Mark Webber: “We did learn a little today – but after nine weeks of anxious waiting it was a shame with the weather. Mother Nature read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne: “My first Friday as a Formula 1 driver was a good feeling. Being the first driver out on track this morning was something read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “The car felt good from the first proper run this morning and we found that the baseline we had set over the winter read more »

Jenson Button Melbourne has been a great track for you – what are the highlights? “There are lots. My first grand prix was here way back in read more »

Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel: “It was quite a messy day because of the fog and there were quite a lot of red flags out there so read more »

Red Bull Racing Mark Webber: “All in all, it wasn’t a bad day at all. Not the smoothest of morning’s and we didn’t get too many... read more »

Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel: “I’m happy that we got a lot of laps done. Unfortunately, we had a little bit of a problem, it was small, 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 »

Nico Hulkenberg: “A busy first day in the car and good to get so many laps under my belt. It was my first time in read more »

Romain Grosjean: “Everything is feeling good. This morning we tried a number of different things on the car, including my first run on the soft read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne: “A good second day for me as we worked through everything on our work plan and completed a lot of kilometres. After making read more »

Giampaolo Dall’Ara (Head of Track Engineering): “Overall the results of the first test with the new C31 are promising. After we had all the initial read more »

Romain Grosjean: “I am one of the happiest guys in the world right now. It’s been a really good day for me. We were fastest read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne: “My first feeling when I got in the cockpit was a positive one. The car seems to have a good base from which read more »

Sebastian Vettel: “It’s been two months since we were in the car, so it does take a couple of laps to get back in the read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus F1 Team Race Driver: “There was a small issue with damage to the floor this morning when I went off and came read more »

Giampaolo Dall’Ara (Head of Track Engineering): “It was Sergio’s first day of testing with the new car. To start with he had to... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo: “I am happy with what we did today: one hundred laps is around twice the distance we did yesterday. So we achieved our read more »

Jules Bianchi: “It was a really good morning and great to get my chance in the new car so early on. There was a lot read more »

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team manager David Redding said: “Despite the cold and windy conditions, Jenson was able to log further mileage with MP4-27 today.... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: “Today we’ve progressed quite a bit as the day wore on; we’ve got more out of the car without having changed read more »

With the first day of testing over, Webber managed 54 laps - despite a significant delay in the morning while fog played havoc with deliveries of new parts - and declared... read more »

Q. After a successful 2011 season, what were your main aims with the development of the MP4-27? PL: “Our main objectives for the 2012 season read more »

The joint project between Sauber F1 Team driver Kamui Kobayashi and the rock band Linkin Park has been very successful: 12,260 pounds have been raised for the one-off helmet... read more »

Q. Are you happy with your rookie season? Sergio Pérez: “Well, I’m happy in terms of the speed I had but I’m not happy in terms read more »