The Latest Breaking News from Q1

Ahead of the final runs in Q1, Verstappen, Alonso and Russell all backed up other cars while leaving the pitlane in a bid to create a gap and find clear air.

The McLaren driver had looked to be a strong contender to challenge for pole position in Mexico City, after showing some impressive form in Friday practice.

Verstappen spun around after hitting the kerbs in the second segment of the weekend’s shorter qualifying session, where the drivers were obliged to run mediums in Q1 and Q2 and then softs in Q3. 

This time last week in Indonesia, Bagnaia lost the title lead to Martin after the Pramac rider won the sprint and moved seven points clear.But a crash for Martin in Sunday’s main race and a win for Bagnaia put the reigning champion 18 clear coming to Australia.Bagnaia qualified third having…

F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work.During qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Charles Leclerc grabbed pole position for Ferrari while…

A week on from the title lead swinging from Bagnaia to Pramac’s Martin and back to Bagnaia at the Indonesian GP, 18 points splits to the pair coming to Phillip Island.Bagnaia lost his championship lead after struggling to 13th in qualifying at Mandalika and recovered only to eighth in the…

South African rider Binder left it until the very end of the hour-long session on Friday afternoon to set the quickest lap of the day at the picturesque Phillip Island track, a 1m27.993s.

Stroll has endured a torrid time since the summer break, having not scored a point in the last five races and been knocked out of Q1 for the last four events.

Stroll has endured a torrid time since the summer break, having not scored a point in the last five races and been knocked out of Q1 in qualifying for the last four events.