There were some surprising eliminations in Q2; however these drivers will feel the benefit of having more fresh tyres, so it will be interesting to see what they can do with them. read more »

For the second time this year both the Sauber F1 Team drivers have made it into Q3. While Sergio Perez was able to secure his best qualifying result in Formula One so far with... read more »

Pastor Maldonado claimed his first front row grid position today in qualifying for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. After topping the times in Q2, Pastor drove a great... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Strategy was at the forefront of qualifying today, with a gap of around 0.8 seconds between the hard and the soft tyres, depending on the team.... read more »

A hydraulic leak was the reason for Kamui Kobayashi’s absence from Q3 qualifying in Barcelona on Saturday. Although the Japanese driver had done enough to pass into... read more »

Jenson Button is unsure where the speed he showed in Friday practice has gone after failing to reach the last segment of qualifying at Barcelona. read more »

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 »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a tricky Qualifying session this afternoon, and seventh position was about the most that we could have achieved. It was a challenge to find... read more »

Paul di Resta: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has sealed McLaren’s 150th Formula 1 pole position in Spain on Saturday afternoon. The Englishman, on his first Barcelona pole after a completely mixed... read more »

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 »

Heikki Kovalainen claims making it through to Q2 in Bahrain shows progress is being made at Caterham F1. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen failed it make it through to the final round of qualifying in Bahrain, but he insisted the call to save a set of soft tyres for the race was the right decision. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen's progress through to Q2 has boosted Caterham in its belief that the team is making clear progress compared to the earlier races this year. Vitaly... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 3 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer: "We have had a relatively tough day today with Pastor experiencing a KERs problem in qualifying which forced us to pit his car and... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 9th: "Today, we were worth a place somewhere between eighth and twelfth, so ninth on the grid fits in with our current level. Honestly, given the... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Paul di Resta, 10th: “I’m very happy with our qualifying performance today. With our reduced programme yesterday it wasn’t easy getting all the... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen said Caterham always believed it could get into Q2 in Bahrain, after claiming the team's best qualifying result of the 2012 season so far with 16th on... 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 »

Kimi Räikkönen will start only 11th at Sakhir on Sunday, with the Finn having been knocked out of Q2 qualifying when team-mate Romain Grosjean improved his... read more »

Fans have taken to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to share their disapproval of what looked like a ploy by FOM to ignore the Force India outfit during... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: “That was an excellent qualifying session for our team. It's a real bonus for us getting into Q2 but we'd already seen this morning... read more »