F1 qualifying

It's been a long three months of winter, but the Formula One offseason is over and racing is back for 2023. We're kicking things off with the Bahrain Grand ...

The team finished seventh in the championship last year, and didn’t finish a race higher than sixth. Drivers are able to go full throttle for 63.34% of the lap. Even after leading the second free practice session on Friday, Alonso said he was not thinking of seriously challenging for pole. When his race engineer radioed him to compromise one turn for a better line in the next, Stroll said, “I can’t man, I can’t. The leaderboard is reset again, with the final classification at the end of the session forming the grid from first (that's pole) to 10th. Aston Martin's two drivers have been the talk of the paddock in Bahrain, though for rather different reasons. The leaderboard is reset for Q2, which will give the drivers 15 minutes to set fresh lap times. He called it “a big gap” to the leading teams, and said Red Bull was one second per lap faster in the long runs than Mercedes. “We’re a long way off the guys in the front,” he added. It's been a long three months of winter, but the Formula One offseason is over and racing is back for 2023. Although both teams feel they have cured some of the big weaknesses of their cars from last year, neither appears to have taken the kind of step to really challenge Red Bull right now. “But we can be in the mix.”

For the first time in 2023, the 20 drivers in F1 battle it out for pole position around the Bahrain International Circuit.

Sunday's 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2023, you can watch via the Sky Go app if you're an existing subscriber or you can purchase For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. Elsewhere, Sling TV will also show the action, as too will FuboTV in the US. For Spanish-language viewers, they can find live broadcasts on ESPN Deportes, though ESPNews and ESPNU will also show some practice and qualifying sessions live throughout the year. 5 minutes to go: Well we're all set here in Sakhir for qualifying for the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. Stay tuned for all of the action. 15 minutes to go: Speaking of Alpine, we've just seen a feature on the team from Sky Sports. END OF Q3: Max Verstappen takes pole position for the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix!! The Canadian driver was in P7 but his lap time was deleted due to extending track limits. Rookie American Sargeant also just misses out, he put in exactly the same time as Norris in P15 but because the British driver logged his time first, he narrowly proceeds to Q2. It's crunch time for the final ten drivers on track.

Featuring pole winner Max Verstappen(Red Bull Racing), second-placed Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) and third-placed Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). Track Interviews ...

Q: Checo, you know, a lot of a lot of the people in that team very well. It’s better if we make sure that all the cars are close to each other and more competitive instead of spicing things up in that way, which I think is probably for the show. MV: Yeah, I mean, after testing I was very happy and then then I jumped in the car in FP1 and it was a big shock. CL: Oh, they’ve shown a very promising race pace in FP2, but again, FP2, it’s very difficult to judge because you don’t know the fuel level they had in the car. I mean, qualifying to race is anyway a different car in terms of how it behaves, but you still want to be quick over one lap and that was a big struggle for me. Because as much as we need to understand the bad days, I think we also need to understand the good days. Or was it more of a surprise that you got the most out of the car given the balance issues you discussed? I think we were in a fight for pole, which was a good surprise, to be honest, because I did not expect that after testing and after the free practices that were a little bit difficult. I think there were sandbagging a bit through the first days of testing and in during the weekend. But I think, as I progress, I was able to learn my way around the balance I had and get a good Q3 lap in the end, but not enough to beat Max. I think in the end, we knew we had to compromise a bit the quali-pace for tomorrow’s race. Do you think the balance will be more suited to the race run for you?

Red Bull's Max Verstappen took pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship, on Saturday.

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Formula One (F1) is set to try out a new qualifying format at two races during the 2023 season, with the first instance to be potentially being held at ...

RECOMMENDED However, teams have already pointed to Imola as the potential starting point of the European season. I don't really see the benefit of it. This change will limit each driver's tyre allocation to 11 sets, down from 13, which will reduce the number of tyres that Pirelli has to make and transport. However, some drivers, including double-world champion Max Verstappen, do not see the need for any changes to the current format. It’s the same for everyone but I don't think we need to actually do these kinds of things in qualifying.

F1 will experiment with qualifying at two races this season but Bahrain GP pole winner Max Verstappen and other drivers see no need for change.

He continued: “It’s the same for everyone but I don’t think we need to actually do these kinds of things in qualifying. Drivers currently have a free choice of tyre throughout qualifying. Max: I don’t think we need to actually do these kinds of things