Follow all the action with lap times and updates from qualifying in Saudi Arabia as embattled Christian Horner leads Red Bull team ahead of second race of the season.
Breaking: Zhou Guanyou hits the barriers!
Also returning to the pits…
I hit something on turn 10
I hit something with my right wheel.
Logan Sargeant heads back to the garage
Verstappen tops the table after 30 minutes
Leclerc wishes his fallen team-mate well
We’re nearly halfway through FP3
A cheeky graphic from Sky Sports
Bearman sets his first time in FP3
Great British numbers?
Karun Chandhok shares his thoughts on Horner’s press conference
He can’t decide when this moves on.
It’s very difficult for anyone to draw too many conclusions, because we don’t know so many of the facts.
We don’t know the name of the KC (leading the investigation), even details like that, we don’t know under what grounds she’s been suspended…
Until that level of transparency comes out, we’re not going to be able to move on.
‘Just keep your head on the ground’
Sky Sports’ Naomi Schiff on Bearman
I can feel for him a little bit. he would have been able to jump in yesterday in FP1 or FP2, but instead (he’ll have to start today).
But we’ve got to see the positive opportunities for him.
Bearman to make history
Well wishes for Bearman from his other team on the grid
A sobering fact for one Spaniard contesting for pole against Bearman
Drive to Survive’s own Will Buxton has a note of caution for the plucky young Briton
Another tricky weekend for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes?
Just lacking confidence in the rear of the car and the set-up.
We did some work from session to session, changed the car quite a bit, but the underlying issue (is) with the rear end I was struggling with.
So I had a couple of really big moments out there. In these high-speed areas you need to have full faith in the rear of the car, and I’ve just not got that yet.
We’re going to have to go through the data and stuff, but George (Russell) is obviously a lot happier with his car.
Ready Player Leclerc
Horner on potential reputational damage to Red Bull
Obviously there’s been an awful lot of coverage surrounding this. But one has to go back to the basics of a grievance was raised. It was fully investigated and it was dismissed. And from there, we move onwards.
I think an awful lot has been made out of this. Obviously, it has been of great interest in different elements of the media for different reasons. I think the time now is to look forward and to draw a line under it. We’re here to go racing.
We’re here as a Formula 1 team and the time now is to focus on what is going on on track and the performance of the cars and the drivers and where the spotlight should be during the course of a grand prix weekend.