versus Mercedes during... read more »

Pirelli have confirmed their C2, C3 and C4 compounds will be raced at Imola this weekend – the same selection as the season’s curtain-raiser in Bahrain. Due to Imola’s narrow... read more »

For the first time in the turbo hybrid era, a team other than Mercedes has started a campaign with the fastest package - as Verstappen's Red Bull squad led the way in the... read more »

We expect teams to go with a one-stop strategy, also because of the time lost in the pits and relative difficulty in overtaking. The safety car made a big difference last year. read more »

The McLaren driver believes the championship needs to reconsider its attitude to crashes, feeling that too much effort is made in glorifying accidents rather than focusing on... read more »

From factoring in weather conditions, looking at tyre wear and expecting the unexpected... strategy can make or break a race. This is #F1 Race Strategy, explained. read more »

Verstappen claimed pole for F1's 2021 season opener by 0.388-seconds and showed race-winning pace after leading the early stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix. He ultimately... read more »

James Allison says that Mercedes never considered a three-stop strategy in Bahrain as it "would have been instant death" for them. read more »

Ex-Formula 1 team boss, Flavio Briatore, believes poor strategy played a role in Red Bull having to settle for second best at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

In both Formula 2 and Formula 1 the weekend was dominated by tyre strategy and this resulted in an incredibly exciting weekend of racing. read more »

While Red Bull-Honda had a clear pace advantage over Mercedes in qualifying at Sakhir last weekend, in the race there was little to separate the two teams.That shift in form... read more »

Hamilton beat Verstappen to victory in F1's 2021 opener despite the Red Bull driver's pace advantage, by hanging on after Mercedes' aggressive strategy calls got... read more »

James Allison has said that the original plan in Bahrain, before the poor pit-stop, wasn't for Valtteri Bottas to hold up Max Verstappen. read more »

As you might expect after the intense Bahrain Grand Prix… there’s a lot to unpack in our first F1 Race Debrief of the 2021 season!  read more »

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says he understands Valtteri Bottas' frustrations but dismissed his driver's claim that his strategy was "not quite normal" in... read more »

Bottas finished a distant third behind winner Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, opting to take a third pitstop near the end of the race to claim the point for the... read more »

Red Bull has dismissed suggestions it was outfoxed by Mercedes' aggressive F1 strategy which ultimately led to Lewis Hamilton winning the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton turned the tables on pre-event favourite Max Verstappen with a masterful drive at Sakhir on Sunday, with an aggressive strategy and strong tyre management just... read more »

Max Verstappen felt that Red Bull could have given themselves better flexibility for the race by using their tyre allocation better. read more »

The Dutchman had headed into the race as favourite for the victory after sweeping all three practice sessions and qualifying on pole by nearly 0.4 seconds, but lost out to... read more »