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 »

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 »

Nico Rosberg, 6th: "It was great to be back again and to race through the city. I'm pleased with today's practice sessions. We have the feeling that we are going... 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 »

Heikki Kovalainen: “This morning's session went pretty well. We tried a new suspension part early on that felt pretty good, and then we ran through a normal FP1... 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 »

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 »

We tried to do plenty of laps this afternoon despite the changing conditions, but overall, in terms of the usual jobs of working on the car set-up, we did not achieve that much. 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 »

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 »

Q: Mark, how much satisfaction do you derive from Pastor Maldonado’s victory in the Spanish Grand Prix? Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: This is a massive... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has voiced his dissatisfaction at only finishing the Spanish Grand Prix 3rd, with the former World Champion adamant that he could’ve won the race had the opening... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 19th: "Racing in front of your home crowd is fantastic and so is finishing the race. I'm very happy because it's the second home Grand Prix of... 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 »

Jenson Button slogged around the 66 laps of the Spanish Grand Prix looking distinctly unhappy and off the pace, and is looking for solutions to his woes. read more »

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

Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery: “With Pastor Maldonado starting from the front and Lewis Hamilton starting from the back, this was always going... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 2nd: “I had a very good start and had a chance to overtake on the outside, but we did not have enough speed and I hit the limiter in... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen eventually finished the Spanish Grand Prix 3.8 seconds behind winner Pastor Maldonado and just six tenths of a second in arrears of second... 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 »

Lewis Hamilton, 8th: “I’m proud of my performance today, and proud of the team too. They did a great job: a real improvement with the pitstops, following... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: "I think we got as much out of the car as we could this afternoon. I had a good start, passed Senna and was hanging on to the pack ahead up until... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a difficult day for us and a very strange race. We didn't manage to find the right tyre management so I lost two positions towards the... read more »