Michael Schumacher has backed his decision not to complete a timed lap in the third part of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Toro Rosso’s Jean-Éric Vergne found himself indecisive, despite out-qualifying his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo for the first time this season. read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 8th: “A pretty different session today; it was extremely tight. From Q1 onwards we decided to go on the soft tyres. The first run in Q2... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "The day went very well, especially this afternoon, so I'm very happy with what we achieved. We completed two very good laps in qualifying,... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a tricky Qualifying session this afternoon, and seventh position was about the most that we could have achieved. It was a challenge to find... read more »

Sergio Perez says he could have achieved a better result in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, even if he admitted the session had gone better than expected. read more »

It is clear from today's classification that, even if we were able to make improvements to our car overnight, it was not enough to be up with the quickest guys. read more »

Paul di Resta: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run... read more »

We have already shown that we can fight with several cars ahead on Sundays and careful management of the tyres and good pitstop strategy should give us a chance of putting in a... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

Jenson Button confessed himself at a loss to explain why his car felt so different from practice to qualifying as he missed out on the top ten shootout during qualifying for... read more »

Qualifying third for the Spanish Grand Prix is proof that Ferrari is heading in the right direction, according to Fernando Alonso. read more »

Jenson Button will start Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix from 11th on the grid, having been left frustrated and confused as his car would not respond properly in... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has downplayed the glitch that hit Lewis Hamilton in the immediate aftermath of qualifying, saying "hopefully" it's not serious... read more »

A tactical battle over tyre strategy in qualifying resulted in pole for Lewis Hamilton ahead of Pastor Maldonado, and shock early exits for Mark Webber and Jenson Button. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is not surprised to have been so fast during qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel remained optimistic about his race chances despite qualifying in eighth for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton says qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix was one of the best he has ever had after securing his third pole position of the year. read more »

Jenson Button was disappointed and confused after a lack of pace saw him miss out on a position in the final qualifying segment in Spain... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 15th: “I have mixed feelings about this qualifying, because from a personal point of view, I feel I did a better job than I have done in... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 19th: “I am very happy with today's performance. It feels great to have it all come together in qualifying today and I want to thank the team for... read more »

Full times from today's qualifying session for the Gran Premio de Espana Santander. read more »

While the other half of the garage celebrated, Bruno Senna slumped to his worst qualifying performance of the season in Spain crashing out in Q1... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claims his third pole of 2012, but the Spanish GP gris shows some familiar names in unfamiliar places. read more »