"The tyres were a bit of a surprise for everybody in terms of how they are behaving," says Mark Webber, "they're losing their grip pretty quick, but... read more »

‘Tyres’ is the buzz word at Sakhir following the first three hours of practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. As the desert track is always coated in a fine... read more »

With Bahrain’s Sakhir International Circuit located in a desert, sand can quite often be blown onto the track, causing lack of grip for the cars. This was evident for Pirelli... read more »

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button qualified in 2nd and 3rd places for the Chinese GP. Pole position was impossible today as the McLaren seemed much less... read more »

It was a peculiar qualifying session, in which the to-ing and fro-ing of grip levels was abnormally unpredictable. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 13th: “This is obviously disappointing. In Q1 I was really happy with the car and the grip and, of course, it felt great to read more »

After a promising start in which Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap overall and Sergio Pérez was fifth, the second part of qualifying turned out to be disappointing for the... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been encouraged with the in-roads Scuderia Toro Rosso is making on the low-speed grip of its new car in Barcelona read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits he is still finding his way around the new car, but believes it was satisfactory day for Red Bull in Barcelona on Tuesday... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says that the 2012 cars "have less grip than last year" but insists he does not know if Red Bull has the quickest car after setting the fastest time... read more »

Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel: “It’s clear that the cars have less grip than last year, but we try to come back from that slowly. It’s... read more »

Despite a current lack of rear-end grip, Lewis Hamilton is confident that McLaren can begin the 2012 F1 season with a strong package. The 2008 World Champion first tested the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel returned to driving duties on Thursday, managing the third fastest time as testing continued. The World Champion, whose best effort was 1:19.297, was just a... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari, 11th: “This was a difficult race right from the start, with low grip in the first stint on the softer tyre, especially in read more »

Felipe Massa has explained that he ‘really struggled’ for grip with the Medium tyre compound in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with the Ferrari driver claiming that... read more »

Nico Rosberg said a lack of front-end grip prevented him from taking the fight to Felipe Massa for fifth place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Timo Glock has admitted that he lacked the confidence ‘to go to the maximum and push’ in qualifying on Saturday, with the Lindenfels man struggling for... read more »

Felipe Massa believes having to switch back to Ferrari's old specification front wing cost him lap time in Abu Dhabi this evening, with the Brazilian explaining that... read more »

Jenson Button was left to rue a lack of front-end grip in qualifying at the Yas Marina Circuit this evening, revealing that his car suffered large amounts of understeer in the... read more »

Adrian Sutil, 8th: "The track had very low grip to begin with, but we found quite a good baseline starting point with the car right read more »

Jenson Button has labelled his qualifying session at the newly-constructed Buddh International Circuit as a ‘disaster’ in terms of how smoothly it passed,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 4th: "The track is fantastic - the organisers here in India have done a great job. It's very fast and flowing, the grip-level read more »

Jenson Button said a lack of front-end grip prevented him from taking the fight to Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton after finishing fourth at the Korean Grand Prix read more »

Oct.15 (GMM) A notably downbeat Lewis Hamilton on Saturday broke Red Bull's grip on pole position in 2011. "I'm sure this will cheer Lewis up," his boss... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez endured similarly challenging qualifying sessions in Korea this afternoon, with the pair having to settle for 14th and 17th... read more »