Heikki Kovalainen, 16th: “That was an excellent qualifying session for our team. It's a real bonus for us getting into Q2 but we'd already seen this morning... read more »

Bahrain 2012 is all about tyres, said Shanghai winner Nico Rosberg on Friday. More specifically, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport revealed that the key to victory this... read more »

Coming from the Far to the Middle East has not changed much for Scuderia Ferrari, apart from the much higher temperatures on this island in the Persian Gulf, than in China.... read more »

Sauber are set to announce a major new sponsor at the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix in three weeks time, but the company still remains a mystery. In China the team ran blue... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 8th: "Traditionally, I've always gone well at this track, one of the few where I have won three times. And so it's always a pleasure to drive at... read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison has warned against reading too much into his cars' lap times during free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Nico Rosberg is refusing to get carried about by his latest P1 conceding that being the fastest on a Friday doesn't mean much... read more »

Force India is confident that missing second practice in Bahrain will not impact too much on its competitiveness for the rest of the weekend. read more »

With young Seb only making it to the podium once so far this season, we haven't seen much of the dastardly digit, so Gurmit got to wondering what it's doing these days. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone's latest proposal is that F1's most important races become a tennis-like 'Grand Slam'. Insisting that the calendar will probably not... read more »

While race positions may not point to much improvement, Marussia are confident they are on track heading to Bahrain... read more »

After so much talk about F1's controversial return to Bahrain, the sport's travelling circus has now begun to arrive in the island Kingdom. Already during... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is convinced that his consistent start to the 2012 Formula 1 season is not just all about a stronger McLaren. Last year, the Englishman ran into a number of... read more »

Although Ferrari are very much off the pace at present, Pat Fry believes the Maranello cars are not as slow as they showed to be in Shanghai at the weekend. The Technical... read more »

Speaking after a race which promised so much but delivered so little, Lotus technical director James Allison remains convinced that the good times are coming. read more »

The 2012 Chinese Grand Prix was very much a race of mixed results for Lotus. Kimi Räikkönen may have run second but, once passed by Sebastian Vettel, he soon... read more »

We have been lacking pace since the start of the weekend and therefore did not make much progress up the order, with the two cars finishing 16th and 17th. read more »

Vitaly Petrov: “I am really pleased with my performance today. I think we got as much out of the car as we could and the read more »

7.45am Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. The weather is overcast in Shanghai but there doesn’t look to be... read more »

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualified in 2nd and 3rd places for the Chinese GP. Pole position was impossible today as the McLaren seemed much less... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 19th: "I pretty much got as much as I could out of the car today. I made a small mistake in the final read more »

Heikki Kovalainen - 19th: "I pretty much got as much as I could out of the car today. I made a small mistake in the final corner on my second run that maybe cost me a... read more »

The weather conditions were not too welcoming at the Shanghai International Circuit on Friday as it was rather chilly, misty and damp. The first free practice session for the... read more »

It is still too early to tell how much the update has given us but this afternoon we were able to run through most of the programme which gives us a useful amount of aero data... read more »

HRT continued to make strides on Friday in China, but Pedro de la Rosa is under no illusions that the Spanish team does not still have much work to do. After a rain-affected... read more »