The drivers have their say on the Friday action in Shanghai, where tyre degradation is the major talking point. read more »

Lewis Hamilton reckons Pirelli may have brought the wrong tyres to Shanghai after the softs "disintegrated" in Friday's practice... read more »

China's first F1 driver, Ma Qing Hua, set another landmark Friday just by taking part in his home grand prix weekend in Shanghai... read more »

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in China on Friday, with times in the afternoon a significant step forward.     read more »

Lewis Hamilton has questioned whether Pirelli's soft tyres are an appropriate selection for this weekend's Chinese GP after suffering extreme degradation during... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Red Bull is too far from the pace for his liking at the end of Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Max Chilton's Chinese GP weekend did not get off to a great start as the Marussia driver managed just five laps on Friday afternoon... read more »

Full times from today's second free practice session for the UBS Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Ferrari's Felipe Massa took over at the top of the timesheets in Friday's second practice session for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix.     read more »

Felipe Massa put Ferrari atop the timesheets in Friday’s second practice session at Shanghai, delivering a fastest effort of 1:35.340 on the Soft tyre compound. The... read more »

Felipe Massa topped the times as practice on Friday for the Chinese Grand Prix came to a close. The Brazilian posting a 1:35.340 to jump ahead of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen bu... read more »

Mercedes dominated the first Chinese Grand Prix practice session on Friday, with Nico Rosberg topping the timing screens by almost half a second over team-mate Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Sergio Perez's crash in the pit entry after the chequered flag in Friday morning practice for the Chinese Grand Prix was caused by a loss of front tyre temperature,... read more »

Full times from today's first free practice session for the UBS Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes sets early pace in preparation for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix.     read more »

Nico Rosberg picked up where he left off in China, claiming yet another P1, although this time a year later and on a Friday morning... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the pace in Friday morning’s opening practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix, delivering a personal best flying lap of 1:36.717. The Mercedes... read more »

Mercedes cancelled Lewis Hamilton's media arrangements on Thursday in China after the Briton was taken ill following an allergic reaction. The 28-year-old appeared fine on... read more »

Ma Qing Hua will return to Formula 1 action on Friday when he takes part in first practice for the Chinese Grand Prix with Caterham read more »

McLaren now has a better understanding of its car, the MP4-28, and the reasons behind its less than expected pace, according to managing director Jonathan Neale. During a... read more »

"We've got a lot of work to do on Friday as we learn more about the car and learn what, if any of the upgrades that we've taken, work," warns McLaren MD... read more »

Caterham driver Giedo van der Garde will race on a circuit where he has previous Formula 1 experience for the first time at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, with the... read more »

Alexander Rossi is gearing up for his first Friday run at a grand prix weekend under no illusion that he won't be judged on his lap times... read more »

Giedo van der Garde could sit out as many as four sessions as Caterham run reverse drivers in Friday practices... read more »

Ma Qing Hua and Alexander Rossi to get Friday practice outings in the next two rounds of the F1 season read more »