Mark Webber started from second on the grid and promptly went backwards - but the team revealed after the race that his afternoon had been hit by technical gremlins. read more »

Pastor Maldonado fears Williams have taken a massive step backwards after failing to progress through to Q2 in Melbourne... read more »

Pastor Maldonado declared that Williams has taken a huge step backwards this season after being eliminated from Australian Grand Prix qualifying in Q1. read more »

Mark Webber admits he is unlikely to take a step backwards on the F1 grid should Red Bull one day decide his time is up... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has played down concerns that Williams will take a step backwards if they are forced to make changes to their exhaust design... read more »

After a strong start to the race, both Caterham cars moved backwards, by incidents or due to the race circumstances. Alltogether, this made Heikki Kovalainen finish 15th and... read more »

Toro Rosso team principl Franz Tost says he's so far been impressed by both Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne's performances. The duo started well with Ricciardo... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has told McLaren engineers to go back to the drawing board after the team slid backwards at Silverstone this weekend. The British grand prix proved that not only... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has told McLaren engineers to go back to the drawing board after the team slid backwards at Silverstone this weekend. The British grand prix proved that not only... read more »

Try as he might, Jenson Button couldn't find an upside to his dismal Canadian GP weekend which saw him slide backwards during the race to a disappointing 16th place finish. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button winced late on Sunday whilst maintaining the 'win together, lose together' mantra after yet another bad weekend for McLaren. "We... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 5th: "I had a pretty poor start - I didn't understand why that happened – and I was lucky not to get caught up in the first-corner crash.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton concedes his Monaco GP was "not the best" as instead of going forwards, he fell backwards despite not being overtaken on track... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended the Monaco Grand Prix frustrated with both his start and his pitstop after his third place on the grid became only a fifth position finish. read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 14th: "It's the same pattern as in China, in that I manage to have a good pace in the race, but I'm slow in qualifying. We must find a solution... read more »

Jaime Alguersuari would prefer to look for a reserve role to remain in F1, rather than taking 'a step backwards' to join HRT. read more »

Jaime Alguersuari has reportedly said 'no' to the opportunity to join HRT as he reckons it was would be a "step backwards"... read more »

HRT's new team principal Luiz Perez-Sala has admitted his team will have too take a step backwards next year in order to lay the foundations for future success read more »

Pedro de la Rosa insists his move to HRT is not a step backwards and is confident they will improve... read more »

F1 returnee Pedro de la Rosa has rubbished reports he is taking a step backwards by joining HRT for 2012, although he admits there will be 'no revolution' in Australia read more »

After taking the chequered flag a disgruntled fourth in Valencia, Lewis Hamilton fears McLaren is set to 'take another step backwards' - and that his F1 2011 title... read more »

After finishing fourth at the European Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton admitted McLaren may have taken a step backwards compared to its rivals read more »

Lewis Hamilton concedes that McLaren have taken a step back rather than forward in Valencia after finishing fourth, unable to challenge either Red Bull or read more »

Lewis Hamilton fears McLaren took a step backwards at the European Grand Prix and warns they may struggle at the British GP as well... read more »

Timo Glock has conceded that unless dramatic improvements are made, Virgin could find itself in serious trouble with the 107 per cent rule in F1 2011 - and that the cause may... read more »