After Lewis Hamilton's penalty, Pastor Maldonado had inherited pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, his first in Formula One. But could he now fight for the win in the race? Find out with The Head's lap-by-lap report.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton secured his third pole position of the 2012 season in a hectic qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix, the 2008 champion dominating as team tactics shook up the rest of the front of the grid.

The battle for pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix weekend promised to be a sensationally close scrap between half the grid. Who would secure that much-sought top spot? Find out with The Head's minute-by-minute report.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will head into qualifying for the Spanish GP as the narrow favourite for pole position after topping final practice in Barcelona, but the timesheets remained confusingly close and mixed-up in general.

After some tight times during Friday practice in Barcelona, the teams had one final hour of practice on Saturday morning to finalise their plans for qualifying and the race. Follow the action as it happened with The Ear's minute-by-minute report.

McLaren's Jenson Button finished fastest in the Friday afternoon practice session in Spain, with the McLaren driver squeezing into top spot during the traditional mid-session soft tyre runs to pip Sebastian Vettel to the bragging rights.

After Fernando Alonso surprisingly topped the morning practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya for Ferrari, could the home hero remain ahead in the afternoon session? Find out if he did with The Ear's minute-by-minute report.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso gave his home fans something to cheer in the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, topping the times in the revised F2012 with what appeared to have the hallmarks of a headline-grabbing practice run.

The first race weekend of the European season got underway early on Friday morning, with the opening practice session for the Spanish GP. Which of the title contenders topped the times? Find out with The Ear's minute-by-minute report.

After another needlessly-long three week break, the 2012 Formula One championship reaches the noticeably-brief European leg of the season, beginning with the almost-intriguing Spanish Grand Prix at the well-trod Circuit de Catalunya.

Unsurprisingly, given that he topped the two fastest days, it was Romain Grosjean who topped the meaningless combined timesheets at the Mugello in-season test, as the final fastest day's times dominated the final order.

Romain Grosjean concluded the Mugello in-season test with another dominant showing for Lotus, ending the final day of on-track running on top of the pile after overhauling morning quick man Sebastian Vettel midway through the afternoon.

Formula One's in-season test at the Mugello circuit came to an end with one final, and possibly crucial day of testing for the teams who have bothered to attend. Relive the day's main action and laptimes with The Ear's liveblog.

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean finished at the top of the times on the dry second day of in-season Formula One testing at the Mugello circuit in Italy, by the slenderest of slender margins from Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi.

The relentless fun of Formula One's single in-season test continued at the Mugello circuit on Wednesday, with teams hoping for some drier conditions compared to Tuesday. Relive the news from the track as it happened with The Ear's liveblog.