Sebastian Vettel has admitted he was surprised to take pole today for the F1 2011 Italian Grand Prix, especially given he was almost half a second up on his closest rival. read more »

Michael Schumacher, 8th: "Qualifying today went mostly according to plan. I don't think we could have taken much more; maybe I could have ended up one read more »

Sergio Pérez, 13th: “Of course we cannot be happy with our qualifying result, but also I think this is pretty much all we could do read more »

Lewis Hamilton has conceded that Red Bull rival Sebastian Vettel was ‘untouchable’ at Monza this afternoon, with the Briton having to settle for second... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has categorically said that Jenson Button will be remaining with McLaren for at least the 2012 season. Although the Woking team is yet to release confirmation... read more »

Timo Glock was left to rue a lack of track time at Monza on Friday, with the German being confined to his garage for much of this morning’s first practice session.... read more »

Vitantonio Liuzzi says the high-speed nature of Monza has enabled HRT to close in on the rest of the Formula 1 field, admitting that his team is much closer to its main rivals... read more »

Michael Schumacher may be happy being back in Italy, however, the German has warned against reading too much into his P3 time... read more »

Fernando Alonso isn't asking much from Ferrari for this weekend's Italian GP, he just wants complete perfection... read more »

Bruno Senna says he is facing the Italian Grand Prix with much more confidence following a promising start to life as a Renault racing driver at Spa. read more »

Felipe Massa says he is hoping for "much hotter weather" to aid Ferrari in the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Romain Grosjean, the newly-crowned GP2 Champion and Reserve Driver for Lotus Renault GP, is our guest on Ep 35 of The Flying Lap. A driver of enormous talent at the forefront... read more »

After seven years, the Turkish Grand Prix has been removed from the Formula 1 calendar. The much anticipated news was confirmed on Wednesday as governing body the FIA issued a... read more »

Team Lotus have already confirmed Jarno Trulli as a race driver for the 2012 Formula 1 season, according to the Italian, although the Anglo-Malaysian outfit are yet to confirm... read more »

Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley and his wife Lucy are the driving force behind an auction aimed at raising much needed funds for a highly worthwhile cause. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 4th: "It would have been difficult to do better than this fourth place today, especially given how much we suffered on the Medium read more »

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is keeping his feet on the ground after claiming fourth on the grid for tomorrow’s race at Spa, refusing to get drawn into making any... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 17th: “I think we can be very pleased with the performance today. That last lap in Q1 was as much as I could read more »

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier has called on F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to give the teams a greater share of the sports income. read more »

In difficult weather conditions, Bruno Senna kicked off his first race weekend as an LRGP driver alongside Vitaly Petrov at the much-loved, yet fearsome Spa-Francorchamps. Both... read more »

Felipe Massa was left guessing as to where his Ferrari squad sits in the pecking order after today’s rain-hit practice sessions, with the Brazilian unable to gather... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 24th: "FP1 was a difficult session with too much water on track, which meant it was difficult to understand how the car’s new read more »

Vitaly Petrov was forced to sit out much of this afternoon second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix after his steering wheel locked in position while cornering read more »

Echoing the sentiments of most in the paddock, Kamui Kobayashi heads into Friday evening after a day of much vagueness at Spa. Following three hours of practice blighted by... read more »

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel admits that he made little progress in Friday practice for the Belgian Grand Prix. Using only the slower, harder Slick compound when the... read more »