Welcome to live text commentary of the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix from Istanbul Park. You can follow the live commentary via this page, our Twitter (@F1TimesLive) read more »

Sebastian Vettel shrugged off his lack of Friday running to go quickest in the final practice session ahead of Turkish Grand Prix qualifying read more »

James Allison, Technical Director: Like all the teams, Friday work is focused on race preparation rather than maximising qualifying performance. It was tricky to read... read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted that Ferrari continue to remain under pressure as the European season begins in Turkey this weekend. After being eliminated in Q2 qualifying last... read more »

Rubens Barrichello says that qualifying in the top ten is a realistic proposition for Williams following Friday practice for the Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

F1 newcomer Paul di Resta has had an excellent start to the 2011 season, out-qualifying his team-mate Adrian Sutil in all three races to date and picking up a point on his F1... read more »

McLaren has played down the chances of frontrunning teams deliberately sacrificing qualifying in Turkey in a bid to save all-new tyres for the race. read more »

Red Bull Racing's qualifying advantage could be helped by 'elaborate' engine mapping that helps make its blown diffuser more effective over a single lap. read more »

In the previous races, the R31 has proved to be sufficiently fast to be top 10 in qualifying, which always gives you a chance on Sunday. James Allison takes the time for a... read more »

Toro Rosso are happy with their race pace and qualifying performances in the first three flyaway races, according to the chief engineer Laurent Mekies... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has emphasised that McLaren’s qualifying speed must be bettered in order to launch the strongest possible title attack this season. The quest will begin in... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner concedes that teams could in future base their race strategies more on tyre usage rather than qualifying... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes qualifying on pole position is no longer the key to winning grands prix at certain circuits read more »

Prior to the start of the 2011 season, Jenson Button set himself the personal goal of improving in qualifying – having struggled in this area last year and been involved in a... read more »

Mark Webber will take great confidence from his charging performance in the Chinese Grand Prix that saw him turn a disastrous qualifying performance into a podium finish,... read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren will 'throw everything they can' at beating Red Bull, not only in the race, but qualifying too. So far, read more »

McLaren will throw all it can into an upgrade package for its car over the next few weeks, as it eyes closing down the performance gap to main rivals Red Bull Racing at the... read more »

Ferrari have seen all through the Chinese GP that its Ferrari F150 needs performance improvements and car developments in order to fight at the front. Qualifying is the major... read more »

Fernando Alonso has urged his Ferrari squad to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of its 2011 contender after the Spaniard endured a difficult race in Shanghai on Sunday. The... read more »

After an impressive qualifying performance by Toro Rosso, the team leaves China empty handed as the points scoring position crept away as laps went on. Sebastian Buemi suffered... read more »

Felipe Massa, 6th: "It's a real shame not managing to finish this race in a better position. It really seems that, from qualifying to the read more »

Lotus Renault GP struggled for pace in the Chinese GP after qualifying poorly on Saturday. read more »

Toro Rosso were left pointless at the end of the Chinese Grand Prix. After a race which promised so much, with Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi seventh and ninth on the... read more »

If it was not already bad enough that Vitaly Petrov's engine problem likely cost the Russian a better grid slot in Shanghai, it did for the qualifying chances of team-mate... read more »

Having come unstuck in Malaysia through his aggressive tyre consumption, McLaren-Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton admits he adopted a different approach in qualifying in Shanghai... read more »