Pastor Maldonado and Williams were quick right from free practice on Friday, having consistently got the most out of both tyre compounds all weekend. read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), 2 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), 3 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Lewis Hamilton fought back through the field to eighth place in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Having qualified on pole before being disqualified last night, the 2008... read more »

Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery: “With Pastor Maldonado starting from the front and Lewis Hamilton starting from the back, this was always going... read more »

Nico Rosberg fell foul of tyre management issues and also suffered a technical issue during the Spanish Grand Prix that ended up costing him two positions by the end. read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 8th: “I’m proud of my performance today, and proud of the team too. They did a great job: a real improvement with the pitstops, following... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: "I think we got as much out of the car as we could this afternoon. I had a good start, passed Senna and was hanging on to the pack ahead up until... read more »

Mercedes believes a problem with Nico Rosberg's car caused his severe tyre management issues during the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a difficult day for us and a very strange race. We didn't manage to find the right tyre management so I lost two positions towards the... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was understandably happy after joining a growing list of winners this season, which has matched the record breaking 1983 season in which five different winners... read more »

Jenson Button, 10th: “I expected quite a bit from qualifying today, so I don’t really understand what went wrong. The speed is in the car though,... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Pastor's qualifying performance was stunning today with a collection of very strong laps throughout the session which allowed us to... read more »

Red Bull Racing will not find itself on the front end of the grid this time. Sebastian Vettel qualifying in 8th after deciding not to set a time in the final part of... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "This third place is not what we had expected. We were counting on making a step forward that would allow us to get into Q3 with less difficulty than... read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will start the Spanish Grand Prix from seventh and ninth positions respectively following today's qualifying hour that was... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Strategy was at the forefront of qualifying today, with a gap of around 0.8 seconds between the hard and the soft tyres, depending on the team.... read more »

We are very flexible on tyre strategy for tomorrow and we'll be spending a lot of time now looking at all the possible permutations. read more »

Charles Pic, 21st: "I am quite happy to be honest. I think for me all round it is quite a good qualifying. We managed to improve the package for this weekend, but the gap... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 8th: “A pretty different session today; it was extremely tight. From Q1 onwards we decided to go on the soft tyres. The first run in Q2... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "The day went very well, especially this afternoon, so I'm very happy with what we achieved. We completed two very good laps in qualifying,... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a tricky Qualifying session this afternoon, and seventh position was about the most that we could have achieved. It was a challenge to find... 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 »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

A tactical battle over tyre strategy in qualifying resulted in pole for Lewis Hamilton ahead of Pastor Maldonado, and shock early exits for Mark Webber and Jenson Button. read more »