Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes was "definitely closer than expected" to Red Bull despite finishing adrift of Max Verstappen during qualifying for Formula 1's... read more »

The world champion ended up snatching second spot on the grid for the F1 season opener, but was powerless to prevent Max Verstappen earning pole position by 0.388 seconds.And... read more »

The first qualifying session of the 2021 season did not disappoint, as the battle for pole went down to the wire... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow... read more »

Sebastian Vettel ended his first qualifying session for Aston Martin "upset and angry" - but because of bad luck rather than the car or any other reason. read more »

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen took a sensational pole position for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, beating reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton by over three tenths... read more »

Full qualifying results for the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season. read more »

Times from today's qualifying session for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to the first pole position of the 2021 season as Bahrain GP qualifying finally delivered the head-to-head duel between the grid's two... read more »

Despite the fact that the session is wholly unrepresentative of the conditions qualifying and the race will be held in, Max Verstappen continues to show the opposition a clean... read more »

Max Verstappen completes a practice hat-trick ahead of qualifying for F1's Bahrain GP, outpacing Lewis Hamilton by seven-tenths. read more »

F1 bosses want to trial a sprint qualifying format at three races this season to see what impact it has on the television spectacle and the experience for fans at the track.The... read more »

Antonio Giovinazzi was pleased with the first day of practice in Bahrain but knows Qualifying will be important on Saturday. read more »

FP1 and FP2 were Yuki Tsunoda's first outings on a F1 race weekend and the Japanese driver feels that the team and him is showing a high level of pace. read more »

The Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team drivers are having a lot of work to do as they are trying to improve the pace for the qualifying read more »

Scuderia Ferrari hoping to carry pace of Friday practice over to qualifying tomorrow in Bahrain. read more »

We still need to improve our pace over a single lap and that's one of the priorities as we prepare for final practice and qualifying. read more »

The field looks incredibly compact and competitive, so there's a lot of work to do to be ready for qualifying and the race - but we've started with a productive Friday. read more »

Carlos Sainz admits he's "surprised" by how close it is in terms of qualifying performance following Friday practice for the Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain... read more »

Following an encouraging pre-season test, Verstappen continued to set the pace for Red Bull by going quickest in both free practice sessions on the opening day of the Bahrain... read more »

Sergio Perez has accepted he has "some work to do" to unearth more qualifying speed in Bahrain but was lifted by his long-run potential. Perez, who has switched from... read more »

Lando Norris says he expects "the obvious four cars" to be at the front of the Bahrain Grand Prix grid, in spite of his eye-catching performance on Friday. Norris... read more »

In the only practice session that takes place in similar times and temperatures to qualifying and the race, Verstappen's best time of 1m30.847s was 0.547s quicker than the... read more »

Though the opening session is entirely unrepresentative of qualifying and the race, Max Verstappen and Red Bull get their Bahrain weekend off to the best possible start. read more »

Haas chief Guenther Steiner says details still need to be "ironed out" as F1 teams prepare for further talks in Bahrain about the proposed new 'Sprint... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen knows it will not be until Qualifying in Bahrain where Alfa Romeo are compared to their rivals. read more »