Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Pastor's qualifying performance was stunning today with a collection of very strong laps throughout the session which allowed us to... read more »
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DRIVERS: 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 2 – Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel, 8th: “A pretty different session today; it was extremely tight. From Q1 onwards we decided to go on the soft tyres. The first run in Q2... read more »
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Pastor Maldonado: We have done a lot of running here pre-season so hopefully that experience will help this weekend. It is a very enjoyable circuit to drive, technical but... read more »
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Caterham team owner and principal Tony Fernandes says he's encouraged by his teams early form in the opening four races of the season. Despite sitting behind Marussia in... read more »
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Alexander Rossi will make his on-track debut at next weekends Spanish Grand Prix for the Caterham F1 team, after they confirmed he would sit in for Heikki Kovalainen during... read more »
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Kamui Kobayashi: “At the Mugello test I definitely had the feeling our new update to the car is a step forward for us. This is good, of course, but only at the... read more »
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Romain Grosjean declared himself happy with the upgrades Lotus have bolted onto his E20 in Mugello after the Frenchman topped the timesheets on day two. The 26-year-old claims... read more »
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Michael Schumacher has criticised Pirelli for the way in which their tyres degrade during a race, which means drivers are forced to race conservatively. The Mercedes driver... read more »
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Vitaly Petrov, 16th: "That was a really interesting race, particularly at the start when there was a lot of overtaking and it was good to be right in the middle of the... read more »
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Nico Rosberg, 5th: "I had a pretty bad first lap today, but after that I was able to recover and get the most of our race. We had a good strategy and the pace of the car... read more »
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DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus), 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus): TV UNILATERAL... read more »
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DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 3 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL... read more »
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Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel says he and Mark Webber owe their strong qualifying performance to the hard work put in by the Red Bull team. The German, who dominated Saturday in 2011 by... read more »
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We are obviously disappointed with this result. After our strong qualifying we expected more. However, we were not fast enough, and our strategy didn't work out. read more »
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Obviously, this was a disappointing qualifying for us and today we clearly lacked the pace we needed to be in the fight. read more »
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Daniel Ricciardo, 14th: “Today’s performance was okay, but obviously not as good on paper as last Saturday when I was in Q3. Looking at the times, read more »
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This was obviously not an ideal start to the weekend. We have some work ahead of us to get the car's balance right. read more »
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Caterham’s hopes of pushing into the midfield in 2012 are not dead yet. That is the claim of team owner and boss Tony Fernandes, despite the former Team Lotus looking... read more »
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Mark Webber: "Malaysia is obviously very, very hot, so the track temperature is very hard on the tyres, which needs managing. The track is beautiful to read more »
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Kamui Kobayashi, 13th: “This is obviously disappointing. In Q1 I was really happy with the car and the grip and, of course, it felt great to read more »
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Although Ferrari by no means arrived in Melbourne full of confidence, qualifying on Saturday proved to be worse than even they had expected... read more »
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After a very promising start to qualifying, the result is obviously a big disappointment. read more »
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Conducted and provided by Red Bull Press Office Q. Back-to-back titles, the record for pole positions, most laps led, 11 wins last year – what’s your next... read more »