Pastor Maldonado was the surprise pace-setter in Friday's first practice in Valencia, a session that saw the top nine separated by less than three-tenths... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "I am happy with the way things have gone so far this weekend, especially because the car has proved to be competitive, even on a track which... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 18th: "I'm pleased with today's performance. My last lap was quite a long way up but I made a small mistake in the final chicane which maybe... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 21st: "I'm very happy, for myself and the entire team. In Monaco we completed a good qualifying and here it was even better. The objective was to... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 14th: "This result is not too bad, considering the pace we showed so far this weekend. Fourteenth was probably about the best we could have done as there... read more »

Fernando Alonso isn't ruling out a Ferrari win in Canada after showing impressive pace during qualifying on Saturday. The Spaniard qualified third just behind... read more »

Sebastian Vettel eased to his second pole position of the 2012 Formula 1 season with a lap three tenths faster than Lewis Hamilton in Canada. The Red Bull driver completed two... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, three tenths of a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton, will start the Canadian Grand Prix from pole position. Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber fill the second... read more »

When Jenson Button is at ease with his car he is brilliant, but when he isn’t the tightness of the F1 grid in 2012 is proving costly for him. The Australian GP was... read more »

Mark Webber took a lights to flag victory after starting on pole position in Monaco, giving us a record six different winners from six races. Nico Rosberg also managed to... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 16th: "I enjoy this track a lot so I am disappointed with my qualifying position, because I thought I might have had a chance to do a bit better: top ten... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 6th: "In Italy there's a saying, 'he who goes slowly, goes well and goes far,' right? Well, that's what we are doing: step by step we... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 16th: “I enjoy this track a lot so I am disappointed with my qualifying position, because I thought I might have had a chance to do a bit better:... read more »

McLaren’s Jenson Button has named Lotus as the team to beat in Monaco. After Romain Grosjean was second fastest in both practice sessions on Thursday,... read more »

Jenson Button easily beat Fernando Alonso's FP1 topping time of 1:16.265 to go fastest during second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. Button hustled his McLaren around... read more »

Fernando Alonso topped the first morning session for the Monaco Grand Prix with a time more than three tenths faster than second placed man Romain Grosjean. Meanwhile Sergio... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes it's only a matter of time before things start falling into place for him at McLaren this season, following a string of errors. The 27-year-old... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen eventually finished the Spanish Grand Prix 3.8 seconds behind winner Pastor Maldonado and just six tenths of a second in arrears of second... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 2 – Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

We can take encouragement from our qualifying showing today with both Nico and Paul just a couple of tenths shy of squeezing through to Q3. read more »

Paul di Resta: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 19th: “I am very happy with today's performance. It feels great to have it all come together in qualifying today and I want to thank the team for... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the early pace in Barcelona this morning, the local favourite topping the FP1 timesheet with a time of 1:24.430, just under four tenths of a second clear of... read more »

Romain Grosjean ended the Mugello in-season test quickest with a 1:21.035 in his Lotus, to set the fastest lap over the entire three-day event. The Frenchman set his best in... read more »

Romain Grosjean and Kamui Kobayashi tied the second day of testing in Mugello, both setting an identical time of 1:21.603 to take the top spot. The Lotus driver taking the... read more »