Q: You visited the team’s factory in Oxfordshire today, what was the atmosphere like? Pastor Maldonado: I arrived at the factory this morning and everybody I have met... read more »

As consistently reported on The Flying Lap, Pastor Maldonado has been showing great promise ever since he made his F1 debut in Melbourne last year; we were also very... read more »

Mark Webber has waded into a social media storm over Australian coverage of Formula 1, using his might to force a u-turn on their unfavourable scheduling. Network Ten, which... read more »

Ferrari admit they're pleasantly surprised by how small the gap between Fernando Alonso and leader Sebastian Vettel is in the Drivers' championship. The Spaniard,... read more »

McLaren ought to have been the big winners of 2012’s opening races, but instead it's Red Bull and Fernando Alonso who are the real winners. There have been very... read more »

McLaren were very much the big losers in Bahrain, jettisoning the lead in both championships as two costly pit-stop problems were made. Following errors in both Melbourne and... read more »

John Booth claims Marussia has made up one and a half seconds in average lap time since the start of the 2012 Formula 1 campaign in Australia. The Anglo-Russian team, which... read more »

Following their worst season on record in 2011, Williams appears to be back in dramatic style this year. After a near-miss with Pastor Maldonado in Melbourne and sixth place... read more »

Fernando Alonso is refusing to get carried away about his five-point advantage in the drivers' championship ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, despite... read more »

Renault has put Pastor Maldonado’s Malaysian Grand Prix retirement down to piston failure. For the second race in a row, the Venezuelan retired while running in the... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa is impressed with HRT’s abilities so far this season, which first of all included just being in Melbourne after an internal reshuffle left the team a... read more »

Just seven days after his convincing win in Melbourne, Jenson Button felt the need to apologise to his team after a nightmare performance at Sepang. read more »

Mercedes’ poor start to the 2012 Formula 1 season continued in Malaysia. After failing to score a point despite much promise in Melbourne a week ago, Michael... read more »

In Melbourne we scored points with Daniel and now in Sepang, it was the turn of Jean-Eric to secure his first ever points, with a strong drive to eighth place. read more »

After a shaky start to the 2012 Formula 1 season for Force India, despite Paul di Resta narrowly picking up a point in Melbourne, the Anglo-Indian team is celebrating a double... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he is eager to have a 'normal' grand prix weekend to figure out where Lotus stands, after adding a fifth place at Sepang to his seventh-place... read more »

Lewis Hamilton was left feeling 'satisfied' with his third place finish in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, backing up the podium result he recorded in Melbourne... read more »

After failing to meet the minimum 107% time requirement in Melbourne, HRT were determined to make sure they weren't caught out again at Sepang. read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: “It wasn’t too bad, we had a reasonable run. In Melbourne we were a bit stronger in the race than in qualifying and read more »

Toro Rosso appears to be a little less strong at Malaysia as their drivers qualified in 15th and 16th positions. Nonetheless, the team was aware that this track would be a... read more »

Toro Rosso maintained that its comparatively poor qualifying result in Malaysia was not any cause for concern, despite failing to match the performance it had produced in... read more »

Despite a minor hiccough in FP3, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button prove that Melbourne was no fluke, while third-placed Michael Schumacher signals Mercedes’ intent. read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari have "full trust" in Felipe Massa despite speculation the Maranello-based outfit are thinking of dropping his Brazilian team-mate... read more »

After Daniel Ricciardo impressed by scoring points on his Toro Rosso debut in Melbourne, with Jean-Éric Vergne missing out by the narrowest of margins, the duo... read more »

The 2012 F1 season is now firmly under way, with two, demanding double-header race weekends stretching human resources and logistics to the limit. To this backdrop, we catch... read more »