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Tonight's was a disappointing result, especially on the back of some really promising performances in the last few outings.

For tomorrow, we try and get the best out of it from where we start.

Lewis Hamilton out-paces title rival Max Verstappen by 0.455s in qualifying, while adding to the Dutchman's woes is the fact that teammate Sergio Perez qualified eleventh.

Times from today's qualifying session for the Ooredoo Qatar Grand Prix.

Valtteri Bottas continues to set the pace in Qatar as mysterious rear wing oscillation hampers Max Verstappen's efforts.

Times from the final free practice session for the Ooredoo Qatar Grand Prix.

Following Christian Horner's suggestion that score marks on the W12 suggest something suspicious, Mercedes' head of trackside engineering, Andrew Shovlin was asked to explain.

Insisting that Mercedes recent straight-line speed is "not normal", Red Bull boss, Christian Horner admits that he will not hesitate in protesting the car.

Today's press conference with Frederic Vasseur and Franz Tost.

Today's press conference with Christian Horner and Toto Wolff.

Overall, we're relatively happy after our first day.

There will still be some uncertainty going into Qualifying and the race and so we are looking forward to adapting to the situation as it unfolds and making the very most of the circumstances.

With it being so difficult to overtake, securing a good position on the grid will play a major part in our final result.

What will be key is balancing the first and last sectors, due to tyre overheating that is caused by the high temperatures here.

We've finished today reasonably happy but, as always, there's work to do to refine the set-up and find more performance ahead of qualifying tomorrow.