Daniel Ricciardo - 18th: "The track was quite dirty in the morning session, with some litter on it, blown across by the strong wind, but it cleared up as the afternoon went on. The wind actually affected the car in a few braking areas when it was blowing as a tailwind. As for the car, when I...
Kimi Raikkonen - 11th: "The car feels okay and there were no issues. The wind was a bit of a factor in the morning but it was better in the afternoon. I was stuck in traffic for quite a bit of my long run in the second session, so I wasn't able to go as fast as the car was capable of, b...
Sebastian Vettel - 1st: "We have tried some new parts on the car today, but the lap times have not really allowed us to have a fair conclusion of them yet. It was important to have a clean practice today and I'm happy with what we did. The conditions will change again for Sunday I think...
Valencia Formula 1 practice pacesetter Sebastian Vettel said it was too soon to draw any conclusions about Red Bull Racing's update package after the Friday sessions ahead of this weekend's European Grand Prix. The reigning champion team has brought a substantial package of revisions t...
Michael Schumacher says he remains pessimistic about his chances of fighting for victory in Valencia despite a good start to the weekend in practice. The German has been tipped as a potential candidate for victory by Pirelli's Paul Hembery, but he has downplayed his chances following a diff...
World champion Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the day in the second free practice session for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The Red Bull driver, running an upgraded rear-end package on the RB8 that featured re-sculpted sidepods and new rear wing endplates, made the most of the n...
Paul di Resta believes that Force India does not need to fear a repeat of the problems which cost him a points finish in the Canadian Grand Prix. The Scot was running fifth in the first stint of the race, but he slumped to an 11th place finish. Speaking in the Valencia paddock ahead of the Europ...
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is open to the idea of customer cars returning to the sport next year in a bid to help smaller teams. While there has some talk of bigger outfits being allowed to run three cars in the future, Ecclestone remains sceptical about that idea moving forward. Howeve...
McLaren is confident that Jenson Button has made progress in getting over his recent troubles, on the back of the set-up changes made to his car for the European Grand Prix. Button has moved to a more similar set-up to team-mate Lewis Hamilton this weekend, after his team suspected that a direct...
Pastor Maldonado believes Williams has a quick enough car to recover from its recent slump in results. The team has scored one point since it won the Spanish Grand Prix with Maldonado, and in Canada last time out both he and Bruno Senna struggled. But the Venezuelan, who topped the first free pr...
Mercedes has promised Michael Schumacher that it will adopt a 'calm and concentrated' approach to sorting out the reliability problems that have wrecked his season. Schumacher has scored just two points so far this campaign - having crashed out of one race and suffered mechanical failu...
Heikki Kovalainen is willing to give Caterham time to prove that it can make the progress he wants to see, after enduring a frustrating start to his 2012 campaign. The Finn had hoped for Caterham to be challenging the established teams in the midfield this season, but the team's CT01 has fa...
Pastor Maldonado put Williams on top of the times in the opening practice session for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The Williams driver, the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this year, posted a best time of 1m40.890s early in the session and that benchmark remained unbeaten until ...
Formula 1 could race in and around the London Olympic Stadium if a bid put forward for the race is approved. With the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) evaluating proposals for the use of the stadium once this year's Olympic Games are finished, a report in The Telegraph reveals t...