Lewis Hamilton says world champions Mercedes are "not the fastest" team heading into the first race of the new Formula 1 season in Bahrain. read more »

Fernando Alonso feels he is still a "better" driver than his fellow World Champions on the F1 grid - despite two years away. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said he is better than the "champions" currently racing in Formula 1, the Spaniard including Red Bull driver Max Verstappen in this number. read more »

Fernando Alonso reckons he’s better than Formula 1’s other world champions Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, as well as the sport’s ‘superstar’ driver Max... read more »

There's so much intrigue ahead of this season but surely among the most fascinating surrounds the prospects of the two veteran multiple champions Fernando Alonso and... read more »

Mercedes say they have been working hard to solve their unexpected early 2021 problems ahead of this weekend's season-opening Bahrain GP, where Formula 1's world... read more »

Three back-up drivers were drafted into action in 2020 through a mixture of illness and injury, with Nico Hulkenberg, Pietro Fittipaldi and Jack Aitken having unexpected... read more »

Nico Rosberg has included Sergio Perez among his four potential Drivers' World Championship winners this season. read more »

Mercedes says there is "a long journey ahead" to understand why its car seemingly lacked performance at pre-season testing in Bahrain last weekend. The reigning World... read more »

Red Bull is likely to outperform Mercedes at next weekend's opening round of the Formula One season, according to senior engineers from the reigning champions. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes will face the challenge of finding more pace from their new car ahead of next week's season-opening Bahrain GP head on, after F1's serial... read more »

McLaren driver Lando Norris has conceded to being shocked by the pre-season form of Mercedes, suggesting the reigning Formula 1 champions were "not quite so good as you... read more »

Mercedes struggled for performance in preseason testing, but is its period of dominance really under threat? Laurence Edmondson analyses the data to find out what went wrong... read more »

Reigning Formula 1 World Champions Mercedes believes its rival Red Bull has a stronger car following the end of pre-season testing in Bahrain, as it raised concerns over both... read more »

Reigning World Champions Mercedes suffered more disruption on the second day of testing with Lewis Hamilton red-flagging the morning session. read more »

The real Mercedes W12 was finally presented in Bahrain for the three days of testing in its final form, and we were able to appreciate the real technical innovations of the... read more »

The opening day of preseason testing in Bahrain did not go to plan for world champions Mercedes, as it spent over three hours in the garage with gearbox issues. read more »

World champions Mercedes have a difficult start to three days of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen led McLaren's Lando Norris on the opening day of 2021 testing in Bahrain as world champions Mercedes endured an uncharacteristically... read more »

Mercedes endured a stuttering start to Formula 1 2021 as the world champions hit reliability issues in the opening session of pre-season testing, which was topped by... read more »

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo clocked the fastest time as Formula 1 pre-season testing began in Bahrain on Friday, while champions Mercedes suffered a setback. Formula 1... read more »

It was not the ideal start to testing for reigning World Champions Mercedes after losing some precious track time during the first session of pre-season. After an early... read more »

Following delayed discussions, seven-time world champions Hamilton and Mercedes finally agreed a fresh one-year contract in February, which will cover the 2021 season but will... read more »

Meet Igor Fraga, the first Sim Racer to join the Formula 3 grid, a series which is seen by many as the path to Formula 1 - the pinnacle of motorsports. Igor's also earned... read more »

After reigning champions Mercedes launched their title challenger, drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas say they are excited to get back on track in Bahrain. read more »