Kamui Kobayashi had to apologise to his mechanics, after his badly misjudged his entry into the Sauber pit box during the final round of stops and ended up bowling them over.
Pastor Maldonado resisted getting drawn into a heated row with Sergio Perez, after the Sauber driver blasted the Venezuelan for their collision early in the British GP.
Fernando Alonso: I want to dedicate this pole to Maria de Villota, who is going through a particularly difficult time. We are all feeling sad these days and our thoughts are with her and her family
Renault say that they have investigated the alternator problem that led to the retirements of Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean at Valencia, but can't be totally sure it's resolved.
HRT has confirmed that it will be testing 24 year-old Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua next week at Silverstone, following this weekend's British Grand Prix.