Heikki Kovalainen was left buoyed by another strong qualifying performance at Istanbul Park on Saturday afternoon, with the Finn leading the way out of the teams that entered... read more »

Such is his confidence, Sebastian Vettel watches the final moments of qualifying from the comfort of his garage, as he takes pole for the Turkish GP ahead of Mark Webber and... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has sealed his fourth pole position from as many qualifying sessions so far in 2011, bouncing back from his Friday practice crash in Turkey. The German shares... read more »

Sebastian Vettel's advantage over his rivals in qualifying continued in Turkey as the German claimed his fourth pole position of the campaign... read more »

Sebastian Vettel continued his 100 per cent pole position record for 2011 in Turkey, his lack of dry running on Friday proving no disadvantage whatsoever as he blitzed all... read more »

Sebastian Vettel led the way as the ten expected conbtenders made the grade for the final phase of qualifying for the Turkish GP. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi paid the penalty for mechanical gremlins in opening qualifying for the Turkish GP. read more »

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 »