Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "This third place is not what we had expected. We were counting on making a step forward that would allow us to get into Q3 with less difficulty than... read more »

Post-qualifying press conference - Spain read more »

There were some surprising eliminations in Q2; however these drivers will feel the benefit of having more fresh tyres, so it will be interesting to see what they can do with them. read more »

For the second time this year both the Sauber F1 Team drivers have made it into Q3. While Sergio Perez was able to secure his best qualifying result in Formula One so far with... read more »

Pastor Maldonado claimed his first front row grid position today in qualifying for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. After topping the times in Q2, Pastor drove a great... read more »

Sauber were among the surprise success of a topsy-turvy qualifying in Spain, with both cars surging into Q3 - although there was disappointment for Kamui Kobayashi. read more »

The guys in front still have a little margin on us if we put our best laps together, so tomorrow we will perhaps not be able to enjoy the fight we had hoped for. read more »

Narain Karthikeyan has been granted special dispensation to compete in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, having failed to make the 107 percent threshold in qualifying. read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will start the Spanish Grand Prix from seventh and ninth positions respectively following today's qualifying hour that was... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan will contest the Spanish GP despite qualifying outside the 107 percent rule on Saturday... read more »

From a team perspective, we got two cars into the top ten and both drivers will start from the cleaner side of the grid, while our positions were probably as good as we could... read more »

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 »

Caterham had a solid qualifying today with especially Vitaly Petrov very happy about his performance. The Russian qualified in 19th position, immediately ahead of his teammate... read more »

Pastor Maldonado says he went into qualifying at the Circuit de Catalunya expecting a top ten grid slot - he left with a front row position... read more »

Today’s qualifying session at the Circuit de Catalunya offered different fortunes for both drivers of HRT Formula 1 Team. Pedro de la Rosa was able to continue progress with... read more »

A hydraulic leak was the reason for Kamui Kobayashi’s absence from Q3 qualifying in Barcelona on Saturday. Although the Japanese driver had done enough to pass into... read more »

There was no disguising the disappointment in the Red Bull garage following qualifying, with Sebastian Vettel left in eighth position for tomorrow's grid and Mark Webber... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan has been granted permission to start the Spanish Grand Prix despite missing the 107% qualifying time. The Indian driver suffered from a poorly fitted onboard... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan will be allowed to take part in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday despite having failed to set a time within the 107 per cent in qualifying read more »

The FIA's Charlie Whiting has ruled that Formula 1 stewards can continue to use their own discretion when ruling over gains made if a driver goes off-track. Whiting met... read more »

We are very flexible on tyre strategy for tomorrow and we'll be spending a lot of time now looking at all the possible permutations. read more »

Jenson Button is unsure where the speed he showed in Friday practice has gone after failing to reach the last segment of qualifying at Barcelona. read more »

We have four new sets of tyres for Mark and three for Sebastian, which can be extremely valuable in the race. 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 can take encouragement from our qualifying showing today with both Nico and Paul just a couple of tenths shy of squeezing through to Q3. read more »