George Russell admits Max Verstappen could be the key to his chances of winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being conflicted by his third-place qualifying performance.Verstappen took pole position from Oscar Piastri by just 0.01s, with Russell 0.113s away from taking his first pole of the season. While happy...

Yet again it was Valtteri Bottas in the Williams who represented Mercedes' greatest challenge in qualifying in Sochi, where the track's grip and smoothness ensured minimal tyre degradation. As a result, one-stop strategies look like a distinct possibility for Sunday's race, especially as the narrowness of the pit lane has...

With conditions being dry and reasonably warm in FP1, and warmer still in FP2, everybody got their hard and medium tyre work, and their aero assessments, done in two Monza sessions that were curiously devoid of major drama. Some had trouble getting the tyres to temperature quickly, others did not,...