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 »

Mark Webber may have seen his Barcelona pole run end with a lowly 12th place on Saturday, but the Australian carries no less than four sets of new tyres into Sunday’s... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan has been granted permission to start the Spanish Grand Prix despite missing the 107% qualifying time. The Indian driver suffered from a poorly fitted onboard... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has revealed his lack of running in Q3 was not because of a problem with his car but was rather a decision to save tyres... read more »

We have four new sets of tyres for Mark and three for Sebastian, which can be extremely valuable in the race. 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 »

We have already shown that we can fight with several cars ahead on Sundays and careful management of the tyres and good pitstop strategy should give us a chance of putting in a... read more »

Michael Schumacher says his decision not to run in Q3 was based on the need to save tyres for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix... read more »

Vitaly Petrov, 19th: “I am very happy with today's performance. It feels great to have it all come together in qualifying today and I want to thank the team for... read more »

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel admits he is amazed by just how important tyres have become this season, and how much talk there is about tyre wear and degradation. read more »

Sebastian Vettel put in a late charge on the soft Pirelli tyres to hold the advantage heading into qualifying, however, it's Sauber who are looking good. read more »

Paul Hembery says Pirelli will continue to be aggressive with their tyres, however, if teams really want a different approach they are open to discussions... read more »

Despite not topping a Friday timesheet in Barcelona, one specialist publication sees Lotus as the favourite for Spanish grand prix victory. Germany’s Auto Motor und... read more »

Lotus is the “biggest surprise” of the 2012 season so far, Red Bull’s team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has admitted. In an interview with... read more »

  TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Pierre WACHE (Sauber), Paui HEMBERY (Pirelli), Mark SMITH (Caterham), Giorgio ASCANELLI (Toro Rosso), Adrian NEWEY (Red Bull), Sam... read more »

The Spanish Grand Prix weekend got underway today with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg completing the two ninety-minute practice sessions in blazing sunshine at the Circuit... read more »

Pirelli is confident the vast majority of the paddock supports its philosophy to F1 tyre design and it has no plans to change its approach to make the tyres degrade less quickly read more »

Caterham allowed Alexander Rossi his first run during an F1 weekend. The youngster completed FP1 without problems before Vitaly Petrov got back behind the wheel for the second... read more »

Pirelli will not change its approach to producing challenging tyres in Formula 1, despite the controversy caused by Michael Schumacher's recent criticisms of its products. read more »

Jenson Button admits he is struggling to get the most from the harder compound Pirelli tyres despite topping Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Christian Horner says he isn't worried about the Pirelli tyres playing a major role in the title race as it is the "same for everybody"... read more »