Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: "I was very happy with my lap - I squeezed every last ounce out of the car and didn't expect to be so far up the grid. In fact, I struggled a... read more »

After promising results on Friday with much lower ambient temperatures, on Saturday it was a lot hotter in Montreal and neither of the Sauber F1 Team drivers made it into Q3.... read more »

Timo Glock, 22nd: "Not a great qualifying for us in the end. We have to understand why we didn't gain any time with the second set of tyres, which felt a little... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "I am happy with the way things have gone so far this weekend, especially because the car has proved to be competitive, even on a track which... read more »

Paul Hembery: “The difference between the two compounds was less than many people anticipated in this afternoon’s warmer conditions, with approximately half... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "Today's qualifying session went pretty well and P5 is a good starting position to gain a strong result here in Montreal. I can still hope for a... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 21st: "I'm very happy, for myself and the entire team. In Monaco we completed a good qualifying and here it was even better. The objective was to... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 14th: "This result is not too bad, considering the pace we showed so far this weekend. Fourteenth was probably about the best we could have done as there... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 11th: "It was very tight today, I missed Q3 by 0.008 seconds. Nevertheless I think on Friday in free practice, when it was cooler, we looked more... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he was surprised to secure a front row grid position in qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix after struggling to get the tyres working in the hotter... read more »

Pitpass' recent Q3 Tyre Survey has revealed that an overwhelming 87% of fans would much rather see drivers on track shooting for pole position that strategically saving... read more »

F1 technical directors admitted on Friday that they were still struggling to fully understand how to get the best out of the 2012 Pirelli tyres, despite a wealth of data... read more »

Paul Hembery, motorsport director: "The teams were disadvantaged by wet weather during free practice inMonacoa fortnight ago, and we think they were all quite rightly wary... read more »

Timo Glock, 22nd: "It has been a difficult start in Montreal for us today. The performance of the car was not perfect. We tried to evaluate some downforce levels in P1,... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 21st: "It looks like we've taken a significant step forward here in Montreal. Our set-up is working well, our top speed is good and, overall, the... read more »

Paul di Resta, 5th: "The weather was a bit of a worry today with the constant threat of rain so we had a very busy morning and probably did more laps in FP1 than we... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 7th: "Our work was pretty typical of a normal Friday, however we used the softer tyre this morning to make sure that we could complete our full... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that some teams might be able to stop only once for tyres in the Canadian Grand Prix after completing some longer runs in his McLaren in Friday practice read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 15th: “It was an okay day for us. We expected rain in the afternoon so we used the super soft tyres in the morning to make sure we could do some long... read more »

Things appear to be looking up at Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa having finished Montreal’s Friday in second and third positions. The two drivers were... read more »

In the fear of afternoon rain, which came down heavily but only after the second practice session, Red Bull elected to run Pirelli’s Super Soft tyres in the opening... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 4th: “We ran the super soft tyres this morning thinking there would be rain this afternoon; in the end it didn’t come but you never know... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 6th: "I am happy as we had a very smooth day today. It was nice that the weather conditions remained stable and the rain only came after the second free... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “First I want to say thank you to the team for doing a great job and getting the car fixed and ready for most of FP2. I made a mistake on the exit... read more »

As the 2012 F1 season moves into its seventh round in Canada, discovering the magic touch with tyres remains the hot topic. Although teams may be closer to understanding how to... read more »