qualifying

"If we'd brought the hard tyre, we would probably be looking at one stop," says Pirelli's Paul Hembery. "We're confident that we're in for another action-packed race tomorrow."

After a disappointing qualifying session for the team, Red Bull is hoping that race tactics can get them back in the game in Shanghai.

Red Bull's Mark Webber will have to start from the back of the grid after being penalised for running out of fuel in the second round of qualifying.

Lewis Hamilton takes first pole for Mercedes, but tyres dominate qualifying in Shanghai.

Dani Sordo sets pace in qualifying in Portugal, ahead of VW duo Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala; Mads Ostberg and Mikko Hirvonen round out the top five...

MotoGP's version of a knockout-style qualifying system to make its debut at Qatar on Saturday.

Will Power claimed his fourth consecutive pole position at St Peterburg, and will line up alongside Takuma Sato for Sunday's IndyCar race.

FIA post-qualifying session press conference from Sepang, Malaysia with Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 as qualifying turns dry at Albert Park.

Danica Patrick is the first female driver to ever win a pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, after taking the top spot for the start of next week's Daytona 500.

Sebastien Ogier heads pack in qualifying in Sweden, 0.9 seconds up on Mads Ostberg; Mikko Hirvonen completes the top three...

The new 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook has been issued to teams by race director Beaux Barfield, retaining the engine change penalties and adding new tweaks to the points system.

Sebastian Vettel claims first ever pole position at Circuit of the Americas after seeing off Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the USGP.

Changes made to MotoGP qualifying system for 2013

Sebastian Vettel has kept pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, but has been handed a reprimand by race stewards for a Q3 incident involving Fernando Alonso.

The provisional starting grid for the 2012 F1 Belgian Grand Prix, including the currently known penalties affecting starting positions.

Drivers: Jenson Button (McLaren), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Pastor Maldonado (Williams)

Lewis Hamilton dominates qualifying to claim pole position for Hungarian Grand Prix.

James Calado had the rare distinction of starting on pole for both the feature and sprint races at Valencia - but was denied the win in either event.

A late mistake from Pastor Maldonado handed Jenson Button a qualifying reprieve at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Dallara has been making a change to the new DW12 IndyCar chassis, after crashes during practice and qualifying suggested the car could be tending to get airborne.

The GP2 qualifying session in Monaco on Thursday is to be split into two groups to avoid a second year of on-track chaos, the series has revealed.

All remaining nine cars qualified for positions on the back three rows of the grid for the 2012 Indianapolis 500 race to be held a week on Sunday.

Tony Kanaan will start off the qualifying runs at 11am local time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, with Katherine Legge, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti also out early.