Vitaly Petrov thanked his mechanics for fixing his car in time for qualifying. The Caterham racer hit the wall in the closing stages of third practice, leaving the team with... read more »

Williams had a complicated Friday due to the weather, making it difficult to get any consistent data to set-up the car. In the morning, Valtterri Bottas created even a bit more... read more »

No Sauber mechanics were seriously injured in Kamui Kobayashi's pit stop accident at the British Grand Prix, for which the Japanese driver has apologised read more »

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado has been fined €10,000 (£8,000) and reprimanded by the stewards for crashing into Sergio Perez during the British Grand... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi had to apologise to his mechanics, after his badly misjudged his entry into the Sauber pit box during the final round of stops and ended up bowling them over. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi apologised to his Sauber team after injuring a few of his mechanics during a pitstop in the British Grand Prix read more »

Kamui Kobayashi has said sorry to his team after a botched pit stop put four team mechanics on the ground... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 11th: "First of all the accident at the pit stop was my fault and I want to apologise to the team. Of course I had to push hard for points, but without... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “That was a pretty uneventful race for me. I drove as hard as I could with the car we had today and was pretty much on my own for the whole race. I... read more »

In FP2 Bruno aquaplaned off the circuit on full wet tyres damaging the front and rear wings and suspension. The mechanics are now busy rebuilding the car and we'll be... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Unfortunately for everyone, and especially the spectators, the weather conditions were very poor today with constant rain throughout... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 3rd: "Wow, I did not even think of getting on the podium for any second in the race today, so what a wonderful result! Finally it happened! After such... 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 »

McLaren are reportedly able to adjust the temperature of their tyres through an adjustable opening on the wheel hub. Such a system would be useful this season given the... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen and Bruno Senna both left their mechanics with additional work after tasting Canadian concrete in practice for this weekend's grand prix in Montreal. read more »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES - Andrew GREEN (Force India), Antonio CUQUERELLA (HRT), Graeme LOWDON (Marussia), Jonathan NEALE (McLaren), Mark GILLAN (Williams). Q. Antonio, today there... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 13th: "We completed all of the things that we had planned for the session so we have had a productive day and are in a good place heading into the... read more »

Jenson Button described the McLaren mechanics as "fantastic" after he managed only 26 laps during Friday practice in Montreal read more »

Heikki Kovalainen admits he was to blame for his crash in Prac One and has thanked his mechanics for getting him out onto track later in the day... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 1st: “I’m very happy with my start to the weekend: happy that the rain held off for both sessions today and happy that we got... read more »

And now for something completely different: for the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down... read more »

For the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true... read more »

For the last two years Sauber mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true craftsmen. read more »

Timo Glock, 20th: "I think another good day for me. FP3 this morning was quite a solid session and we worked our way through the programme. As a crew we've worked... read more »

What you see on track is just half the story. Engineers and mechanics spend hundreds of hours each race weekend finding the perfect set-up behind the scenes. In his exclusive... read more »