Red Bull has been hit with a 10,000 euro fine after the race stewards in Valencia adjudged Mark Webber to have been released unsafely following his pit stop in Q2.

Valencia - Sprint Race Grid

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is furious as he believes Ferrari broke Formula 1's strict rules on testing during the season.

GP3: Valencia - Race 2 Grid

Valencia - Feature Race Quotes

Michael Schumacher tells his critics he is in Formula 1 for the long haul after his worst qualifying performance since coming out of retirement.

Vladimir Arabadzhiev and Josef Kral have both been handed ten position grid penalties for tomorrow's sprint race by the race stewards for causing collisions on the opening lap of this afternoon's feature race in Valencia.

ART Grand Prix's Esteban Gutiérrez sailed to victory around the streets of Valencia. The Mexican dominated the race from the start and increased his series lead to 16 points.

Gutierrez wins Feature Race

For the first time this season, both Williams achieved Q3 qualifying positions in Valencia as Nico Hülkenberg and Rubens Barrichello managed eighth and ninth places on the grid ahead of Sunday’s European Grand Prix.

Esteban Gutiérrez and ART Grand Prix controlled a lights-to-flag victory in Valencia’s Feature Race on Saturday afternoon. Never headed from pole position, the Mexican driver led home Status’ ex Formula 2 driver Robert Wickens and home favourite Roberto Merhi for Atech.

GP3: Valencia - Feature Race Result

European GP: Post Qualifying press conference

Williams looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 8th and 9th

Formula 1 governing body the FIA has announced that Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing have been fined €10,000 (£8,300) for being released into the path of another car in the Valencia pit lane during qualifying.

Pastor Maldonado and Rapax have picked up victory in Valencia’s Feature Race by avoiding carnage on Saturday afternoon. Following Formula 1 qualifying, the dramatic encounter included two pile-ups and the destroying of a television camera amongst other highly-dramatic moments.

Pastor Maldonado and Rapax have picked up victory in Valencia’s Feature Race by avoiding carnage on Saturday afternoon. Following Formula 1 qualifying, the dramatic encounter included two pile-ups and the destroying of a television camera amongst other highly-dramatic moments.

Karun Chandhok was happy with his personal performance on Saturday en route to out-qualifying team-mate Bruno Senna in Valencia. The Indian now hopes to see the chequered flag for what is Murcia-based Hispania Racing’s second home Grand Prix of the season.

Red Bull looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 1st and 2nd

Fernando Alonso says that Ferrari need to be closer than half a second from Red Bull, but is still happy with the team's European Grand Prix qualifying position.

Pastor Maldonado overcame a strong start by pole sitter Sergio Perez and a surprise challenge at the restart to easily dominate the rest of the field and take his second victory of the year in today's feature race in Valencia.

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says his team need to work out what has gone wrong after their worst qualifying performance of the year.

Virgin looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 21st and 22nd

Vitaly Petrov, who first drove the Valencia street circuit in GP2 last year, was thrilled to see both Renaults make the top ten shootout in European Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. Tomorrow, Formula 1’s first ever Russian driver will start from tenth, one place lower than his career-best grid slot.

Hispania looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 23rd and 24th

Renault looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 6th and 10th

Fernando Alonso has hinted that Ferrari may not be in the running for Valencia race victory on Sunday but is pleased with the Italian team’s upgrades this weekend. The Scuderia, amongst other things, is now running low exhausts for the first time.

Valencia Feature Race - Result

It was a somewhat disastrous Saturday for the Mercedes factory team in Valencia as Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher could manage no more than 12th and 15th on the grid ahead of tomorrow’s European Grand Prix.

Red Bull Racing's Sebestian Vettel scored his fourth pole position of the season after using Bridgestone's super soft compound Potenza tyre around the streets of Valencia for the European Grand Prix.

McLaren looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 3rd and 7th

Ferrari looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 4th and 5th

Mercedes looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 12th and 15th

It seemed as though Sauber’s fortunes may have finally been on the up when Kamui Kobayashi enjoyed a points finish in Turkey although the Japanese driver has since been eliminated in Q1 qualifying in both Montreal and now Valencia.

Adrian Sutil led the way for Mercedes-powered cars by finished fourth in final practice on Saturday morning although the German’s Valencia qualifying session was a different story. The leading Force India driver starts 13th as he and team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi share the seventh row.

