A scrappy lap and a KERS issue meant Red Bull struggled through the opening qualifying session of the season. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said there is 'no point getting angry', despite a bitterly disappointing qualifying session today in Australia for the Scuderia. read more »

Michael Schumacher was delighted following qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix today and believes Mercedes have made real progress over the winter. read more »

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel has admitted McLaren were 'out of reach' today in qualifying for this Sunday's season opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has blamed a mistake and a communication issue for his failure to progress beyond the opening qualifying session today in Australia. 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 »

Michael Schumacher, 4th: “The first qualifying session of the year proved to be as tight a competition as we had all hoped for. I am certainly read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "It has been a very satisfying day for the team with Pastor qualifying in a very creditable eighth position and read more »

It was a great start of the season for McLaren Mercedes as the first qualifying immediately put both cars on the front row. Both drivers were quite closely matched, while... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is confident that Williams's improved qualifying pace will carry forward into race day in Australia, after taking eighth on the grid for the Melbourne... read more »

Ross Brawn said that Mercedes is "a bit disappointed" with its qualifying result despite Michael Schumacher outqualifying both Red Bulls read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren's qualifying form has been a 'log time coming' after he and Lewis Hamilton locked out the front row for the first time as team-mates read more »

Felipe Massa believes Ferrari's woes may be worse than they had initially feared, after neither driver made it through to the final qualifying session. "Clearly we read more »

Today was a day where can rightly consider P21 for Timo Glock and P22 for Charles Pic a qualified success for our team. Their positions belie a monumental effort by the whole... read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button has conceded that team-mate Lewis Hamilton had the upper hand today in qualifying for the Australian GP and that his best just 'wasn t quite... 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 »

Mark Webber is confident he can challenge for the podium at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, despite a disappointing qualifying performance that was not helped by a faulty... read more »

Red Bull's qualifying pace today was far from what it was last year at Melbourne, with Mark Webber now setting the 5th fastest time, albeit partly due to a KERS... read more »

Post qualifying press conference with pole-man Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean. read more »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Saturday's qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari must react quickly if it is to stand a chance in the championship following a very disappointing first qualifying of the year in Melbourne read more »

This was one of the most unpredictable qualifying sessions that we have seen since our Formula One debut. read more »

It has been a very satisfying day for the team with Pastor qualifying in a very creditable eighth position and Bruno, who unfortunately didn't get a clear lap, finishing... read more »

Although Ferrari by no means arrived in Melbourne full of confidence, qualifying on Saturday proved to be worse than even they had expected... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and the surprise package of Romain Grosjean attended Saturday's post-qualifying press conf in Melbourne... read more »