Sergio Perez has described his Friday practice sessions in Bahrain as "very positive" and that the team are on top of the troublesome tyre degradation issues. read more »

Both sessions were dominated by the performance of the medium and soft tyres as we worked to optimise the set-ups to balance the car for the difficult track conditions. read more »

Fernando Alonso said that Ferrari won't base its setup on its findings from Friday's practice sessions because the track will evolve significantly over the weekend read more »

Team bosses speaking with the media after Friday's practice sessions at Bahrain International Circuit insisted it would be wrong for F1 to become involved in Bahraini... read more »

Sebastian Vettel does not believe that Red Bull is favourite to challenge for victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix after Friday's practice sessions read more »

Following a dismal weekend in China which Toro Rosso eventually ended up using as an extended test session, Daniel Ricciardo was more positive after the opening two practice... read more »

Somewhere in Shanghai, Bernie Ecclestone is sat smiling and rubbing his hands with glee. Three qualifying sessions and two races have provided little evidence as to where the... read more »

After the dreary conditions at the Shanghai International Circuit yesterday for the Friday practice sessions, sunshine was forcing its way through the cloud cover as third... read more »

Combined times from all three practice sessions for the 2012 UBS Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 7th: "We had a few minor issues to fix, but overall today's practice sessions went smoothly. Sometimes the visibility was a bit poor read more »

The first of the practice sessions for the Chinese Grand Prix took place today at the Shanghai International Circuit. During the afternoon session, Mercedes driver Michael... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes that the field is "tight" following the Friday practice sessions for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel was content following the opening pair of Friday practice sessions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, winding up third behind Michael Schumacher and Lewis... read more »

An annoyed Bernie Ecclestone has categorically denied that the Bahrain Grand Prix will face boycotts or other threats. The head of Formula One Management (FOM, commercial... read more »

Jules Bianchi will kick off his season of Friday practice duties this weekend in China. Despite remaining under contract to Ferrari’s development programme, the... read more »

Although Sauber team-mate Kamui Kobayashi struggled to the 17th grid slot at Sepang, Sergio Pérez was able to translate a poor opening pair of practice sessions into... read more »

After both the Sauber F1 Team drivers reported some improvement with the balance of their Sauber C31-Ferraris in the third free practice session in the morning, they had very... read more »

The Malaysian Grand Prix got underway today with the first and second practice sessions at Sepang, where HRT Formula 1 Team enjoyed a complete day of testing without great... read more »

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg kicked off the Mercedes AMG Petronas team's track preparations for the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix today with the first two... read more »

Lotus F1 Team drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of the second round of the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship at... read more »

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen has been handed a five-place grid penalty after his team opted to replace the gearbox on his car following today's practice sessions. read more »

Having spent Friday's practice sessions evaluating a host of setup configurations, Felipe Massa has been left in a positive frame of mind about his and... read more »

After his evident disappointment with how things turned out last week in Australia, Lewis Hamilton was making a statement by topping both Friday practice sessions. read more »

They waited for the rain to come, but thankfully for the teams in Sepang it never made an appearance.  A dry three hours of running was gratefully received after wet weather... read more »

Balance problems, tyre degradation and another gearbox reliability issue frustrated Sauber's efforts during Friday's practice sessions in Malaysia. read more »