McLaren thinks its failure to fight for victory in the European Grand Prix was purely down to its handling of tyres over the Valencia weekend. read more »

Romain Grosjean came close to victory in Sunday’s European Grand Prix, having carried fresher tyres than leader Fernando Alonso when he stopped with alternator... read more »

Paul Hembery: "Valencia is meant to be a circuit that is incredibly difficult to overtake on, but that didn't seem to be the case today as there were so many times... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 17th: "The truth is that I gave it my all in this race, I emptied myself, and I'm satisfied. It was a very long race and towards the end, right in... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 14th: "My start wasn't the best I've had this year but I was keeping pace with Webber and Ricciardo for the first few laps. Unfortunately we... read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari); 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus); 3 – Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes) TV UNILATERAL... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd: "Second place is okay but the win is what I really wanted. We didn't quite have the pace for it today. I got a good start but I was blocked by... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 3rd: "Wow, I did not even think of getting on the podium for any second in the race today, so what a wonderful result! Finally it happened! After such... read more »

Fernando Alonso, 1st: "This has been an unforgettable day for me and I can't find the right words to express my feelings! Winning in my country is an indescribable... read more »

Mark Webber, 4th: "I'm very happy with that, obviously it's been a tough weekend up until today, but you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 5th: "A great result for everyone in the team today and for me personally. Fifth place is a great achievement after a very long and difficult race. The... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he had no qualms about trying to fend off Pastor Maldonado as his tyres fading at the end of the European Grand Prix - even though the battle culminated in... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has unsurprisingly blamed Lewis Hamilton for their collision in the closing stages of the European Grand Prix. Just over two laps from the end, as the McLaren... read more »

Mark Webber described his progress from 19th on the grid to fourth place in the European Grand Prix as a 'crazy' outcome - but still felt the race would have been... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has laid the blame fully on Lewis Hamilton for their European Grand Prix clash, which resulted in the latter retiring from the race. The pair were battling for... read more »

Fernando Alonso has thrown his support behind Pirelli, saying their tyres have made the Championship "exciting" and "challenging"... read more »

Pastor did an excellent job with a very strong performance on the soft tyres to finish in third. Bruno was less happy with his tyre balance and finished 14th. read more »

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel is now the third most successful qualifier in F1 history, joining Jim Clark and Alain Prost on 33 pole positions, after using Pirelli P Zero... read more »

The Williams team believes that tyre management proved again crucial during today's qualifying session. While Pastor Maldonado qualified 3rd with a great lap in Q3,... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will be avoiding Pirelli’s Soft compound for as long as possible in Valencia on Sunday as. Although the less durable tyre is the quicker one, his... read more »

Luca di Montezemolo pointed his finger at Pirelli on Saturday as he slammed an “odd” qualifying session at Valencia. A surprise and rare visitor in the... read more »

Toro Rosso have not been happy with their pace since the very beginning of the Valencian GP weekend, and hence they have opted for a different approach to qualifying, aiming to... read more »

Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado reckons he has enough life in his tyres to be able to fight for a second F1 win in 2012, after the Williams driver qualified third... read more »

Jenson Button went fastest in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the European GP. On the Valencian track, he made a single attempt on option tyres to improve... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes that the type of racing in Formula 1 caused by this year's Pirelli tyres is good for the sport read more »