Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described today’s qualifying session in China – where Mark Webber claimed seventh on the grid and Sebastian Vettel could only manage eleventh – as ‘an ultimately disappointing’ session.
Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were both left disappointed after only qualifying seventeenth and eighteenth in Shanghai today.
Both Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov were optimistic of a decent race tomorrow in China after the both qualified on the tenth row of the Shanghai grid.
Nico Rosberg described himself as the ‘happiest man’ today after taking a decisive pole position for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes took pole position in Shanghai with a lap of 1:35.121.
Nico Rosberg took his first ever Formula 1 pole position today in Shanghai amazing lap that stunned on-lookers and impressed the other drivers.
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was fastest in the final free practice session in Shanghai this morning with a time of 1:35.940.
Michael Schumacher declared himself ‘quite happy’ with the performance of his Mercedes during Free Practice in China today after setting the fastest time over the two Friday sessions.
Michael Schumacher was fastest for Mercedes in Friday practice at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix
F1’s governing body, the FIA, have confirmed that the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as scheduled next weekend, despite the ongoing protests in the Gulf state.
Williams have announced that Susie Wolff will join the team as a development driver. The 29-year-old from Scotland will be competing in her seventh season in the prestigious DTM championship in 2012, alongside simulator work at Williams, and attendance at a number of F1 races.
We preview this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, round three of the 2012 Formula 1 world championship.
Michael Schumacher is hoping that the new Mercedes, which has shown promising pace this season, will help him to reverse a perceived run of bad luck that has plagued him at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez has said that he is ‘very much’ looking forward to the Chinese Grand Prix after his impressive second-place finish in Malaysia two weeks ago.
Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua is to join the HRT young driver development programme, the team have announced.
Pirelli have announced the tyre compounds they will be providing for teams in Rounds 4-6 of the 2012 Formula 1 championship.
HRT have today announced that engineer Toni Cuquerella will take on the role of technical director within the team with immediate effect.
