Daniel Ricciardo predicts harder weekend for Red Bull in Shanghai, concerned about challenge from Williams and Toro Rosso read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari have all the ingredients needed to make a genuine 2016 challenge to Mercedes, but just need to put them all together for it to happen. read more »

Nico Rosberg is expecting Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to challenge him for victory in China despite being hit with a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits it will be difficult for him to challenge Nico Rosberg in China following his grid penalty, but he is relishing the prospect of a 'race'. read more »

Hamilton excited by challenge of starting from fifth or lower read more »

Kimi Raikkonen concedes Ferrari has "quite a bit of work to do" on the reliability front, but is convinced the speed is there to challenge Mercedes read more »

Nico Hulkenberg is sure Force India can still challenge for fourth position in the Constructors' championship, despite a tricky start to the 2016 campaign. Force India... read more »

The big challenge for teams is not simply to have the best starts... but to reduce variability. read more »

It may have been an incredible start to Haas' F1 career but Romain Grosjean reckons the real challenge still awaits; keeping up with pace of development... read more »

As F1 again braces for a season of Mercedes domination, Bernie Ecclestone says one team could have challenged them if only they had the same engine... read more »

Williams CTO Pay Symonds says that the team is still learning the best way to approach the revised tyre allocations in F1 2016. read more »

Nico Rosberg may be two-from-two for this season but he admits he is wary of the challenge that could come from Ferrari as well as Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was left to rue a slow start, which scuppered his prospects of challenging for victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Raikkonen qualified in fourth... read more »

Lewis Hamilton edged out Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Nico Rosberg to take pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, as Ferrari's challenge fizzled out late in the session read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen secure a Ferrari 1-2 for the Bahrain Grand Prix FP3 session, comfortably ahead of both Mercedes' read more »

Making his official F1 debut this weekend, Stoffel Vandoorne feels he is 100% ready for the challenge read more »

Nico Rosberg is still expecting Ferrari to challenge Mercedes at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, despite finishing Friday practice over 1.4s ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits it will be "a huge challenge" to beat Nico Rosberg in Bahrain this weekend after finishing Friday practice 0.241s off the pace of his Mercedes... read more »

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo believes he faces a challenge to reach the final segment of qualifying after Friday's pair of practice sessions at Sakhir. Ricciardo, who... read more »

Kevin Magnussen is confident Stoffel Vandoorne can rise to the challenge that awaits him in Bahrain and even match Jenson Button out on track... read more »

Mercedes Nico Rosberg says the move to restrict radio communication does create a new - but welcome - challenge for drivers. read more »

Nico Rosberg feels Mercedes have once again stepped up their game in 2016, but believes Ferrari will challenge them this season. read more »

Video: Toro Rosso driver challenge - #2 read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes his team is close enough to Ferrari in the Formula 1 pecking order to challenge the Italian team later in the season read more »

Ferrari's team principal Maurizio Arrivabene left Melbourne, the first venue of the year by promising that his team would work even harder to get its act together and... read more »