Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer: "We have had a relatively tough day today with Pastor experiencing a KERs problem in qualifying which forced us to pit his car and... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will start the Bahrain GP five places back from his qualifying position as he has incurred a grid slot penalty... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has been docked five places on the Bahrain Grand Prix grid for a gearbox change. The modification came after the opening pair of free practice sessions on... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will take a five-place grid penalty after Williams mechanics were forced to change a faulty gearbox in his FW34. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is set for a five-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after needing a new gearbox on his Williams for this weekend's event read more »

Lewis Hamilton is certain he would have given Nico Rosberg a hard fight for Chinese Grand Prix victory had he been able to take up his front row starting position at Shanghai. read more »

Lewis Hamilton thinks he could have had a shot at victory at the Chinese Grand Prix had it not been for his five-place grid penalty read more »

Nico Rosberg has secured his maiden pole-position for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix after an absolute scorcher of a lap which saw the German qualify half a second ahead of... read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton believes he is in a 'good position' for Sunday's Chinese GP, even though an unscheduled gearbox change has landed him with a... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen set the fifth fastest time whilst Romain Grosjean made it through to Q3 but did not set a time in the final session before tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix at the... read more »

An ultimately disappointing qualifying, we are P6 and P11 on the grid tomorrow, after Lewis' penalty. read more »

Lewis Hamilton revealed that his MP4-27 was set up more for the race than for qualifying as he was set to incur a penalty anyway in China... read more »

Although he starts seventh, Lewis Hamilton remains a firm favourite for victory in China on Sunday. The McLaren driver, knowing he had a five-place penalty for a gearbox change... read more »

Lewis Hamilton remains confident that he can overcome his grid penalty to claim a first race win of 2012. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is calling for Pastor Maldonado to receive a penalty in China, with the Finn claiming that the Venezuelan slowed him in the first phase of qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes he is "in a good position" for the Chinese Grand Prix despite his five-place grid penalty read more »

Nico Rosberg takes his first ever F1 pole position and Mercedes first since Monza 1955, as Hamilton grid penalty allows German team to lock-out front row and Vettel fails to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets as McLaren controlled proceedings in final practice ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. As the 2008 Champion carries a grid penalty into... read more »

Apr.13 (GMM) There remains a chance Lewis Hamilton will not have to move back five places on Sunday's Chinese grand prix grid. It emerged on Thursday that McLaren had... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is ready for the challenge of fighting back from his grid penalty after showing strong pace in Friday practice in Shanghai read more »

Lewis Hamilton is upbeat about the long-run pace of his McLaren, which he hopes will make him a contender for victory in China despite a five-place grid penalty. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is ready to fight through the field in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix as he prepares to take a grid penalty ahead of qualifying read more »

Jenson Button is the bookies favourite to take victory in the Chinese Grand Prix after penalty for Lewis Hamilton read more »

Lewis Hamilton still has slim chance of avoiding five-place grid drop, according to McLaren. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren were on top in an opening Shanghai practice session broken up by intermittent rain showers. The 2008 Champion, who will be taking a five-place grid... read more »