Sebastian Vettel, 1st: “It feels great and I completely owe this one to the team. It wasn’t an easy start to the season for us and there was a lot of... 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 »

Jenson Button is concerned that McLaren will be hampered by starting on the dirty side of the grid in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix 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 »

Less than a week ago, Toro Rosso found itself effectively using the Chinese Grand Prix as an extended test session. Now in Bahrain, the Italian team is delighted with Daniel... read more »

Mercedes remains confident that Michael Schumacher can still have a good Bahrain Grand Prix despite a disastrous qualifying session leaving him 18th on the grid. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen said Caterham always believed it could get into Q2 in Bahrain, after claiming the team's best qualifying result of the 2012 season so far with 16th on... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he got "better and better" in each session as he worked his way to a career-high P6 grid slot for Sunday's Bahrain GP... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 6th: “It feels very good and I am very happy with that result. We had a below average week in China with some updates we brought. We persisted with... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will start the Bahrain GP five places back from his qualifying position as he has incurred a grid slot penalty... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has been docked five places on the Bahrain Grand Prix grid for a gearbox change. The modification came after the opening pair of free practice sessions on... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will take a five-place grid penalty after Williams mechanics were forced to change a faulty gearbox in his FW34. read more »

Pastor Maldonado will require a new gearbox in his Williams FW34 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, and will therefore start five places lower than he qualifies. The team discovered... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is set for a five-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after needing a new gearbox on his Williams for this weekend's event read more »

Fernando Alonso, 8th: "Traditionally, I've always gone well at this track, one of the few where I have won three times. And so it's always a pleasure to drive at... read more »

The surprise of the season so far has to be that Red Bull is no longer the dominant force on the grid. Rule changes including the read more »

Sir Frank Williams believes that his team has "turned the corner" and is on track to return to the front of the grid read more »

Jaime Alguersuari has admitted he is not sure if he will be able to return to formula one in 2013. After his ousting at Toro Rosso, the young Spaniard is keeping up... read more »

Heading into the Chinese Grand Prix, Sauber looked set for another competitive race as Kamui Kobayashi lined up 3rd on the grid, his best qualifying position to date. However,... read more »

Romain Grosjean benefitted from an aggressive tyre strategy whilst Kimi Raikkonen ultimately lost out in a fast-paced and exciting Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai... read more »

Lewis Hamilton thinks he could have had a shot at victory at the Chinese Grand Prix had it not been for his five-place grid penalty read more »

Mark Webber salvaged fourth place from a topsy-turvy Chinese Grand Prix, coming from sixth on the grid and passing Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel around the outside of the... read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne should have come from 18th on the grid in the Chinese Grand Prix. As it happened, the Frenchman’s car underwent a raft of changes... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi started in a career-best third position for the Chinese Grand Prix, although he and Sauber were unable to make the most of the advantage in Sunday’s... read more »

7.45am Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. The weather is overcast in Shanghai but there doesn’t look to be... read more »