Perez: “I could have done even better than sixth place”
Excellent performance by the Swiss team, who only suffered a failure on Kobayashi's car which prevented him from fighting for a better place
Alonso: “Third place is the best at the moment, but we can still grow”
The Spaniard aims to score as many points as possible in the race
Button disappointed with his qualifying in Spain
Uphill race tomorrow for the Englishman, without new tires and in a behind position compared to his rivals for the title
Hamilton: “Fantastic qualifying session, one of the best ever”
Great satisfaction for the Englishman from McLaren, who achieved his 150th pole
Spanish GP: Hamilton on pole ahead of Maldonado, Alonso 3rd
Excellent performance also by the Lotus and Saubers in very particular and tactical qualifying sessions
GP Spain, Free Practice 3: Vettel the fastest
Last fairly quick free practice sessions on the Barcelona track: many mechanical interventions with the drivers complaining of poor grip
Massa: “Tomorrow we will see the true potential”
The Red seems to fare better with the hard tires than the soft, according to technical director Pat Fry
Button: “We have problems with the hard tires”
Despite the best time, the Englishman complains about the behavior of his car with the hard tyres, which are unable to reach temperature
Rosberg: “It's essential to preserve tires in the race”
Despite the great work of the German team, there is the unknown tire over the heads of the two drivers of the Stuttgart company: will they be able to preserve them like in China or will they burn them too quickly like in Australia and Malaysia?
Alonso: “Positive feelings from the news”
The Spaniard from Ferrari is half happy: the innovations work but there is still a lot to do to be competitive
Hamilton: “We have excellent race pace, but too much understeer”
Even if not fast on the flying lap, the English team seems to be doing very well on long distances and Hamilton is aiming to do well on Sunday: the problem of corner balance remains to be resolved
Vettel: “Wind and heat affected the session”
The German didn't particularly shine in the two sessions but he showed that Red Bull is always among the leaders
Raikkonen: “The new wing has made no progress”
After fifth place in FP2 at the Spanish GP, the new front wing does not satisfy the Finn, who however appreciates the program carried out at Mugello
Sauber, drivers not satisfied with the balance
Kobayashi finished third in the morning and ninth in the afternoon in free practice for the Spanish GP: however, Perez did worse, finishing FP2 only 12th
Schumacher: “The tests at Mugello helped us”
Mercedes takes advantage of what it experienced at Mugello and thinks it can do well in the race, despite the heat and the slippery track
Webber isn't worried about the gap
For the Red Bull driver the key to the race will be to save the tyres, perhaps as early as qualifying: in his opinion, the half second from Vettel only depended on the different choices in the setup
Spanish GP, Free Practice 2: Button at the top, Alonso bad
In Barcelona the Red team does very poorly on the Soft tyres, failing to maintain the advantage demonstrated in the morning with the Hard tyres.
Spanish GP, Free Practice 1: Alonso leads Vettel
In the first free practice the Ferrari Spaniard achieved the best time, ahead of Vettel and Kobayashi. Mass 12°
McLaren changes pit stop workers
The mechanics of the Woking team trained for a long time to avoid repeating the failures they had in Shanghai and Sakhir
Colajanni: “Ferrari will definitely take a step forward”
There is optimism at Cavallino for the changes that will be introduced at the Spanish GP, even if everyone is cautious regarding the true values that will be seen in qualifying
Karthikeyan may not complete the season at HRT
The ex-Jordan driver is missing a million euros to be able to compete until the end of this season: he could be cut from the Spanish team, as happened last year
