Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s Motorsport Director: “We were absolutely delighted to welcome Prince Albert to our hospitality: as the sovereign of Monaco... read more »

Sebastien Buemi, 14th: “This is a great circuit with a fantastic atmosphere so I always love driving here, even though it is very demanding. This read more »

Monaco Thursday quotes: HRT read more »

Sam Michael, Technical Director:  We worked through all the items we wanted to today. With 79 laps, Pastor completed more mileage across the two sessions read more »

Nick Heidfeld, 10th: “First and foremost, it’s a lot of fun driving here in Monaco. Of course, as drivers we all have to deal with the read more »

Jarno Trulli, 19th: “That was good. We’ve got a good deal of data from both sessions and we can use that to put us in read more »

Colin Kolles, Hispania Racing Team Principal: “Unfortunately Tonio had an accident in the first practice session and the damage was greater than expected so he read more »

For the first time in F1 2011, a Ferrari ends the opening day of practice on top of the timesheets - and now Fernando Alonso has vowed to 'take some risks' in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 5th: “It’s been positive so far. Both tyres are working well and seem to be lasting, which is important. We will see read more »

Adrian Sutil, 9th: “A fairly normal day of Thursday practice in Monaco. We continued running elements of the 2011 aero package we tried in Barcelona last read more »

Sergio Pérez, 12th: “It was a good day for me. We had a huge programme and have done a lot of work. In the morning read more »

Fernando Alonso, 1st: “In Monaco it’s mainly a question of having a good feel for the car: the more the driver has, the harder he read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “It’s fantastic out there: I love the track, I love the weather. It’s a beautiful place to be. I’m... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he and the team must take some risks in Monaco to ensure that the gap between them and Red Bull isn't too read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was less than satisfied with his Thursday in Monte Carlo, managing no more than 16th position in an unhappy-handling Sauber. Ahead, team-mate Sergio Pérez was... read more »

Monaco Thursday quotes: Pirelli read more »

Nick Heidfeld expressed surprise at being two seconds slower than pace-setter Fernando Alonso in free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday. read more »

Ferrari experienced a close shave on Thursday, with their two cars almost coming into contact during the second Monaco Grand Prix practice session. When slowing on the exit of... read more »

Felipe Massa believes Ferrari is in a position to fight at the front at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix after he set the sixth best time in Thursday practice and... read more »

Mark Webber said he was focusing on recovering from the gearbox problem which prevented him doing any running during the morning practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Schumacher admits his Practice One shunt in Monaco was entirely his fault... read more »

Jenson Button said that the Pirelli tyres were degrading much less than he had expected in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Monaco Thursday quotes: Force India read more »

After setting the fastest time in Thursday practice, Fernando Alonso said the Monaco street circuit plays to his Ferrari's strengths and hides its flaws, but is not... read more »

Traditionally there is an engine silence on Friday in the Principality of Monaco and thus the McLaren Mercedes Team came in action today during the first two practice sessions.... read more »