The majority of teams are against the idea of Pirelli introducing Q3 only qualifying tyres in a bid to spice up the pole position shoot-out. With tyres now playing a decisive... read more »

Pirelli insists they are open to changes when it comes to the supply of qualifying tyres, saying they are willing to provide teams with Q3-only rubber... read more »

Pirelli's motorsport boss Paul Hembery says the Italian tyre manufacturer is ready to supply Formula 1 teams with Q3-only tyres. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: “I have good memories of Monaco. I finished fifth there last year, which was really great. Monaco is a very special track for the drivers. Our car... read more »

Pirelli says it is prepared to offer qualifying tyres to ensure everyone runs in Saturday's timed session - as long as the teams are happy with the idea. read more »

As consistently reported on The Flying Lap, Pastor Maldonado has been showing great promise ever since he made his F1 debut in Melbourne last year; we were also very... read more »

The Sauber F1 Team has got ten more points to its tally thanks to Kamui Kobayashi finishing fifth at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Japanese had to start ninth after an hydraulic... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes he could have finished on the podium in the Spanish Grand Prix if he hadn't been unable to take part in Q3 yesterday read more »

Sebastian Vettel remains hopeful that Red Bull Racing did the right thing in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix by deliberately saving tyres read more »

Jenson Button has described his qualifying session as a 'bad day at the office' after failing to make it to Q3 in Barcelona. read more »

Fernando Alonso admitted that he was surprised to be so far up the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix, admitting that the weekend's aim had just been to make getting into Q3... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his pole position and will start from the back of the grid at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix after failing to return to the pits under his... read more »

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 »

DRIVERS: 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 2 – Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Mark Webber believes that a front row grid position was possible despite failing to make it through to Q3 at Barcelona. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "This third place is not what we had expected. We were counting on making a step forward that would allow us to get into Q3 with less difficulty than... 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 »

Sauber were among the surprise success of a topsy-turvy qualifying in Spain, with both cars surging into Q3 - although there was disappointment for Kamui Kobayashi. read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will start the Spanish Grand Prix from seventh and ninth positions respectively following today's qualifying hour that was... 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 »

There was no disguising the disappointment in the Red Bull garage following qualifying, with Sebastian Vettel left in eighth position for tomorrow's grid and Mark Webber... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has revealed his lack of running in Q3 was not because of a problem with his car but was rather a decision to save tyres... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes he would not have been able to qualify in the top five even if he had set a time in Q3 at Barcelona. read more »

We can take encouragement from our qualifying showing today with both Nico and Paul just a couple of tenths shy of squeezing through to Q3. read more »

We are very happy with this result. After the Mugello test, which was quite encouraging, we hoped we would be able to get both cars into Q3, and it's good to see that this... read more »