Sebastian Vettel claims first pole of 2012 as McLaren, Mercedes stumble in Bahrain qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has returned to his usual qualifying position as he posted the best time in qualifying, the first time he does so this season. Lewis Hamilton has to settle for... read more »

Sebastian Vettel upset the formbook by claiming his first pole position of 2012 in a topsy-turvy qualifying session at the Bahrain GP. read more »

Another world champion bit the dust in Bahrain GP qualifying, as Kimi Raikkonen failed to progress beyond Q2. read more »

Michael Schumacher found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as he exited early in Bahrain GP qualifying. read more »

Nico Rosberg again topped the times in third and final practice ahead of Bahrain GP qualifying. 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 »

Ross Brawn was somewhat coy when asked if Mercedes would be taking pole position in Bahrain this afternoon. After final practice, in which Nico Rosberg was quickest, the Team... read more »

Nico Rosberg was fastest again in the final free practice session ahead of the Bahrain qualifying session. Sebastian Vettel went second fastest with the second Red Bull of Mark... read more »

We can expect qualifying to be very tough tomorrow: there's no denying that getting both cars into Q3 will be very difficult. read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes have the pace to match McLaren on race day and qualifying as well as practice. read more »

Lewis Hamilton reckons qualifying will go the way of Mercedes in Bahrain but has every confidence that McLaren can pull it back on Sunday... read more »

Early season star Sergio Perez says he is confident that his strong start to 2012 will continue during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday read more »

Changes to the Monaco GP circuit revealed in response to Sergio Perez's accident during qualifying last year read more »

With Nico Rosberg scoring his maiden career win in Shanghai, we look back at the events that defined his stunning weekend in China - at the speed of the Mercedes F1 W03 and at... read more »

Red Bull Racing still needs to bring more to its car than improved qualifying pace if it is going to turn its RB8 into a race winner, reckons world champion Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Christian Horner admits Red Bull has to improve on its qualifying performance to stand the best chance of success in 2012 read more »

Bruno Senna believes an improved DRS could be key to helping Williams find the qualifying boost it needs to make the most of its race pace read more »

Michael Schumacher hopes Mercedes can keep up its new-found winning pace at forthcoming races. Despite always qualifying strongly with its 'double-DRS', the German... read more »

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi felt letdown following the Chinese Grand Prix after he was unable to make the most of his best-ever qualifying result. read more »

Heading into the Chinese Grand Prix, Sauber looked set for another competitive race as Kamui Kobayashi lined up 3rd on the grid, his best qualifying position to date. However,... read more »

The positives from this weekend are that we continue to show good qualifying and race pace with the E20, and we were capable of fighting for a podium finish with Kimi. read more »

Qualifying statistics This was Nico Rosberg’s first ever pole position. Although he was the youngest ever driver to set a fastest race lap, aged 20 at the 2006 Bahrain Grand... read more »

After an outstanding qualifying performance ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix the race itself was disheartening for the Sauber F1 Team. Neither of the race strategies really... read more »

We are obviously disappointed with this result. After our strong qualifying we expected more. However, we were not fast enough, and our strategy didn't work out. read more »