Fernando Alonso, 9th: "Today, we were worth a place somewhere between eighth and twelfth, so ninth on the grid fits in with our current level. Honestly, given the... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “I’m very happy with how qualifying went and the job the team has done so far this weekend. I’ve put the car on the... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen said Caterham always believed it could get into Q2 in Bahrain, after claiming the team's best qualifying result of the 2012 season so far with 16th on... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he and Mark Webber owe their strong qualifying performance to the hard work put in by the Red Bull team. The German, who dominated Saturday in 2011 by... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 6th: “It feels very good and I am very happy with that result. We had a below average week in China with some updates we brought. We persisted with... read more »

As always here we are trying to manage brake wear and tyre degradation caused by the combination of the circuit characteristics, the track temperature and the track surface. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 8th: "Traditionally, I've always gone well at this track, one of the few where I have won three times. And so it's always a pleasure to drive at... read more »

‘Tyres’ is the buzz word at Sakhir following the first three hours of practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. As the desert track is always coated in a fine... read more »

Nico Rosberg says he always believed he would win a Formula One grand prix even when he passed his 100th start mark... read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its 'double-DRS', the German... read more »

Felipe Massa has called his Chinese GP performance a 'step forward', but remains pessimistic about his chances of scoring in Bahrain this weekend. read more »

Only two points to its name for Scuderia Ferrari come the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, brought home by Fernando Alonso, who finished the race in ninth place, while Felipe... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 9th: "We knew this would be a difficult race and that's how it turned out. We were always in traffic, without an opportunity read more »

We always felt that scoring points in today's race would need an element of luck or attrition, but as it was we saw almost 100% reliability. read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its ‘double-DRS’, the... read more »

We always knew that reaching Q3 would be an ambitious target for China, but at the same time we have shown that the developments we brought to the car this week are already... read more »

Jenson Button admits he's not always Mr Nice Guy despite the image that he projects to the media and the public. In fact, he can be an "arse"... read more »

Jenson Button admits that is not always as relaxed and assured as he appears, saying that he can be "an arse" away from the track read more »

After winning the Malaysian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso arrives at Shanghai as leader in the 2012 Championship. Despite his lead in the rankings, the Spaniard is well aware... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: “I always have a good feeling for this Grand Prix. I really like the circuit near Shanghai because I enjoy its high speed read more »

Tony Fernandes admits that he is proud to have played a part in fostering the development of Malaysia as a mover in motorsport. read more »

As always on a Friday, the main priority was to try and get a good understanding of the tyres, which we managed to do with both the medium and hard compounds. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he travelled to Australia recently unsure if he would be immediately back up to speed in Formula One. The 2007 world champion spent the last two... read more »