Sebastian Vettel said his second place in the Australian Grand Prix proved that Red Bull is in much better shape than its surprise row three qualifying spots in Melbourne suggested read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, Pastor Maldonado and Daniel Ricciardo were not expected to make the final phase of Australian GP qualifying - but they did. read more »

HRT has not been allowed to take part in the Australian Grand Prix. The Spanish team applied for a special dispensation after failing to qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali believes that Fernando Alonso would have made the top ten in qualifying for the Australian GP had he not spun off. read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists there is no need for panic about Red Bull Racing's situation, despite its disappointing qualifying performance at the Australian Grand Prix read more »

A scrappy lap and a KERS issue meant Red Bull struggled through the opening qualifying session of the season. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said there is 'no point getting angry', despite a bitterly disappointing qualifying session today in Australia for the Scuderia. read more »

Michael Schumacher was delighted following qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix today and believes Mercedes have made real progress over the winter. read more »

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel has admitted McLaren were 'out of reach' today in qualifying for this Sunday's season opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has blamed a mistake and a communication issue for his failure to progress beyond the opening qualifying session today in Australia. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 10th: “That was nice! The ambition at the start of the weekend, as far as qualifying was concerned, was to get into Q3 and read more »

Michael Schumacher, 4th: “The first qualifying session of the year proved to be as tight a competition as we had all hoped for. I am certainly read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "It has been a very satisfying day for the team with Pastor qualifying in a very creditable eighth position and read more »

It was a great start of the season for McLaren Mercedes as the first qualifying immediately put both cars on the front row. Both drivers were quite closely matched, while... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is confident that Williams's improved qualifying pace will carry forward into race day in Australia, after taking eighth on the grid for the Melbourne... read more »

Ross Brawn said that Mercedes is "a bit disappointed" with its qualifying result despite Michael Schumacher outqualifying both Red Bulls read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren's qualifying form has been a 'log time coming' after he and Lewis Hamilton locked out the front row for the first time as team-mates read more »

Felipe Massa believes Ferrari's woes may be worse than they had initially feared, after neither driver made it through to the final qualifying session. "Clearly we read more »

Today was a day where can rightly consider P21 for Timo Glock and P22 for Charles Pic a qualified success for our team. Their positions belie a monumental effort by the whole... read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button has conceded that team-mate Lewis Hamilton had the upper hand today in qualifying for the Australian GP and that his best just 'wasn t quite... read more »

The outcome of the first qualifying session of the 2012 season was definitely disappointing for Scuderia Ferrari: neither driver managed to get through to the final part of the... read more »

Mark Webber is confident he can challenge for the podium at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, despite a disappointing qualifying performance that was not helped by a faulty... read more »

Red Bull's qualifying pace today was far from what it was last year at Melbourne, with Mark Webber now setting the 5th fastest time, albeit partly due to a KERS... read more »

Post qualifying press conference with pole-man Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean. read more »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Saturday's qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »