Pastor Maldonado was understandably happy after joining a growing list of winners this season, which has matched the record breaking 1983 season in which five different winners... read more »

Jenson Button, 10th: “I expected quite a bit from qualifying today, so I don’t really understand what went wrong. The speed is in the car though,... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Pastor's qualifying performance was stunning today with a collection of very strong laps throughout the session which allowed us to... read more »

Red Bull Racing will not find itself on the front end of the grid this time. Sebastian Vettel qualifying in 8th after deciding not to set a time in the final part of... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "This third place is not what we had expected. We were counting on making a step forward that would allow us to get into Q3 with less difficulty than... read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will start the Spanish Grand Prix from seventh and ninth positions respectively following today's qualifying hour that was... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Strategy was at the forefront of qualifying today, with a gap of around 0.8 seconds between the hard and the soft tyres, depending on the team.... read more »

We are very flexible on tyre strategy for tomorrow and we'll be spending a lot of time now looking at all the possible permutations. read more »

Charles Pic, 21st: "I am quite happy to be honest. I think for me all round it is quite a good qualifying. We managed to improve the package for this weekend, but the gap... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen, 5th: “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with the set-up quite a bit today. We changed... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 8th: “A pretty different session today; it was extremely tight. From Q1 onwards we decided to go on the soft tyres. The first run in Q2... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: "The day went very well, especially this afternoon, so I'm very happy with what we achieved. We completed two very good laps in qualifying,... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "That was a tricky Qualifying session this afternoon, and seventh position was about the most that we could have achieved. It was a challenge to find... read more »

Paul di Resta: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run... read more »

Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

A tactical battle over tyre strategy in qualifying resulted in pole for Lewis Hamilton ahead of Pastor Maldonado, and shock early exits for Mark Webber and Jenson Button. read more »

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel admits he is amazed by just how important tyres have become this season, and how much talk there is about tyre wear and degradation. read more »

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery had defended the tyre manufacturer's 'more aggressive' tyre strategy in 2012, and fended off criticism from... read more »

Heading into the third and final Spanish Grand Prix practice session on Saturday morning, Jenson Button hopes to rectify problems with the harder compound tyre, colloquially... read more »

Pirelli takes a look at the demands on the tyre at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. read more »

Williams had three drivers in action on today's very busy Friday sessions. Pastor Maldonado ran in both sessions to complete the tyre programme, while Valterri Bottas... read more »

Pirelli is confident the vast majority of the paddock supports its philosophy to F1 tyre design and it has no plans to change its approach to make the tyres degrade less quickly read more »

There is quite a big time difference between the two types of tyre which will make strategy in qualifying tomorrow very interesting, and will put the onus on Sunday on the... read more »

Jenson Button was quickest on Friday in Barcelona, putting his McLaren top with a time of 1:23.254, just over a tenth and a half quicker than Sebastian Vettel. The German... read more »

Jenson Button admits he is struggling to get the most from the harder compound Pirelli tyres despite topping Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix read more »