Fernando Alonso set the pace, but ongoing rain forced many teams to re-evaluate their Mugello test programme in favour of the remaining two days. read more »

Fernando Alonso tops the timesheets at a soggy Mugello as the first in-season test since 2008 gets underway. read more »

With Ferrari admitting they need every minute of track time available in testing this week, the rain did the Italian stable no favours on Tuesday... read more »

Fernando Alonso went fastest on the first day of testing at Mugello. The times however probably don't mean a lot as the session was severely hampered by rain. While... read more »

Fernando Alonso finished Tuesday's first day of in-season testing at the top of the timesheets after the rain caused havoc on the afternoon session... read more »

Fernando Alonso's morning best of 1m22.444s was comfortably the fastest time of a rain-hit first day of testing at Mugello on Tuesday. read more »

Fernando Alonso ended the first day of the in-season Mugello test as the fastest man, with his morning effort of 1:22.444 enough to hold the top spot amid heavy rainfall at the... read more »

The regular return of heavy rain prevents any meaningful afternoon running in the F1 group test at Mugello, leaving Fernando Alonso a popular pacesetter on 'home soil'. read more »

Fernando Alonso still on top as the F1 test timesheets remain static through early afternoon as rain returns to soak the Mugello circuit. read more »

7.45am Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. The weather is overcast in Shanghai but there doesn’t look to be... read more »

Fernando Alonso is hoping for mixed weather conditions during Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix to help boost his chances of a good result read more »

Paul Hembery: "The rain-affected first session was mainly used by the teams to establish crossover points between the intermediate and the slick tyres, which could read more »

HRT continued to make strides on Friday in China, but Pedro de la Rosa is under no illusions that the Spanish team does not still have much work to do. After a rain-affected... read more »

No rain but conditions remain damp and cold as Michael Schumacher heads Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Rosberg and Button in FP2. Lock-ups and excursions aplenty. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren were on top in an opening Shanghai practice session broken up by intermittent rain showers. The 2008 Champion, who will be taking a five-place grid... read more »

Lewis Hamilton topped the rain-hit opening free practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

The last lap of the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix, won by the great Michael Schumacher. This video shows Michael the race and his 91 career win and what would be his last. Button... read more »

Following a dramatic and rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix, many have been hoping for and expecting a return to dry and stable conditions in China. However, the latest weather... read more »

Valtteri Bottas will return to practice action in Bruno Senna’s car on Friday, even if the Shanghai skies open. English-language television weather reports in the... read more »

Fernando Alonso is refusing to get carried away about his five-point advantage in the drivers' championship ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, despite... read more »

F1 driver on Fernando Alonso's win in Malaysia and how Red Bull coped after the heavy rain broke the team radio. read more »

McLaren believes the wet weather that struck the Malaysian Grand Prix cost it the chance of a 1-2 finish to cement its place at the top of the world championship standings. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen led the charge for Lotus F1 Team in the Malaysian Grand Prix; translating a tenth place starting slot into a fifth-placed finish in a rain-affected, red... read more »

The Sauber F1 Team is over the moon after having finished second in a very difficult Malaysian GP with Sergio Perez at the wheel of the Sauber C31-Ferrari. Sergio had started... read more »

Paul Hembery: "This race had echoes of Canada last year, which was also suspended due to rain. Once more, that created an intriguing set of read more »