Mercedes' rivals have been warned to brace themselves for a step forward from Formula 1's benchmark engine supplier this year read more »

Red Bull has no doubt that the performance gap to Mercedes is closing, but doubts it will overcome Formula 1's dominant benchmark team before 2014 is over read more »

Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg during a thrilling conclusion to Saturday's qualifying session for the Singapore Grand Prix.... read more »

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix. Alonso's time of 1:49.056 was 0.122s faster than... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time during the first practice session at a cool, but sunny Spa-Francorchamps as Formula 1 returned from its summer break. Rosberg topped the times... read more »

Williams head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley believes the team is gradually "inching closer" to the dominant Mercedes outfit. The team is already eyeing its first... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is enjoying having the edge over team-mate Sebastian Vettel as he reckons the German is "an awesome benchmark" to judge his own ability... read more »

Fernando Alonso has hailed Mercedes as the new benchmark for Ferrari, saying they have been a "good surprise" to F1 this season... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the early benchmark for the German Grand Prix in what proved to be a productive FP1 session for all teams... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the early benchmark at Silverstone on Friday, but Free Practice One turned into a nightmare for Williams... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the benchmark time in the opening practice session for the British Grand Prix on Friday morning in Silverstone. The Mercedes driver's lap of 1:35.424 was... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has what it takes to be a world champion, former F1 driver and team owner Gerhard Berger believes. The Austrian says he has no doubt that Ricciardo can win one... read more »

Despite a longer than usual break between races, Ferrari Technical Director James Allison does not target the Spanish Grand Prix as a benchmark for the team but instead aims to... read more »

Championship leader Nico Rosberg says that Red Bull remains the benchmark in 2014, despite the reigning champions sitting 97 points behind Mercedes after the opening four races... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Red Bull is still the benchmark as a team and will come back strongly at Mercedes this season due to a high development rate read more »

Although Red Bull are "under a little bit of heat", Mark Webber has backed his former team to bounce back... read more »

Vijay Mallya believes Force India's performance in Bahrain should be the benchmark for the rest of its season read more »

Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe is expecting a ‘tight battle’ in Bahrain this weekend and has said it is should provide a benchmark. read more »

Mercedes have warned that, with their disastrous winter testing already rendered a distant memory, fast-improving Red Bull are still the team to beat in F1 despite their own... read more »

The Mercedes Formula 1 team says it is on high alert about the Red Bull threat after another strong performance from the reigning champion squad in Malaysia. read more »

Adrian Sutil says that Sauber's form in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix will provide the team with information on the strengths of the C33. Sutil finished the... read more »

Caterham team boss Cyril Abiteboul has hailed Kamui Kobayashi and the contribution the Japanese driver has made during pre-season testing. read more »

Felipe Massa set the fastest time on the penultimate day of testing in Bahrain. Massa's time of 1:33.258 was the quickest of the seven days so far in the Middle East as... read more »

Felipe Massa set the fastest time of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain so far on Saturday, as Sebastian Vettel failed to complete a lap for Red Bull read more »

Sergio Pérez kept Force India at the top of the timesheets on the second day of the final pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Mexican clocked a... read more »