Sergio Pérez, 8th: “Today was a very good qualifying and another great effort by the team. The result is a lot better than we expected after free practice.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “I’m very happy with how qualifying went and the job the team has done so far this weekend. I’ve put the car on the... read more »

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 »

Nico Rosberg said he compromised his qualifying performance in order to have a stronger Bahrain Grand Prix race performance on Sunday read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has only himself to blame for his Q2 exit in Bahrain as his team revealed he was 'satisfied' with his pace... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said his first pole position of the 2012 Formula 1 season was a tribute to his Red Bull team's efforts to get back on the pace after a tough start to the... read more »

Mark Webber has admitted his surprise at the pace of the Red Bull RB8 after qualifying third for the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg quickest in final practice session at Sakhir, ahead of Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Schumacher and Button. read more »

FIA – McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh explained after practice that judging wind speed and direction will be a crucial factor in set-up for the Bahrain Grand... read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes have the pace to match McLaren on race day and qualifying as well as practice. read more »

From what we can see so far the pace of both compounds is around 0.6 seconds apart and degradation is in line with expectations. But we still have a lot of data to go through. read more »

The key for this weekend's race will be making the tyres work in the heat and we're encouraged by our pace using both tyres with both cars on high fuel today. read more »

While the laptimes don't reflect it, our long-run pace looks reasonably promising. read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 15th: "It was a busy day but we completed our programme. We were concentrating more on our race pace, but I feel happy read more »

Mark Webber is expecting a close battle between the top teams at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after Red Bull showed some promising pace during Friday practice read more »

Jenson Button admitted he was off the pace during Friday practice in Bahrain, but is hoping he will be more competitive in race trim read more »

Nico Rosberg has finished practice two fastest in Bahrain, continuing on from his success in China where he won his maiden Grand Prix victory. The Red Bulls showed competitive... read more »

Nico Rosberg said that the Mercedes race pace "looks reasonable" but admitted that "conditions are really tough" in Bahrain after setting the quickest time... read more »

Following his win in China only five days ago, Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets in second free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. After the second 90-minute session of... read more »

Nico Rosberg topped the timesheet at the end of the second free practice session at Bahrain. Mark Webber was nearly half a second off of the German's pace, while the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the first practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, but there were some surprise faces chasing him... read more »

Lewis Hamilton sets early pace at dusty Bahrain International Circuit. read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace as attention in Bahrain finally turned towards the race track for the first practice session of the grand prix weekend read more »

Lewis Hamilton sets the pace in opening session at Sakhir ahead of Vettel, di Resta, Rosberg, Button and Hulkenberg, as sandstorm threatens and fans stay away. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren set the early pace on Formula 1’s return to Bahrain. As Friday practice began with around only 150 spectators in the Main Grandstand, the... read more »