Depending on the car, the soft tyre could be up to a second a lap quicker than the hard tyre: balancing that equation will be the art to the tyre strategy. read more »

We were hoping to at least get our cars onto the second row, but we did not hit our target, even if we did get close. read more »

A closely fought qualifying session at the Buddh International Circuit saw Kimi Raikkonen take seventh position on the grid whilst Romain Grosjean was just edged out of the top... read more »

Post-qualifying press conference - India read more »

Kimi Raikkonen expressed his disappointment at qualifying seventh in India. The Finn narrowly made it through to Q3 but didn’t fulfil the maximum in the shootout.... read more »

We showed good long run pace on Friday and with further car improvements through the weekend we expect to have two strong races with both drivers fighting for points. read more »

After a difficult start to the weekend, which was mainly dominated by finding the right tyre management, the team and the drivers were able to improve the performance... read more »

Williams had been looking right on the pace going into qualifying in India on Saturday, but mistakes meant both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna ended up with unrepresentative... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen admitted he was expecting a much better result in qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix after finishing down in seventh position read more »

Nico Rosberg qualified in 10th place for the Indian Grand Prix, whilst Michael Schumacher will start from 14th position. As Nico did not run in the final part of qualifying,... read more »

There were mixed feelings after the qualifying session for the Indian Grand Prix in the Sauber F1 Team. While Sergio Perez exceeded expectations by qualifying eighth, there was... read more »

Sergio Perez admits his qualifying pace came as a surprise after Sauber failed to break into the top 10 in any of the three practice sessions at the Buddh circuit. read more »

Sauber's Sergio Perez has expressed his 'surprise' after qualifying eighth for the 2012 F1 Indian Grand Prix. read more »

Pastor Maldonado finished 9th and Bruno Senna 13th in qualifying for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix. Pastor was fastest in Q1 with a time of 1:26.048, but a mistake on the final... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has revealed that he slid out wide at the final corner during qualifying in India, leaving him ninth quickest and the slowest of the drivers to post lap times... read more »

At Caterham F1 both drivers are fairly happy with their qualifying performances which will see Petrov start in 20th and Kovalainen in 21st. Even Kovalainen was happy thanks to... read more »

That was a qualifying session in which we had to balance the temptation to run to our ultimate pace and the realistic consideration of what the race will bring. read more »

HRT had high expectations for qualifying after a satisfying run of practice sessions. Both drivers showed they are closely matched at this circuit, but lots of traffic at the... read more »

Jenson Button reckons the overnight changes which boosted McLaren in qualifying have also given the team a chance to fight Red Bull in the race. read more »

Mercedes' decision not to run Nico Rosberg in Q3 qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix will open up strategic options for the German in tomorrow's race. read more »

We've improved since the first free practice session and extracted more performance from the car so we're satisfied in this sense. But in qualifying neither Pedro nor... read more »

Michael Schumacher was almost at a loss for words when asked why he was unable to make Q3 qualifying in India on Saturday. Whereas team-mate Nico Rosberg achieved the cut, the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted it was impossible for him to take the fight to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull in qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix but he is more optimistic about... read more »

Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo was happy with his qualifying effort in India, but said that he had hoped to be closer to making it into Q3 until a scrappy last flying lap... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen might have finished off qualifying for the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India in the gravel, but he was happy with his weekend and didn't feel that his late... read more »