Pastor Maldonado, 19th: "Everything was quite tight today. We were on the pace and looking good for a top five position but I came across traffic on what would have been... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 21st: "It was the best qualifying session of the year and, without a doubt, the best lap I've ever done in Monaco. The car went well and we decided... read more »

Timo Glock, 20th: "I think another good day for me. FP3 this morning was quite a solid session and we worked our way through the programme. As a crew we've worked... read more »

Nico Rosberg has conserved two completely new sets of Super Soft tyres ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. The German will start second on Sunday, sharing the front row with ex... read more »

Mark Webber, 2nd: "It was a strong day, particularly this afternoon. It's normal around here that the momentum has got to build before qualifying and then you have to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 8th: "For sure we're not very happy after that session. Since the first practice we've been a little bit behind where we should have been and... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 1st: It is simply a wonderful feeling to set pole after such a long time, and particularly here in Monaco. Okay, it has taken a little bit longer than I... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 4th: "I've had a good feeling all weekend, but his afternoon was massively tough: one of my toughest qualifying sessions for some time, in fact. And... read more »

Pastor Maldonado blamed cold tyres and oversteer for his collision with Sergio Pérez in the final minutes of Monaco Grand Prix practice on Saturday morning. The... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 18th: “That was a good session for me. I've had a good balance all weekend and I went into this session knowing I could push. I'd said to... read more »

Several factors beyond understanding the Pirelli tyres are having an influence on this season's racing, according to Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery read more »

Pirelli insists that there is no mystery to its 2012 tyres - and that teams fully understand exactly what they need to do to get the most out of the rubber read more »

Formula One's team boss are not in favour of the sport introducing qualifying tyres in order to persuade drivers to contest Q3... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "Today has been a really strange day because, out of the three hours which we normally have, I only completed two stints. I wasn't able to... read more »

Timo Glock, 20th: "In general, the mixed conditions today made it very difficult to work on the car in the way we had planned. We got a good start to the day this morning,... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 4th: "For we drivers, Thursday in Monaco provides the best opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with a very unique track. The more you go round, the more... read more »

The majority of teams are against the idea of Pirelli introducing Q3 only qualifying tyres in a bid to spice up the pole position shoot-out. With tyres now playing a decisive... read more »

The 2012 'tyre lottery' is a buzzword in the F1 paddock at present, but Gerhard Berger on Thursday slammed those who are complaining the loudest. "It's... read more »

Understanding super-soft tyres will be key - Button read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: This morning we had a productive session with both drivers successfully working through their test programmes, but unfortunately the wet... read more »

Paul Di Resta, 12th: “The morning session was quite straightforward and the baseline set-up was not too far away. The track was quite green to begin with, but it was... read more »

Paul Hembery: “Of all the tyres in our range, the teams have had the least running of all on the supersoft to date, so today was very important for them to get out... read more »

Jenson Button, 1st: “The most important job today was to try and get a decent high-fuel long-run on the Supersoft tyre – which I don’t think... read more »

We haven't achieved quite as much data gathering as perhaps we would have liked and once again it seems that the preparation of the tyres will be critical to good performance. read more »

Formula 1's latest winner, Pastor Maldonado, declared himself satisfied after he finished in the top five in both practice sessions on Friday. The Williams driver won last... read more »