Read what the drivers and teams had to say after qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Tyre degradation in China is traditionally quite high: the teams were clearly trying to save tyres where they could today and tyre strategy is clearly going to be crucial. read more »

Despite the disappointment of not getting the cars in the top 10, we are looking forward to tomorrow's race as we believe that our race pace will be strong. read more »

Fernando Alonso adopted a typically pragmatic approach following Chinese Grand Prix qualifying. As Felipe Massa missed the top ten shootout and slid down to 12th place, the... read more »

Today both Sauber F1 Team drivers qualified better than ever before in their Formula One careers: Kamui Kobayashi came fourth in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, while... read more »

Red Bull racing had an extremely disappointing qualifying session as they managed only 7th and 11th on tomorrow's grid. For both drivers the car was simply not fast... read more »

Today has been relentless as we have fought hard to recover the positive form which we saw in FP2 yesterday. read more »

An ultimately disappointing qualifying, we are P6 and P11 on the grid tomorrow, after Lewis' penalty. read more »

We always knew that reaching Q3 would be an ambitious target for China, but at the same time we have shown that the developments we brought to the car this week are already... read more »

Both Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were disappointed after qualifying today. While the team had hoped to get a car into Q3, only one made it into Q2. The team will look... read more »

It was a peculiar qualifying session, in which the to-ing and fro-ing of grip levels was abnormally unpredictable. read more »

Nico Rosberg has said it was 'very special' for him to secure his first F1 pole position today in qualifying for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

A fantastic performance from both of our drivers! This has been the best qualifying result for a long time and a great achievement for the whole team. read more »

Sebastian Vettel refused to blame his car for his poor qualifying performance at the Chinese Grand Prix, but admitted he couldn't shave off the extra tenths from his lap... read more »

Post-qualifying press conference - China read more »

Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were joined by Lewis Hamilton for the post-qualifying press conference in China... read more »

Mark Webber believes he may have over-driven his lap in Q3 as he looked for more time in qualifying at Shanghai read more »

We're satisfied with today's result and, in general, with the work the team and drivers put in which, added to the upgrades we've brought here, have enabled us... read more »

Lewis Hamilton revealed that his MP4-27 was set up more for the race than for qualifying as he was set to incur a penalty anyway in China... read more »

Obviously, this was a disappointing qualifying for us and today we clearly lacked the pace we needed to be in the fight. read more »

Paul di Resta, 15th: “It was a very close qualifying session, especially Q2 where finding a few tenths could have gained us another five places read more »

Sebastian Vettel has all but taken responsibility for his lacklustre qualifying performance in China. The German failed to make the top ten shootout for the first time since... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he won't blame his Red Bull RB8 after failing to reach the final ten in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix... read more »

Michael Schumacher said he was surprised by the pace of Nico Rosberg during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, but was keen to congratulate his Mercedes team-mate on... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi admitted that his qualifying performance for the Chinese Grand Prix was unexpected and said his target would be to beat Mercedes read more »