Despite his lack of running on Friday after crashing in the opening practice session, Vettel leads the way on Saturday, ahead of Schumacher, Webber, Rosberg, Button and Hamilton. read more »

Sebastian Vettel shrugged off his lack of Friday running to go quickest in the final practice session ahead of Turkish Grand Prix qualifying read more »

Daniel Ricciardo's Friday morning pace is giving Toro Rosso cause to consider him as a racer for 2012. read more »

Paul Hembery: "We've been delighted to welcome Mr Tronchetti to Istanbul, on what has been a historic day for Pirelli. We've seen our intermediate and read more »

Timo Glock, 21st: "The weather has made for a difficult start to the weekend. This morning it was very tricky for everyone as there was read more »

Jérôme d'Ambrosio has been given a 5-place grid penalty for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, with the Belgian driver falling foul of yellow flag rules during the second... read more »

Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Mike GASCOYNE (Lotus), Norbert HAUG (Mercedes), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren): PRESS... read more »

Friday's press conference from Istanbul with Robert Fernley (Force India), Mike Gascoyne (Lotus), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull), Franz Tost (Toro... read more »

Friday's press conference - Turkey read more »

Mike Gascoyne from Lotus, Norbert Haug from Mercedes, Red Bull's Christian Horner and Martin Whitmarsh from McLaren attended Friday's FIA press conference... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 2nd: "We have made a decent start to the weekend and I am optimistic for tomorrow. We had a productive afternoon and tried read more »

Turkey Friday quotes: HRT read more »

Fernando Alonso, 11th: "These two sessions were very different one to the other, because of the change in the weather. It was useful to do read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 19th: "That was a reasonable session for me - I had a DRS issue that definitely cost me some time but I think read more »

Colin Kolles, Hispania Racing Team Principal: “I’m confident that we took a step forward today. It’s a shame that Tonio wasn’t able to put a read more »

Jenson Button has likened sections of the bumpy Istanbul Park circuit to a motocross track after both McLarens visibly struggled under braking for turn 12 during Friday... read more »

Mark Webber, 5th: “We learned quite a lot today. It’s a pretty challenging venue here with the new regulations – so it was tricky read more »

Sam Michael, Technical Director: This morning was wet so we didn't start our evaluation of new aero components until second practice. During that session we read more »

James Allison, Technical Director: Like all the teams, Friday work is focused on race preparation rather than maximising qualifying performance. It was tricky to read... read more »

Adrian Sutil, 10th: We had the wing to try on my car this afternoon, which was quite interesting, but now we have to look at read more »

Jenson Button 1st: “I’m pretty happy with how today went. The car’s been working reasonably well – there are always things you... read more »

Sergio Pérez 9th: "I have completed the programme which had been planned for me. In the morning I didn’t put in a proper lap time due read more »

Daniel Ricciardo: “This was my very first time driving at the Istanbul track and the session went well giving me an understanding of why drivers read more »

Fernando Alonso pleased with progress at Ferrari even if rival teams continue to have the edge on pace in Friday practice in Turkey read more »

Nico Rosberg demonstrated that Mercedes GP's Chinese pace was not a one-off as he fought for the P1 slot in Friday's Turkish practice... read more »