Welcome to live text commentary for the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying session from the Circuit de Catalunya. You can follow the commentary via this page, read more »

Sebastian Vettel topped the final practice session prior to qualifying, beating his team-mate, Mark Webber, bu just eight hundredths. The two Red Bull cars have dominated read more »

The FIA has banned Ferrari's new rear wing ahead of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

The final free practice session is under way in Barcelona at 1000 BST, before Spanish GP qualifying from 1300. read more »

The FIA has taken the decision to ban the drag-reduction-system during practice and qualifying through the tunnel section in Monaco and Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps. The read more »

Narain Karthikeyan is counting on an improvement in form when a selection of updates are applied to his Hispania contender ahead of qualifying on Saturday. The Indian driver... read more »

The FIA will tonight look at Ferrari's new rear-wing before deciding whether or not it can be used during qualifying and the race. The question of read more »

Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes can fight for the third row in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Nick Heidfeld has highlighted qualifying as a key area where Renault needs to improve in order to be more competitive. read more »

Nick Heidfeld says his priority is to lift his and his Renault team's qualifying performances from this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix - because that will boost their... read more »

Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes GP are on the right tracks in 2011, despite enduring a tough weekend in Turkey. The 42-year-old failed to find enough pace to fight at the... read more »

Webber needs "inch perfect" qualifying to beat Vettel, plus other news read more »

Mark Webber has said he needs to be "inch-perfect" in qualifying if he wants to beat Sebastian Vettel in the future. read more »

Jarno Trulli has said that the downside to the new rules in 2011 is "the end of qualifying".  read more »

Jarno Turlli believes "qualifying is less spectacular and more tactical" these days as teams would rather save their tyres than go all out for pole... read more »

Lotus driver Jarno Trulli says the Turkish Grand Prix marked what he believes is "the end of qualifying" in Formula 1. read more »

Williams F1 found today’s Turkish Grand Prix a struggle despite qualifying well in P11 and P14. Technical Director Sam Michael has admitted that the cars suffered... read more »

The car was definitely a lot better than in qualifying, and the drivers extracted the most out of it. It's a real shame we couldn't get them both in the points. read more »

In a race packed full of pit stops, LRGP advanced on yesterday’s qualifying positions by finishing in P7 (Nick) and P8 (Vitaly). After scoring another 10 valuable points, Lotus... read more »

Despite very poor grid positions – Sergio Pérez started 15th, and Kamui Kobayashi started last on the grid after a technical failure in qualifying – the Sauber F1 Team managed... read more »

Sébastien Buemi had already stated after Turkish Grand Prix qualifying that points scoring was possible on Sunday, although the Toro Rosso driver regrets a vibration which... read more »

Michael Schumacher has confirmed that there were no technical problems with his Mercedes W02 as the seven-time world champion remains mystified by the large gap between himself... read more »

Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg are confident that the team is now on the right track to become a regular frontrunner after another strong performance in... read more »

Felipe Massa was left to rue the need to take a set of Pirelli's softer tyres in first qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

Switzerland’s Sébastien Buemi led the way for Toro Rosso on Saturday, out-qualifying Spanish team-mate Jaime Alguersuari for the fourth time from as many race weekends so far... read more »