Renault will measure its performance against the success of its customer teams in 2018 as it continues to build towards its target of a full championship challenge in 2020. read more »

Renault's academy director Mia Sharizman concedes Red Bull are the ones to look up to when it comes to setting the benchmark for their young driver programme. read more »

Following a "roller-coaster" 2017 is the new partnership with Honda set to see Toro Rosso's luck run out? read more »

Marcus Ericsson says despite his frustrating results for Sauber he feels demonstrating his pace against Mercedes-backed Pascal Wehrlein paid off in 2017. read more »

Despite McLaren switching to Renault power next season, Christian Horner believes Red Bull will remain the French manufacturer's "benchmark" team. read more »

Red Bull expects to remain the benchmark for Renault in 2018, despite McLaren taking on the manufacturer's engines, according to team boss Christian… read more »

MEXICO CITY -- Max Verstappen was left frustrated after missing out on the first pole position of his career by just 0.083s at the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen looked like... read more »

Sebastian Vettel's morning time remained the benchmark through Wednesday's in-season test action at the Hungaroring, as Robert Kubica continued to impress on… read more »

SPIELBERG, Austria -- Valtteri Bottas edged Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to pole position by just 0.042s in Austria, as Lewis Hamilton could had to settle for third ahead of... read more »

Kevin Magnussen says Haas Formula 1 team-mate Romain Grosjean is faster than Jenson Button "on his day" and is providing better benchmark for comparison than 2016... read more »

Williams set a new benchmark for the 2017 season when it comes to pit stops with a 2.17 second stop in Canada. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes Ferrari's 2017 power unit is now the benchmark engine in Formula One. Haas is the only team other than Maranello's... read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari will continue to follow their own programme and not become distracted after falling short of Mercedes' benchmark in Australia. read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton maintained his perfect start to 2017 by again setting the benchmark pace in second practice at Albert Park. Hamilton, who... read more »

Stepping up to Force India, Esteban Ocon admits that new teammate Sergio Perez will be the perfect benchmark. read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel lowered the benchmark pre-season lap time at the Circuit de Catalunya to a 1:19.024 on the penultimate day of Formula One... read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Valtteri Bottas hinted that times are likely to keep coming down in the final days of 2017 winter testing as he lowered the pre-season benchmark on a day... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has kept hold of the new fastest lap of pre-season testing from this morning as Ferrari suffered two major blips read more »

Sebastian Vettel got to within two tenths of Valtteri Bottas' morning benchmark of 1:19.705 as Ferrari and Mercedes continued to impress in Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has set a fresh benchmark for F1 2017 with a new fastest lap in pre-season testing of 1m 19.705s to streak clear read more »

Honda sets itself a Mercedes benchmark for the opening round of the 2017 F1 season... but it is not what it seems. read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne says he isn t worried about being compared to Max Verstappen in his rookie F1 season as he focuses on his set-up with McLaren read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have taken the covers off Mercedes' 2017 challenger, the W08, at Silverstone. The world champions' unveiling is the most... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has laid the benchmark to beat ahead of the pole position shootout in Abu Dhabi as F1 world title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are shuffled back read more »

Toto Wolff believes the United States and Mexican grands prix have set the benchmark as examples of successful promotion in Formula One, following high attendances at both... read more »