Paul Hembery: "Strategy was at the forefront of qualifying today, with a gap of around 0.8 seconds between the hard and the soft tyres, depending on the team.... read more »

Charles Pic, 21st: "I am quite happy to be honest. I think for me all round it is quite a good qualifying. We managed to improve the package for this weekend, but the gap... read more »

We are very happy with this result. After the Mugello test, which was quite encouraging, we hoped we would be able to get both cars into Q3, and it's good to see that this... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

Leading F1 technical figures Sam Michael and Adrian Newey admit that there was little value in reintroduction of in-season testing. read more »

Red Bull Racing’s Adrian Newey and McLaren’s Sam Michael both claimed they did not see any particular value in holding the recent Mugello test. The three days’ running at the... read more »

  TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Pierre WACHE (Sauber), Paui HEMBERY (Pirelli), Mark SMITH (Caterham), Giorgio ASCANELLI (Toro Rosso), Adrian NEWEY (Red Bull), Sam... read more »

This was the first day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, but Ferrari used it to continue its testing programme. Many new items and updates tested at Mugello had to be... read more »

The Sauber F1 Team enjoyed a productive first day of practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. The new aerodynamic update, which had been tested last week at the Mugello... read more »

A productive Friday for us with excellent feedback from Nico, Paul and Jules as we continued to evaluate the developments we ran in Mugello last week. read more »

Even though the teams are now all at Barcelona, Toro Rosso continued its test programme they started at Mugello, targeting aerodynamic evaluation. Overall, there is still quite... read more »

Overall we had a good Friday. What we can see from measurements the new aero package, which was introduced in Mugello, works as expected. read more »

Michael Schumacher says that the benefit of the Mugello test was displayed during Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Rival drivers respond to the criticism from Vitaly Petrov to the choice of Mugello for the recent F1 test read more »

Jenson Button insists that he and Lewis Hamilton did the right thing in missing the Mugello test. read more »

Fernando Alonso isn't expect major gains in Spain after admitting his F2012 wouldn't feature any 'major upgrades'. Ferrari are set to introduce their new... read more »

Felipe Massa has questioned the value of last week's test at Mugello, saying it felt like a lost test that could have taken place before the start of the season. read more »

While Felipe Massa is convinced his team has taken a step forward he remains unconvinced at the decision to lose a pre-season test in favour of an in-season version. read more »

Fernando Alonso says that the Ferrari F2012 is not significantly different following the Mugello test with the team having focused on different setups read more »

Caterham has decided it will not use the exhaust layout it tested at Mugello in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren looks set to run a higher nose this weekend in Spain. Last week, at the very end of the Mugello test, test driver Oliver Turvey debuted a new front wing that featured a... read more »

Pastor Maldonado: We have done a lot of running here pre-season so hopefully that experience will help this weekend. It is a very enjoyable circuit to drive, technical but... read more »

The chances are high of McLaren running its modified, higher nose cone as Formula 1 regroups for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The new component was tested... read more »

McLaren are likely to run a new nose configuration at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend following a brief test of the raised front in Mugello last week. The new higher nose... read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren is likely to switch to the new high nose design it trialled on the final afternoon of in-season testing at Mugello. read more »