McLaren's Jenson Button has said going out a little too late was the reason he only set the sixth fastest time in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 9th: "We knew this would be a difficult qualifying and that's how it turned out. We managed to get into Q3, staying ahead read more »

Felipe Massa is hoping for his first points of the season at the Chinese Grand Prix after showing signs of a return to form during Saturday's qualifying session read more »

Sebastian Vettel refuses to blame his poor qualifying on his decision to use a different car from team-mate Mark Webber. read more »

It was a memorable day for Sauber at the Shanghai International Circuit today, with both Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez achieving their best-ever grid positions. read more »

Romain Grosjean said that "a terrible first run in Q2" prevented him from setting a competitive lap time in the final part of qualifying read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was disappointed with his car's performance during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix despite securing his best grid position since his comeback with Lotus read more »

Mercedes boss Norbert Haug was bowled over by Nico Rosberg's pole position time today in qualifying for the 2012 F1 Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Paul di Resta does not believe he could have mustered any more performance from his Force India on Saturday, despite qualifying only 15th for the Chinese Grand Prix. The Scot... read more »

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 »