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 »

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel is now the third most successful qualifier in F1 history, joining Jim Clark and Alain Prost on 33 pole positions, after using Pirelli P Zero... 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 »

Luca di Montezemolo pointed his finger at Pirelli on Saturday as he slammed an “odd” qualifying session at Valencia. A surprise and rare visitor in the... read more »

Toro Rosso have not been happy with their pace since the very beginning of the Valencian GP weekend, and hence they have opted for a different approach to qualifying, aiming to... read more »

Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado reckons he has enough life in his tyres to be able to fight for a second F1 win in 2012, after the Williams driver qualified third... read more »

Jenson Button went fastest in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the European GP. On the Valencian track, he made a single attempt on option tyres to improve... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes that the type of racing in Formula 1 caused by this year's Pirelli tyres is good for the sport read more »

The European Grand Prix, second event in the World Championship taking place in Spain, got underway today at the Valencia Street Circuit with the first 90 minutes of practice... read more »

Jenson Button, 12th: “The car didn’t feel too bad today: we struggled a little with front locking, and the lap-time isn’t quite there yet, but... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 24th: "In the first session our weakest point was braking, as we were blocking the front and rear tyres. We improved notably in the afternoon after... 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 »

Paul Di Resta, 6th: "When I got in the car this morning the baseline set-up was a good starting point and I didn't really change that much for the rest of the day.... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 7th: "Overall, it's been a positive day, during which we tried various updates on the car: some worked well, others need some modifying and then they... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was unable to put in a long run in Valencia on Friday afternoon, as the Sauber driver was affected by a hydraulic problem. However, with a light fuel load, the... 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 »

Sebastian Vettel moved ahead as Formula 1 practice continued in Valencia on Friday. When the Soft compound tyres were rolled out, the World Champion set a best lap time of... read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the pace in Friday's second practice in Valencia, which gave the first indication of how qualifying on the soft tyres could pan out... read more »

Bruno Senna is expecting a "tough" weekend in Valencia where the heat is expected to play havoc with the Pirelli tyres... read more »

McLaren's operations director Simon Roberts says that McLaren learnt "a huge amount" about the Pirelli tyres in Canada but believes all of the big teams are... read more »

Pirelli's current deal to supply tyres to Formula One may end at the end of next year, but they're hopeful of extending their stay in the sport... read more »

McLaren's operations director Simon Roberts thinks it is too soon to suggest that the top Formula 1 teams have now got a handle on the 2012 Pirelli tyres and will command... read more »