It's pleasing to hear both drivers express their initial satisfaction with the suite of upgrades we've brought to the circuit this weekend. read more »

Force India enjoyed a busy day of free practice under the Spanish sunshine as the team evaluated its latest developments. Jules Bianchi meanwhile ran in FP1 with the same car... read more »

A productive Friday for us with excellent feedback from Nico, Paul and Jules as we continued to evaluate the developments we ran in Mugello last week. read more »

There is quite a big time difference between the two types of tyre which will make strategy in qualifying tomorrow very interesting, and will put the onus on Sunday on the... read more »

Felipe Massa expects a tough Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday if track temperatures match those experienced during Friday practice read more »

The F1 Times gambling contest between Ryan Wood (Editor) and Daniel Chalmers (Feature Editor) heads to the fifth round in Spain and the start of the European season. To remind... read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber say strategy will be the key factor in the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

We had some downtime in the morning with Pastor's car due to a faulty DRS system, but this was rectified between sessions. read more »

The practice sessions went reasonably well for us today, and certainly the new parts that we have here this weekend worked as expected with no reliability issues. read more »

The Spanish Grand Prix got underway today with the first free practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya (4.655 km). The day started with Dani Clos lining up alongside Pedro... read more »

Jenson Button admits he is struggling to get the most from the harder compound Pirelli tyres despite topping Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

"It wasn't too bad today," says Sebastian Vettel. "I'm not sure how many pit-stops there will be on Sunday, but it will be quite a few," adds Mark... read more »

Nico Rosberg was cautious following Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, admitting that there are "a few question marks" for Mercedes read more »

All in all, we can say we have made a step forward, but how big it is compared to our competitors is something we will only find out tomorrow. read more »

Both our cars ran trouble-free all day which is the first element you need if you are to have a good weekend. read more »

We don't feel that we have made the best start today and there is a slight air of disappointment as a result, however we must stay focused as it will only be after... read more »

The car looks to be working very well and we're happy with progress. There were no problems from either car and both drivers were pretty happy. read more »

Sebastian Vettel expects a number of pit stops to be required during the Spanish Grand Prix due to high track temperatures read more »

Overall we had a good Friday. What we can see from measurements the new aero package, which was introduced in Mugello, works as expected. read more »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason why his Lotus team should not be fighting at the front in the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident Ferrari's latest updates will work this weekend, but again played down the expectations ahead of his home Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso has denied Ferrari is on the verge of giving up on the 2012 championship. The Maranello based team has brought significant updates to its so far disappointing... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan has played down reports he could lose his seat at HRT because of a lack of sponsorship. An Indian newspaper this week said the 35-year-old is a million euros... read more »

Fernando Alonso is optimistic that he can improve in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday after finishing practice two in 14th position at Barcelona, 1.201 seconds behind... read more »