Bakkerud to miss Race 2

Barcelona - Race 1 Quotes

It was a mixed day for Red Bull Racing at Barcelona as Mark Webber confirmed the pace his team has been showing all weekend with seventh on the grid, while David Coulthard dropped out of the first qualifying session.

Second pole position of the season for Ferrari, the first courtesy of Kimi Raikkonen. For the Finn, this was his fifteenth career pole, the second at this track, while the Scuderia's total now moves up to 197, 13 of which were obtained at this Grand Prix. 

Parente takes victory in Race 1

There were mixed feelings at Toyota after Jarno Trulli continued his string of top ten qualifying performances but ended up eighth and Timo Glock was left down in fourteenth.

The Force India Formula One Team will start tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix from 19th and 20th positions after a difficult qualifying session that failed to deliver on the team's earlier weekend promise.

Sebastien Bourdais got the better of Sebastian Vettel as the two Toro Rossos qualified sixteenth and eighteenth respectively.

Spanish GP: Post Qualifying press conference

Honda will start tomorrow's 66-lap Spanish Grand Prix from just outside the top 10 after Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button qualified in 11th and 13th positions respectively. 

Honda: We've improved, but so have our rivals

McLaren: We are well prepared

Ferrari: We expected a fight, that's what we got

Renault: A great result

Toro Rosso: We did what we could with what we had

Barcelona Race 1 - Result

BMW hoping Nick will be quick at start

Unsatisfactory admits Williams

Force India feeling frustrated

A tough session for Toyota

Steady progress for Super Aguri

Mixed day for Red Bull duo

At BMW Sauber F1 the team was reasonably happy with Kubica's fourth position in Saturday's qualifying session. The team expected more from Nick Heidfeld though who didn't get any further than a ninth place.

At BMW Sauber F1 the team was reasonably happy with Kubica's fourth position in Saturday's qualifying session. The team expected more from Nick Heidfeld though who didn't get any further than a ninth place.

Nelson Piquet managed to qualify himself in the top ten for the first time in his Formula 1 career. The Brazilian showed a steady performance throughout the weekend and managed to turn that into a good result in Saturday's qualifying session.

At the McLaren Formula One team both drivers were not too happy with their performance. Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will start Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix from fifth and sixth at the grid, not a position the championship candidates would like to see themselves.

The Super Aguri team has said it is happy with the team's performance in Saturday's qualifying session. The team was able to find a good balance in the qualifying session and was happy to be slightly closer to its closest competitor.

The Williams Formula One team endured an unsatisfactory qualifying session this afternoon at the Circuit de Catalunya for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. For his debut race at the Spanish track, Kazuki Nakajima secured his best qualifying position of the season and will line up in 12th on the grid, having narrowly missed out on a place in the final round. Meanwhile, team mate Nico Rosberg will start the race from P15 having suffered with a balance problem on his FW30. The team will now concentrate on optimising strategy for tomorrow's race to promote both cars into point-scoring positions.

Spanish GP: Qualifying - Times

Fernando Alonso was singing a different tune after qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix after he ended up a strong second and almost had pole position.

Raikkonen breaks a million Spanish hearts

Kimi Raikkonen says he is much happier with the handling of his Ferrari after taking pole position from Fernando Alonso by 0.091s at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Felipe Massa was disappointed but not dejected after he slipped from setting the early pace in the pole shoot-out, to ending up third on the grid for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen stole a last gasp pole position from a flying Fernando Alonso in the final moments of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. The result, nevertheless gave thousands of Alonso's home fans something to celebrate for the first time this season. Felipe Massa ended up third.

Formula One's leading contenders compete for pole position at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld sets the pace in final practice as the main contenders decide against setting fast times.

Spanish GP: Saturday Free - Times

BMW Sauber F1 driver Nick Heidfeld completed the fastest lap on Saturday morning in Spain. The German set his fastest lap with five minutes to go in the one-hour free practice session. He was just ahead of Red Bull driver David Coulthard and Renault driver Fernando Alonso. Raikkonen, who dominated on Friday, ended thirteenth.

Heidfeld quickest as true pecking order remains a mystery

Team Ireland offers its fans the ultimate prize

Williams technical director Sam Michael says his team is happy with its driver pairing of Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima despite the fact that it is one of the youngest and least experienced on the grid.

Renault bosses have urged caution and played down the significance of the fact that Nelson Piquet Jr and Fernando Alonso finished a surprise second and third fastest at the end of Friday practice.