He was 17th after a qualifying disaster in Bahrain, but Michael Schumacher has now been demoted to 22nd position after changing his gearbox and incurring the five-place penalty... read more »

Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer: "We have had a relatively tough day today with Pastor experiencing a KERs problem in qualifying which forced us to pit his car and... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "I’m very happy to be honest. We come from not qualifying in Australia not long ago, so when I saw the times we posted I was glad. For us... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “I’m very happy with how qualifying went and the job the team has done so far this weekend. I’ve put the car on the... read more »

Nico Rosberg looks best prepared to secure his second win of the season and indeed his career after ending the final practice session quickest. The Mercedes driver managed a... read more »

Both Caterham drivers completed a considerable amount of laps today and hence made it a successful day for the entire team. The day was particularly important because of the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel does not believe that Red Bull is favourite to challenge for victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix after Friday's practice sessions read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 4th: “Looking after the tyres here is going to be a real challenge. The track surface is extremely hot, and the amount of read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted that "looking after the tyres is going to be a real challenge" following practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Nico Rosberg admits he doesn't know if he'll be able to challenge for victory in Bahrain because Mercedes might struggle with its tyres this weekend read more »

Sahara Force India looks ahead to the fourth round of the 2012 season in Bahrain. With the exact same car as in China, the team is aware it will once more be difficult to get... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes the key to Mercedes' success at the Chinese Grand Prix was his set-up, but has warned that the heat of Bahrain may provide a more difficult challenge... read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button was philosophical after a slow final pit stop cost him the chance to challenge for the win today in China. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is ready for the challenge of fighting back from his grid penalty after showing strong pace in Friday practice in Shanghai read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he has learned how consistency is key if he is to build a title challenge in F1 2012 read more »

Vitaly Petrov says it is too early in the season to think Caterham will be able to challenge for points in China read more »

After the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Caterham Formula One Team continued to work hard in the factory to improve the car for the next challenge ahead: the Chinese Grand Prix.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton aims to score consistent points finishes over the season to give him the best shot at challenging for the title. The McLaren driver has read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says the team has been "extremely busy" since the Malaysian Grand Prix as it expects its rivals to make progress read more »

Sauber is targeting a much-needed improvement to its qualifying pace for the Chinese Grand Prix, so it can capitalise on the kind of race form that helped Sergio Perez... read more »

Lotus may have started 2012 with two scrappy weekends, but delve deeper and the evidence suggests they can regularly challenge for race victories and maybe, read more »

One week after Fernando Alonso's unexpected win in Sepang, Ferrari has headed to Monza to celebrate the 20th edition of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy. read more »

Sergio Perez is hoping to drive for a winning team and fight for the championship in two or three years read more »

Stefano Domenicali has asked Ferrari "to push to the maximum" in order to try and get upgrades on the car to sustain a championship challenge read more »