We always knew that reaching Q3 would be an ambitious target for China, but at the same time we have shown that the developments we brought to the car this week are already... read more »

Both Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were disappointed after qualifying today. While the team had hoped to get a car into Q3, only one made it into Q2. The team will look... read more »

Lotus line up fourth and tenth in China, with Kimi Räikkönen leading the charge and Romain Grosjean having decided to abort his final run in Q3. Despite being... read more »

Sebastian Vettel refused to blame his car for his poor qualifying performance at the Chinese Grand Prix, but admitted he couldn't shave off the extra tenths from his lap... read more »

Mark Webber believes he may have over-driven his lap in Q3 as he looked for more time in qualifying at Shanghai read more »

Mark Webber, 7th, starts 6th: "The Q2 lap wasn't bad, but I didn't get the Q3 lap together as I would have liked. It's a read more »

Nico Rosberg has achieved his first Formula 1 pole position in China. The son of 1982 Champion Keke will start ahead of Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher, with Kamui... 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 »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari could struggle to make it through to the final stage of qualifying in China read more »

Fernando Alonso has warned against expecting a miracle in China, saying Ferrari will struggle to make it into Q3 on Saturday... read more »

Fernando Alonso joined five of his fellow drivers in the FIA press conference at the Shanghai circuit that hosts this Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s presence was... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes it will be difficult for Ferrari to make it in to the final part of qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend read more »

FIA – Felipe Massa’s early-season woes continued today as the Brazilian was unable to scrape into Q3 in a Ferrari F2012 car he says he is only beginning to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes his Lotus had the potential to be inside the top two in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, had not made a mistake on his Q3 flying lap at Sepang read more »

Nico Rosberg has admitted a mistake on his Q3 qualifying lap cost him several grid positions at the Malaysian Grand Prix read more »

Although Sauber team-mate Kamui Kobayashi struggled to the 17th grid slot at Sepang, Sergio Pérez was able to translate a poor opening pair of practice sessions into... read more »

Qualifying for the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix will not be remembered as the best for Kimi Räikkönen, who drops to tenth on the grid due to a five-place gearbox... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 10th: “I am very happy we made it into Q3. Considering all the balance problems we had yesterday that we could not fully read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 14th: “Today’s performance was okay, but obviously not as good on paper as last Saturday when I was in Q3. Looking at the times, read more »

It was a very busy day for Scuderia Ferrari, with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso getting through a lot of work, to be as well prepared as possible for qualifying and for the... read more »

With closer racing in 2012, as already witnessed at the season opening race in which the top eight cars in Q3 were covered by less read more »

Ferrari has made a “devastating start” to the 2012 season, the Italian sports newspaper Corriere dello Sport has blasted. “The new season could... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 10th: “That was nice! The ambition at the start of the weekend, as far as qualifying was concerned, was to get into Q3 and read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 9th: “I’m very happy with today’s result because I was not sure we would be able to make Q3. We did a good job read more »

The outcome of the first qualifying session of the 2012 season was definitely disappointing for Scuderia Ferrari: neither driver managed to get through to the final part of the... read more »