Rubens Barrichello and Nick Heidfeld were the two big names that failed to make it through the opening phase of qualifying for this Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Sergio Pérez, 15th: "Of course I’m disappointed about today’s qualifying result. In Q1 my lap time with the harder tyre compound was okay,... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi paid the penalty for mechanical gremlins in opening qualifying for the Turkish GP. read more »

Mark Webber says he was "cool" with Red Bull's decision to not use the 'option' tyres during his final run in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Mark Webber, arguably the most outspoken driver in F1, has refused to heap scorn on his team after dropping out in Q1 in China... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Mark Webber's disastrous qualifying session in China, which saw the Australian dumped out of Q1 and placed 18th, was down to... read more »

Christian Horner insists it was a "team decision" and "rotten luck" that saw Mark Webber drop out of qualifying in Q1... read more »

The big revelation in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Chinese Grand Prix was Mark Webber being eliminated in as early as Q1. After his quickest knock-out since Bahrain... read more »

Mark Webber becomes the biggest casualty of qualifying so far this season, missing the Q1 cut in Shanghai. read more »

It was a troubled opening day for Virgin Racing in Shanghai - leaving Timo Glock concerned about his and team-mate Jrme D Ambrosio's chances of qualifying for... read more »

Saturday saw Team Lotus come close to making Q2 for the second successive year at Sepang, with Heikki Kovalainen having benefitted from wet conditions in 2010. Today, at what... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was the major casualty in Q1 for this Sunday's F1 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, while right at the back HRT did enough to make the race. read more »

It's McLaren vs. Red Bull again in FP3, with Lewis Hamilton stealing the top spot as Renault's Nick Heidfeld is the interloper in fourth. As things stand, both HRTs... read more »

Three cars from as many different teams would have missed the 107 percent cut in Malaysia on Friday, although it has to be noted that circumstances will vary by qualifying on... read more »

Nick Heidfeld thinks that the problems of traffic in Q1 could become a major worry throughout 2011, after a mix-up with backmarkers put him out of qualifying early on in Australia. read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

Pastor Maldonado (15th): I made it through Q1 fine and everything was going well. On the first set of tyres in Q2, I had two read more »

Nick Heidfeld has revealed that a KERS issue slowed him in Australian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The German, replacement for Robert Kubica at Renault, therefore was... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen has revealed that his adjustable rear wing – officially known as Drag Reduction System (DRS) – did not return to its closed position at the end of Q1... read more »

Nick Heidfeld and Felipe Massa scrapped over the final qualifying spot in Q1 at Albert Park. The German lost.... read more »

In today’s final qualifying session of the 2010 season, Rubens Barrichello clinched another top ten grid position after a convincing drive on option tyres in Q3, putting him... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari responded calmly to the challenge laid down in front of him in Abu Dhabi’s Q1 qualifying phase on Saturday, setting a personal best lap time to move to 17th... read more »

Sebastien Buemi misses cut in first qualifying at Yas Marina, while Fernando Alonso comes out on top in battle of title contenders. read more »

The track was damp at the start of the qualifying session following heavy rain last night, which continued into this morning. The early part of Q1 was key as further rain was... read more »

Bruno Senna was left confused by his team’s decision not to make a tyre change in Q1 qualifying at Interlagos – with hindsight, a wrong call which left the Brazilian a... read more »