Sébastien Buemi is pleased with his best qualifying result of the season so far in Valencia but also disappointed not to make the top ten shootout. The Swiss driver claims he was baulked by Rubens Barrichello’s Williams at Turn 25.

Sauber looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 16th and 18th

Not one, but two McLarens made errors on their last laps as Valencia Grand Prix qualifying came to a close on Saturday afternoon. Crossed up at Turn 12, Lewis Hamilton was lucky to stay third although team-mate and reigning Champion Jenson Button dropped to seventh after running wide at the final corner, Turn 25.

Lotus looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 19th and 20th

Force India looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 13th and 14th

Lewis Hamilton expressed his joy in the post-qualifying press conference on Saturday after confirmed the third-best grid slot despite a large mistake on his final qualifying lap. The championship leader will set off from behind a Red Bull 1-2.

Mark Webber feels that McLaren’s recent fine form is no reason for Red Bull Racing to feel added pressure when starting from the front row in Spain on Sunday. The Australian missed out on pole position by just half a tenth and will be the closest Red Bull to the nearest McLaren on the grid.

European Grand Prix pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel admits that he knew a rapid final lap was necessary in Valencia after compromising his penultimate run on Saturday. The grid-leading German also believes that using the f-duct device for the first time since Barcelona is not making a huge performance difference.

European GP: Qualifying - Times

Toro Rosso looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 11th and 17th

Sebastian Vettel takes pole in Valencia - his fourth of the season and his team's eighth - ahead of Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Kubica, Button, Hulkenberg, Barrichello and Petrov.

Sebastian Vettel has claimed his first pole position since Malaysia and will start ahead of Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber in Sunday’s European Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton managed third for McLaren, despite a last-lap mistake, and local favourite Fernando Alonso starts fourth after both Williams also made the top ten.

Jarno Trulli is content with his Lotus’ performance in Valencia but admits that he and Heikki Kovalainen’s cars are not as happy-handling in Spain as at other circuits so far this year.

Lucas di Grassi will start 21st in Sunday’s European Grand Prix although the Brazilian rookie is pleased to have set a quicker final qualifying lap than team-mate Timo Glock for the first time. However, Lucas stresses that Virgin Racing’s sole target remains the same.

Lewis Hamilton says Michael Schumacher is too old to succeed in modern Formula 1, plus other rumours and stories

A total of ten drivers were penalised following Friday's free practice session in the GP3 series. Most of the drivers were penalised for ignoring waved yellow flags on Friday.

This afternoon's feature race in Valencia will be two laps shorter than previously planned to avoid any potential problems arising from excess fuel consumption during the event.

Ten drivers have been penalised following various incidents during this morning's GP3 qualifying session.

European GP: Saturday Free - Times

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel set today's best time as the chequered flag was out after 60 minutes of free practice. Vettel completed this weekend's fastest lap in 1.38.052 and finished ahead of Renault driver Robert Kubica and Mark Webber. Adrian Sutil did well for Force India and ended in fourth.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is fastest in final European GP practice in Valencia, from Robert Kubica's Renault.

Sebastian Vettel is quickest in Saturday's free practice session, ahead of Kubica, Webber, Sutil, Alonso, Barrichello, Liuzzi, Massa, Button and Hamilton.

ART Grand Prix’s Esteban Gutiérrez claimed the top spot in qualifying at the Valencia Street Circuit today taking his first pole position in GP3 and ending Nigel Melker’s run at the top.

Third and final practice is about to begin in Valencia ahead of qualifying for the European Grand Prix.

As Michael Schumacher brushes off criticism of his performance in Canada, when he finished outside the points and was involved in controversial incidents with two drivers, Lewis Hamilton has suggested that the German is effectively past it.

GP3: Valencia - Qualifying Times

Rubens Barrichello is targeting the top ten shootout as Valencia prepares for its third ever Formula 1 qualifying session this afternoon. The Brazilian, last year’s winner for Brawn GP, enjoyed a strong performance as he finished in the top ten for Williams in Friday’s second practice session.

Paul di Resta was happy to be back in the Force India cockpit as he subbed for Adrian Sutil in Valencia’s first practice session on Friday. The Scot last made appearance in Barcelona in May before the team focussed closely on its race drivers in Monaco, Turkey and Canada.