As was the case in China earlier this season, Sebastian Vettel has admitted a bad car setup decision in Monaco. After making a mistake on his first Q3 flying... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes); 2 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing); 3 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)  TV... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 19th: "Everything was quite tight today. We were on the pace and looking good for a top five position but I came across traffic on what would have been... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 11th: "I had a pretty good run in both Q1 and Q2 - managing to avoid the traffic and my quick lap in Q2 was pretty neat so I don't think I could have... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 6th: "In Italy there's a saying, 'he who goes slowly, goes well and goes far,' right? Well, that's what we are doing: step by step we... read more »

Mark Webber, 2nd: "It was a strong day, particularly this afternoon. It's normal around here that the momentum has got to build before qualifying and then you have to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 8th: "For sure we're not very happy after that session. Since the first practice we've been a little bit behind where we should have been and... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 12th: “Of course I had hoped for a better result today. With the super soft tyre compound you only have one lap to set a good time. I managed to... read more »

Jenson Button posted his second poor qualifying performance in as many races by missing the cut for Q3 in Monaco. read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery is pushing for formal discussions about a revision to the Q3 tyre rules at the next meeting of the Formula 1 commission read more »

Formula One's team boss are not in favour of the sport introducing qualifying tyres in order to persuade drivers to contest Q3... read more »

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 »