When two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso set the (subsequently deleted) third-fastest lap in Saturday practice, few would’ve expected him to trail Esteban Ocon by nine tenths a couple of hours later
Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro was “very angry” with the Jerez circuit following qualifying for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix, after a series of high-speed crashes highlighted the significant lack of run-off at a number of the track’s corners
Marc Marquez experienced his first big crash since returning to MotoGP at last week’s Portuguese Grand Prix, and he admitted that he didn’t “exactly remember” his high-speed fall during FP3 at Jerez
Sergio Perez believes he “lacked fundamentals” during qualifying for Formula 1’s Portuguese Grand Prix, despite joining Max Verstappen on the second row at the Algarve circuit. Red Bull signed Perez for 2021 in the hope that he could act as a strong back-up to Verstappen, to avoid the team fighting
Petronas Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli wants MotoGP to impose a time limit on lap deletions, arguing that the stewards’ late decision to strip him of a key practice lap created a “safety issue”
Given Max Verstappen had the pace to be on pole for the Portuguese Grand Prix, our writers assess if it’s concerning that a small error let him down and handed the initiative to Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton again
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Portuguese GP by 0.007s, as Max Verstappen was stripped of a lap good enough for first place
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says it’s better for Formula 1 to go to the “extreme” of removing teams from the rulemaking process than continue with a system that encourages strategic voting