Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: "I think we got as much out of the car as we could this afternoon. I had a good start, passed Senna and was hanging on to the pack ahead up until... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was understandably happy after joining a growing list of winners this season, which has matched the record breaking 1983 season in which five different winners... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel admits he is amazed by just how important tyres have become this season, and how much talk there is about tyre wear and degradation. read more »

Nico Rosberg has revealed the tyre degradation suffered in Barcelona during Friday's practice is a lot worse than what was experienced in winter testing... read more »

Nico Rosberg has admitted that tyre degradation is worse today than it was during pre-season testing after what he and team-mate Michael Schumacher both described as a... read more »

Q. The Circuit de Catalunya is a track the team know well… Romain Grosjean: We know the track well from testing in the winter, it’s an even track on its... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "The Spanish Grand Prix is the most important race for a Spanish driver, but this time it will be even more special for me because I'm racing with a... read more »

Mark Webber has defended the Pirelli tyres, saying the high degradation has helped to make this year's F1 Championship more exciting... read more »

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery has responded to recent criticism that their tyres are wearing too quickly and playing a pivotal role in the race outcome. It... read more »

Q: The Bahrain Grand Prix marked Williams’ 150th race with Renault engines. The partnership started in 1989; how important is it today? Mark Gillan, Chief Operations... read more »

Michael Schumacher has criticised Pirelli claiming that the high degradation on its 2012 tyres is spoiling races. read more »

Michael Schumacher has criticised the latest generation of Pirelli tyres after experiencing high levels of degradation during last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

After starting 22nd in Bahrain, Michael Schumacher could only rise as high as tenth at Sakhir on Sunday. In the process, the Mercedes driver scored one point but after the race... read more »

Paul Hembery: "This was certainly a very technically challenging race, on a circuit that we had never experienced in racing conditions before. Nonetheless, we chose to... read more »

Sergio Perez, 11th: "We knew this circuit would not be an easy one for us and we were just too slow today. We tried both strategies and split them between the cars but... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 16th: "That was a really interesting race, particularly at the start when there was a lot of overtaking and it was good to be right in the middle of the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says Lotus is ready to apply the valuable lessons it learned at the Chinese Grand Prix - where he tumbled down the order in the closing stages because of tyre... read more »

Track evolution and tyre degradation were the primary engineering challenges in Bahrain today, where the fortunes of the Marussia drivers were divided. read more »

In terms of the speed differential between the tyres, we're still expecting 0.6-0.8 seconds between the two compounds or maybe a bit less. Tyre degradation is certainly... read more »

Charles Pic, 20th: "Not an easy day today, but I am quite happy with the result. This afternoon it was much hotter as forecast and the tyre degradation was maybe a little... read more »

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 »

Paul Hembery: "We've seen a great job from Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, who demonstrated their ability to get the most out of the tyres by extracting every last bit... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 8th: “Today was a very good qualifying and another great effort by the team. The result is a lot better than we expected after free practice.... read more »