2012

'I was so close to knocking racing on the head last year; at the end of last season I was thinking about giving up racing altogether and going to work for my dad' - Ian Lowry

Two members of the Williams team head back to the UK after leaving hospital in Spain

The iSport International team has reached the end of its tether with the glitch-prone #8 car, which once again broke down during the race weekend in Spain.

Caterham's Tom Webb praises the heroes who helped out when the Williams garage fire started in Barcelona

The whole of Venezuela was united last night in celebrating the Spanish Grand Prix victory of their new favourite son Pastor Maldonado.

"MSS firing Hickman is a joke" - Paul Denning.

The Williams F1 team were left picking through the wreckage of their pit lane garage after the flash fire that engulfed it after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted that he was wrong to tell Lewis Hamilton to stop out on track in qualifying in Barcelona.

Bruno Senna is looking like the odd man out at Williams, after Pastor Maldonado's race win and Valtteri Bottas' impressive practice performances puts his position under threat.

Force India's Bob Fernley says procedures need to be worked on in case there is a repeat of the fire that hit Catalunya on Sunday evening

'It's nice to win and, in that second race, everybody wanted to win so bad. It was a crazy race' - Jonathan Rea

Carlos Checa endures his toughest weekend for some time as he manages just a single sixth place finish at Donington Park.

Mitch Evans won the first race of the 2012 GP3 Series season for MW Arden, with Conor Daly victorious for Lotus GP in race 2 at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

Post-race FIA press conference from the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain with Pastor Maldonado, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen

Post-race FIA press conference from the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain with Pastor Maldonado, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen

'I'm like a lot of riders in that I wear my heart on my sleeve and when you lose a couple of mates and it's pretty raw, then you do tend to criticise in frustration' - Jeremy McWilliams

'Shaun (Muir) has been so supportive and that made me so determined to get back and repay them for all that they've put into me' - Ian Hutchinson

Leon Haslam's hopes of a popular win on home soil comes to a disappointing conclusion...

Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna had sharply differing views of the accident that put both cars out of the Spanish Grand Prix early in the race.

Around 16 F1 personnel are reported to have been injured as a result of a flash fire that broke out in the Williams garage after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix .

Full race results (2) for the fifth round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, United Kingdom.

Jonathan Rea wins at Donington Park, but is involved in a clash with Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri at the final corner that eliminates both BMW riders.

Pastor Maldonado becomes fifth different winner in five races to start 2012, and the first Venezuelan to stand atop the F1 podium.

Full race results (1) for the fifth round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, United Kingdom.