Lewis Hamilton takes pole position in an intriguing and confusing session that sees Pastor Maldonado qualify second while Jenson Button and Mark Webber fail to make it into Q3. read more »

Mark Webber is fearing for a relatively quiet track in the pole position-deciding Q3 phase of qualifying on Saturday. With just three sets of the respective Hard and Soft tyre... read more »

Mark Webber expects several top 10 qualifiers to sit out Q3 in Saturday's Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session amid suggestions that having as many fresh set of tyres for... read more »

Paul di Resta says his sixth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix proves that Force India was absolutely right to sit out Q3 on Saturday. read more »

Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo made it into Q3 and will start from the third row of the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix, making him one of the stars of qualifying. read more »

Felipe Massa revealed that he decided not to try and make it through to the final part of qualifying in order to save a set of soft tyres for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

With Michael Schumacher eliminated at the end of Q3, and Nico Rosberg having to settle for fifth place on the grid, it wasn't the qualifying session many had expected for... 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 »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in 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 »

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 »

Daniel Ricciardo, 6th: “It feels very good and I am very happy with that result. We had a below average week in China with some updates we brought. We persisted with... read more »

We can expect qualifying to be very tough tomorrow: there's no denying that getting both cars into Q3 will be very difficult. read more »

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualified in 2nd and 3rd places for the Chinese GP. Pole position was impossible today as the McLaren seemed much less... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 9th: "We knew this would be a difficult qualifying and that's how it turned out. We managed to get into Q3, staying ahead read more »

Kimi Raikkonen set the fifth fastest time whilst Romain Grosjean made it through to Q3 but did not set a time in the final session before tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix at the... read more »

We always knew that reaching Q3 would be an ambitious target for China, but at the same time we have shown that the developments we brought to the car this week are already... read more »

Both Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were disappointed after qualifying today. While the team had hoped to get a car into Q3, only one made it into Q2. The team will look... read more »

Lotus line up fourth and tenth in China, with Kimi Räikkönen leading the charge and Romain Grosjean having decided to abort his final run in Q3. Despite being... read more »

Sebastian Vettel refused to blame his car for his poor qualifying performance at the Chinese Grand Prix, but admitted he couldn't shave off the extra tenths from his lap... read more »

Mark Webber believes he may have over-driven his lap in Q3 as he looked for more time in qualifying at Shanghai read more »

Mark Webber, 7th, starts 6th: "The Q2 lap wasn't bad, but I didn't get the Q3 lap together as I would have liked. It's a read more »

Nico Rosberg has achieved his first Formula 1 pole position in China. The son of 1982 Champion Keke will start ahead of Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher, with Kamui... read more »

Nico Rosberg takes his first ever F1 pole position and Mercedes first since Monza 1955, as Hamilton grid penalty allows German team to lock-out front row and Vettel fails to... read more »