We would expect the soft tyre to last for around 50 laps and the supersoft to last for 35 laps, with a difference of about a second per lap between the two compounds. read more »

The McLaren duo of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton believe Lotus will be the car to beat in Monaco this weekend after Romain Grosjean showed impressive pace during... read more »

Jenson Button set the pace in Thursday's second practice session in Monaco before the rain came down and the lap times dropped dramatically... read more »

Mika Häkkinen will be watching this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix harbour-side and believes early indications show that Lotus are the team to beat. Although... read more »

Fernando Alonso and Ferrari set the pace in Thursday’s first practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. As Kimi Räikkönen managed only a single lap... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has compared the Monaco Grand Prix to a tight rally stage through thick trees, and therefore believes he will adapt to the circuit quickly. It will be his first... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "Monaco is by far the most difficult and technical circuit in the entire Championship. The only trick to this track is to do miles and not change the... read more »

Paul di Resta Paul, tell us what Monaco means to you... The Monaco Grand Prix is probably the highlight of the year and the race that every driver wants to win. It's... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: The 78 lap race on the demanding 3.34km long partially resurfaced Monaco circuit is unique and is undoubtedly one of the most stringent... read more »

Q: You visited the team’s factory in Oxfordshire today, what was the atmosphere like? Pastor Maldonado: I arrived at the factory this morning and everybody I have met... read more »

As consistently reported on The Flying Lap, Pastor Maldonado has been showing great promise ever since he made his F1 debut in Melbourne last year; we were also very... read more »

Jenson Button admits he's confused by the lack of pace shown by McLaren in Spain, particularly on his side of the garage. The 2009 world champion could only manage 11th,... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: "Monaco's the race everyone in F1 wants to win, and it's not just a famous F1 race, it's one of the biggest annual events in the world.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes it's only a matter of time before things start falling into place for him at McLaren this season, following a string of errors. The 27-year-old... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has admitted he was wrong to allow Lewis Hamilton to complete his final qualifying lap, which would later result in him being excluded. The McLaren driver... read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that he should have told Lewis Hamilton to abandon his Spanish Grand Prix qualifying lap as soon as the team realised it... read more »

Felipe Massa is adamant that he committed no crime and therefore deserved no punishment in the Spanish Grand Prix. On Lap 28, both himself and Sebastian Vettel were handed... read more »

Charles Pic, DNF: "I didn't get a very good start today. From then on I was working well on my pace and got the right side of the HRTs again. Things were going well... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 2nd: "This second place feels like a victory. Having finished the race in Sakhir almost a minute off the winner, today we overtook one of the two Red... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Pastor MALDONADO (Williams), 2 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), 3 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 6th: “It was difficult race and a hard day in the office. I’m not entirely happy, we could have finished maybe one position higher up, but... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 5th: “The team did a really great job, and the update on our car works very well. The pace in the race was a big improvement compared to the last... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 12th: “I had a really good start, moving up as high as tenth in a couple of laps. We decided to pit early to try and get ahead of some more guys and... read more »

Michael Schumacher was furious after slamming into the back of Bruno Senna and removing both men from Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The incident occurred at Turn 1 on... read more »

Pastor Maldonado was understandably happy after joining a growing list of winners this season, which has matched the record breaking 1983 season in which five different winners... read more »