The Ferrari driver ended world champion Fernando Alonso's run of five successive poles.
Dominant Formula One leader Max Verstappen ran away with the Hungarian Grand Prix by a mighty margin on Sunday as Red Bull made history with a record 12th victory in a row.
The Canadian wants to return to Formula One after quitting BAR just before the Japan Grand Prix in 2003.
World champion Lewis Hamilton splashed through the puddles at a rain-soaked Sepang International Circuit to secure pole position for Mercedes in a hectic Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday.
Six-times MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez can celebrate his first win of the season on Sunday when the Spaniard takes part in a virtual race from the comfort of his home. The season is not due to start until mid-May at the earliest.
Jenson Button set the fastest time in a dramatic qualifying session to capture his third career pole
Ferrari welcomed on Thursday a ruling by Formula One's governing body that stripped McLaren of their constructors' points and effectively handed the title to the Italian team.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
Sebastian Vettel may need to rely on a stroke of luck at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday if the German wants to keep alive his diminishing hopes of claiming a fifth Formula One title.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he is so tied to McLaren that he will never leave the team. McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has had a long-standing relationship with Hamilton and the driver highlighted this as a major reason for his desire to stay at McLaren.
Ferrari castigated Formula One rivals McLaren for making 'serious and false' accusations against them.
Force India will keep the same lineup of Italian Giancarlo Fisichella and Germany's Adrian Sutil next season, the Formula One team's owner Vijay Mallya said on Friday. Mallya said he has been talking to Mercedes about the possibility of replacing Ferrari because he wants an engine, gearbox and Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) in one package from his supplier for next year.
F1 drivers rallied around Lewis Hamilton in defending the McLaren rookie against a suggestion by Jacques Villeneuve that his driving is dangerous.
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton took a record 69th Formula One pole position with a wet weather masterclass at the Italian Grand Prix.
Poland's Robert Kubica, tipped as a future Ferrari driver, backed the Italian team's Felipe Massa on Thursday as his favourite for this year's Formula One title. Brazilian Massa has won four of the season's 12 races so far, the same number as McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, and is six points off his championship-leading rival.
In a race of safety cars and surprises, Verstappen's former team mate Pierre Gasly made a first podium appearance in second place for Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso, a rare Honda-powered one-two.
Australian MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner romped to his second win in a week at the Dutch Grand Prix while Spain's Dani Pedrosa seized the overall lead from Valentino Rossi. Ducati's Stoner was again in a race of his own at the Assen circuit as he powered from pole position to his third victory of the season. Pedrosa was second on a Honda, 11.310 seconds behind, to leapfrog Rossi in the overall standings after the Italian fell on the opening lap.
Images from the Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi on Sunday
Giancarlo Fisichella outpaced Lewis Hamilton and cut through a cluttered midfield to finish an impressive 12th as Force India notched up its first double finish of the season in the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
Giancarlo Fisichella once again outshone team-mate Adrian Sutil even though both the Force India drivers managed to better their morning timings in the afternoon free practice session ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore dismissed rumours of Fernando Alonso moving out of the French team at the end of the 2008 season.
After an inconsistent morning session where he finished 19th on the timesheet, Fisichella looked far more impressive in the afternoon and despite being slowed down by Toyota's Timo Glock, the Italian lapped in 1m 36.756s to finish 9th among 21 drivers.
Giancarlo Fisichella finished 17th, while team mate Adrian Sutil qualified 19th for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. At the top, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won pole position after warding off a strong challenge from BMW's Robert Kubica, who briefly took the lead before the Briton outpaced him in the third and final qualifying session.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that it was reviewing Sunday's race result after a timing discrepancy came to light.
The Force India driver completed 102 laps at the Circuit de Catalunya for a best timing of 1:22:233 seconds.
The Renault team boss said they have done everything they could to support Fernando Alonso
Ducati's Loris Capirossi stormed to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, with champion Valentino Rossi finishing second.
The German, whose last victory was in Belgium in August 2018, took the chequered flag 2.641 seconds ahead of Monegasque team mate Charles Leclerc, who had started on pole position for the third race in a row.
Italian Loris Capirossi won the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix after leading from start to finish.
The Italian kept alive the defence of his MotoGP title with a battling victory in the German Grand Prix.
The Italian Yamaha rider fought from 11th position at the start for his second straight win at the twisting Sachsenring circuit.
Former MotoGP rider Capirossi pleased with BIC ahead of inaugural race
The 24-year-old Spaniard will start from the top slot for the fifth consecutive race
Germany's Timo Glock will race for the Toyota Formula One team next season, replacing compatriot Ralf Schumacher. Cologne-based Toyota said in a statement on Monday that the 25-year-old had signed a multi-year deal. He will partner Italian Jarno Trulli.
World champion Valentino Rossi won the Malaysian MotoGP on Sunday, putting himself in pole position for a fourth straight title.
Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen fight for the Formula One title in Brazil on Sunday in what promises to be one of the sport's great showdowns.
