Daniel Ricciardo, 12th: “The final result of the race is disappointing. I think I drove well and the team deserved better. Apart from my finish position, it was a... read more »

Michael Schumacher has spoken out against a potential ban on tyre warmers in Formula 1 read more »

Pastor did an excellent job with a very strong performance on the soft tyres to finish in third. Bruno was less happy with his tyre balance and finished 14th. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is hoping the combination of his fifth place grid position and his Lotus's race pace will see him score a strong result at the European Grand Prix on Sunday read more »

The Williams team believes that tyre management proved again crucial during today's qualifying session. While Pastor Maldonado qualified 3rd with a great lap in Q3,... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will be avoiding Pirelli’s Soft compound for as long as possible in Valencia on Sunday as. Although the less durable tyre is the quicker one, his... read more »

Formula 1 teams are considering a ban on tyre warmers from as early as next year as part of a package of cost saving measures read more »

Michael Schumacher ended Friday’s second practice session in fourth position, despite suffering a number of large front lock-ups in Valencia. However, it is rear end... read more »

With Valtteri Bottas taking over for Bruno Senna during FP1, it was up to the young Finn and Pastor Maldonado to gather data and analyze the updates and tyre compounds present... read more »

Despite an early problem with the clutch for Michael Schumacher, the Mercedes squad had a very productive day as each driver nearly completed a race distance each. Yet they did... read more »

Long runs were the most effective for the Toro Rosso drivers, as they evaluated both tyre compouns throughout the day. But it was during short runs where the team felt they... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa’s running was severely curtailed as he crashed his HRT in Friday afternoon practice ahead of the European Grand Prix. As his left-front brake disc... read more »

From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the times were in the first... read more »

Paul Hembery: “From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the... read more »

We had a good day today and tested a number of new development items in addition to working on the car set-up and tyre management. read more »

Bruno Senna, 5th: It was a good day and we managed to fulfil our test programme. It would have been useful to have done a few more miles but we have still gathered a lot of... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 11th: "The car feels okay and there were no issues. The wind was a bit of a factor in the morning but it was better in the afternoon. I was stuck in... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 19th: "A pretty good Friday for me, with both sessions going to plan. In FP2 we ran a new version of the front wing and the initial feel it gave was... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 18th: "The track was quite dirty in the morning session, with some litter on it, blown across by the strong wind, but it cleared up as the afternoon went... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 3rd: "For me it was quite okay today, except for an hydraulic problem which prevented me from doing long runs in the afternoon. In the morning we had a... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 4th: "Our work today was reasonably good, with obviously a lot of data to be confirmed now in our technical briefings before qualifying. The second... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 1st: "We have tried some new parts on the car today, but the lap times have not really allowed us to have a fair conclusion of them yet. It was important... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes is learning to manage its rear tyre degradation better, but is hoping his team can make even more progress ahead of qualifying for the European... read more »

’2012 tyre lottery’ is not a term one would hear seriously deployed this season within the garages of traditional midfield teams including Sauber, Lotus and... read more »

Pirelli has indicated its desire to stay in Formula 1 beyond its current contract. The sport’s controversial sole tyre supplier returned to F1 at the beginning of... read more »