Nico Rosberg overcame a difficult start and was cleared of penalties for aggressive moves against Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to finish in fifth place. read more »

Michael Schumacher said there were positives to be drawn from his 10th-place finish at the Bahrain Grand Prix after he started from 22nd on the grid read more »

Timo Glock, 19th: "It was a very difficult race today. I had no balance in the car, no speed and no chance to push after the second or third la. The rear tyres dropped off... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 20th: "It was a tough race, but we finished with both cars and that is positive for the team. The truth is that our rhythm wasn't what we'd... read more »

Paul Di Resta, 6th: "The result today is massive for us. The team did an amazing job all weekend, the strategy came together and the pit-stops were perfect. We knew it... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "I had a pretty bad first lap today, but after that I was able to recover and get the most of our race. We had a good strategy and the pace of the car... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 1st: "It was an incredible race, extremely tough. A good start was crucial and I was able to pull away from the pack, which was a big advantage as we... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus), 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus): TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is aiming to finish in the top six in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix following a tough qualifying read more »

The race will inevitably be a physically challenging one for all the drivers, but we've got two tough racers in Lewis and Jenson and our intention is to go for the win. read more »

Although the ‘Tifosi’ has been left disappointed by Ferrari’s Bahrain qualifying positions of ninth and 14th, Fernando Alonso has revealed that he... read more »

Williams endured a difficult qualifying session, where at the end Bruno Senna qualified in 15th position while Pastor Maldonado will start from 22nd. The latter qualified in... read more »

For those who feared a tough qualifying session for Williams, there was no Q1 elimination at Sakhir but the Grove team still experienced its worst Saturday of 2012 so far.... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), 3 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer: "We have had a relatively tough day today with Pastor experiencing a KERs problem in qualifying which forced us to pit his car and... read more »

Charles Pic, 20th: "Not an easy day today, but I am quite happy with the result. This afternoon it was much hotter as forecast and the tyre degradation was maybe a little... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 1st: “It feels great and I completely owe this one to the team. It wasn’t an easy start to the season for us and there was a lot of... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "I’m very happy to be honest. We come from not qualifying in Australia not long ago, so when I saw the times we posted I was glad. For us... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he and Mark Webber owe their strong qualifying performance to the hard work put in by the Red Bull team. The German, who dominated Saturday in 2011 by... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said his first pole position of the 2012 Formula 1 season was a tribute to his Red Bull team's efforts to get back on the pace after a tough start to the... read more »

We can expect qualifying to be very tough tomorrow: there's no denying that getting both cars into Q3 will be very difficult. read more »

Nico Rosberg said that the Mercedes race pace "looks reasonable" but admitted that "conditions are really tough" in Bahrain after setting the quickest time... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen says he is hoping Caterham can have a trouble-free weekend in Bahrain after tough start to 2012 read more »

Ferrari are expecting another tough weekend at the Sakhir circuit but both drivers are hoping to at least minimise the damage... read more »