French GP

Lewis Hamilton hopes Ferrari “maybe made a mistake” with its qualifying tyre tactics which sees both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen start on the softest option tyres for the French Grand Prix after the British driver grabbed pole position.

Valtteri Bottas has conceded he struggled to match Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton for outright pace having missed vital practice work over the French Grand Prix weekend but was still thrilled to secure a front row start at Paul Ricard.

Sebastian Vettel was pleased to recover from a "slow start" to the French Grand Prix weekend to secure third place in Formula 1 qualifying at Paul Ricard on Saturday, trailing the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

Fernando Alonso feels he extracted the maximum performance from his McLaren during qualifying for the French Grand Prix but concedes his Q1 exit in 16 th place is down to his car being slow.

Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's French Grand Prix from pole position after edging out Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas in the final stages of qualifying at Paul Ricard, heading up a one-two finish for Mercedes.

Full qualifying results for the French Grand Prix, the eighth round of the 2018 F1 season at the Circuit Paul Ricard, France. Formula 1 French Grand Prix – Full qualifying classification Q3

The first triple header of the season begins with the French Grand Prix, which means that the fundamental performance of the car will, by and large, remain the same for the next three races as there is less time to analyse the car’s performance and make subsequent changes.

Valtteri Bottas closed out Formula 1 practice for the French Grand Prix fastest for Mercedes as heavy rain 10 minutes into the session curtailed running.

Full free practice three results for the French Grand Prix, the eighth round of the 2018 F1 season at the Circuit Paul Ricard, France. Formula 1 French Grand Prix – Full FP3 classification

Brendon Hartley is poised to start the French Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Honda confirmed it had to change all six components on his Formula 1 power unit following an issue during practice on Friday.

Following his latest Formula 1 outing with Force India during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix, we catch up with development driver Nicholas Latifi to get the latest on his push towards the pinnacle of motorsport, his ongoing Formula 2 season, and, of course, those McLaren rumours...

Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer hopes Formula 1 will learn from the "debacle" of putting a triple-header on the 2018 calendar and avoid scheduling races so closely together in the future due to the additional pressure it places on smaller teams.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes from Friday at Paul Ricard, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Lewis Hamilton says Paul Ricard’s all tarmac run-off areas make finding reference points at the track challenging but was still content with his Friday practice after topping both sessions.

Force India has explained the issue that caused Sergio Perez to lose a wheel from his Formula 1 car coming through the quick Turn 7 during second practice for the French Grand Prix on Friday at Paul Ricard.

Daniel Ricciardo has rated his Friday practice getting up to speed at Paul Ricard as “a pretty good day” but is wary of the speed Lewis Hamilton produced to top the times for Mercedes.

Formula 1 enters uncharted territory this weekend as it begins the first leg of its maiden triple-header, with the French Grand Prix kicking off a run of three races in as many weekends, and five in the next six weeks.

Marcus Ericsson has laughed off a tense moment jumping out of his Alfa Romeo Sauber after initially not realising it was on fire after a crash towards the end of the morning practice session which ruled him out of FP2.

Mercedes has confirmed that all six of its Formula 1 power units at this weekend's French Grand Prix are its latest specification that had been due in Canada earlier this month, acting as a boost to Lewis Hamilton's title battle against Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel says he has full faith in Ferrari’s performance at Paul Ricard but concedes he struggled to extract the optimum pace ahead of the French Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton pulled out a 0.7 second gap over the rest of the Formula 1 field during second practice for the French Grand Prix on Friday afternoon at Paul Ricard as Sergio Perez suffered a frightening wheel failure while running at high speed.

Full results from Free Practice 2 for the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard, round eight of the 2018 Formula 1 season. 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix - Free Practice 2 Results

McLaren Formula 1 racing director Eric Boullier has hit back at a report the team rewarded staff with Freddo chocolate bars, and defended his position as part of its management setup amid growing pressure.

Daniel Ricciardo has described his next Formula 1 move as “the second most difficult decision” of his life following his move to Europe to begin his racing career during his junior days.