Qualifying statistics This was Nico Rosberg’s first ever pole position. Although he was the youngest ever driver to set a fastest race lap, aged 20 at the 2006 Bahrain Grand... read more »

After an outstanding qualifying performance ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix the race itself was disheartening for the Sauber F1 Team. Neither of the race strategies really... read more »

We are obviously disappointed with this result. After our strong qualifying we expected more. However, we were not fast enough, and our strategy didn't work out. read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its ‘double-DRS’, the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has targeted qualifying pace and straight-line speed as areas for improvement for Red Bull after he finished fifth at the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 10th: “Of course after what we did in qualifying the race result is disappointing. I’m not really sure what happened at the start, read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 16th: “We decided to change some elements on the car that had not worked well up to qualifying, which is why I started read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he had to be satisfied with salvaging fifth place from the Chinese Grand Prix after his poor qualifying result and even worse start - despite briefly... read more »

Ross Brawn says Mercedes' hopes of capitalising on its qualifying form in the Chinese Grand Prix will depend on it getting its tyres into the right operating window read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne will start from the pitlane in today’s Chinese Grand prix after having to make changes to the STR7. Vergne was the first of the midfield drivers to drop out of... read more »

Disappointed by his qualifying performance, Toro Rosso has opted to make changes to Jean-Eric Vergne's car ahead of the Chinese GP. read more »

Force India driver Paul di Resta finds himself down on the eighth row of the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix, but is still confident of fighting for points come the race. read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted that his ninth place on the grid in China more or less corresponds to Ferrari's current potential. read more »

Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa have both been reprimanded following separate incidents during today's qualifying session. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was disappointed following qualifying for the F1 2012 Chinese Grand Prix today, even though he set the fifth fastest time. read more »

Today's post qualifying press confrence with Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. read more »

Both Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa have received official reprimands from the stewards following Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. read more »

We have the possibility of getting both drivers into the points and this must be our target: we will gladly take anything extra that might come our way! read more »

This is a great boost for everyone, and gives lots of encouragement to the team here at the track, in Brackley and Brixworth. We hope it will prove to be a step on the way to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen admitted he was disappointed with the pace of his car during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa have been handed reprimands by the FIA for impeding other drivers during qualifying. It had been announced that Maldonado read more »

Pastor Maldonado and Pedro de la Rosa have been given reprimands for impeding during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

After another difficult qualifying session, Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber will start sixth in the F1 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

The Mercedes AMG team locked out the front row of the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit today with Nico Rosberg putting the F1 W03 on pole... read more »

The circuit, the country and the weather might change, but the result of qualifying for Scuderia Ferrari remains the same. In Sepang, we had one driver, Fernando Alonso in... read more »