Daniel Ricciardo was the surprise package during qualifying in China, with the Australian managing to get through to Q3 for the first time in a year. He starts seventh after... read more »

Lewis Hamilton isn't expecting an easy ride on Sunday in China, despite a healthy qualifying margin over second placed man Kimi Raikkonen. The Mercedes driver will start... read more »

Jenson Button says he achieved his pre-qualifying goal at the Shanghai International Circuit on Saturday afternoon, with the McLaren driver breaking into the final qualifying... read more »

Jenson Button is hoping that McLaren's gamble on being the highest-placed car on the grid on medium tyres will reap dividends in Shanghai on... read more »

Sebastian Vettel concedes Red Bull won't know until Sunday afternoon where the decision to run medium tyres in qualy will pay off... read more »

Lewis Hamilton secured his first pole position for new team Mercedes at Shanghai on Saturday afternoon, producing a late time of 1:34.484 on the Soft tyres. The Mercedes driver... read more »

The difference between the medium and soft compound Pirelli tyres is so great that it completely changes a car says Felipe Massa... read more »

We'd expect the soft tyre to last between 11 to 12 laps in the race and the medium tyre for about 18 laps. This would suggest a maximum of three pit stops but it's... read more »

Pirelli has rejected claims the soft tyre wasn't the right choice for the Chinese Grand Prix following complaints during second practice. Lewis Hamilton complained over... read more »

Felipe Massa has likened the performance gap between Pirelli’s Soft and Medium tyre compounds to driving completely different cars, but feels optimistic that Ferrari... read more »

Felipe Massa set the fastest time during the second free practice session at the Chinese GP weekend. The Brazilian was particularly impressive on the softer tyre while Mercedes... read more »

Felipe Massa was quickest as the drivers swapped their medium Pirellis for the soft tyres, edging Kimi Raikkonen by 0.152s... read more »

The performance gap between the medium and the soft compound in China is expected to be between 0.5s and 0.6s per lap. read more »

Once again, qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix held some surprises. A few minutes into Q2, the weather changed quickly with rain affecting two of the corners. As a result,... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says the balance on his Sauber C32 is still not perfect ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg qualified in twelfth place in Sepang. “The... read more »

Sebastian Vettel put in a late charge on the medium Pirelli to beat Lewis Hamilton to the top spot by 0.133s in final practice... read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the third and final practice session at Sepang on Saturday, producing a time of 1:36.435 on a late Medium tyre run. The Red Bull driver led... read more »

Both Toro Rosso drivers had a productive day at Malaysia with both men managing to drive numerous laps on the hard, medium and intermediate tyre. The team is aware that it... read more »

Fernando Alonso was encouraged following his form in Friday practice for the Malaysian GP and added that he could probably have been on the 'front row' had he found a... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen continued his fine start to the 2013 season by setting the fastest time in second practice ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen topped the timesheets during second free practice at Sepang on Friday afternoon, moving to the front of the order before a rain shower affected... read more »

For the first time since Pirelli started supplying F1 tyres, the Italian firm opted to nominate the super soft and medium compound tyres to Albert Part for the Australian GP.... read more »

Thirty points in the bag for Scuderia Ferrari after the Australian Grand Prix, thanks to a second place for Fernando Alonso and a fourth for Felipe Massa. Both drivers made... read more »

CaterhamF1 cars finished 16th and 18th today thanks to Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde. While Pic realises at this time it's just the true performance of the car,... read more »

Adrian Sutil expressed his delight after finishing in seventh place on his return to the sport. Sutil started from twelfth place on the medium compound tyre, a strategy which... read more »