Yusuke Hasegawa says that Honda are now catching up to the other engine suppliers. read more »

The Finn was fastest in first practice before being Lewis Hamilton's closest rival in the second session at Spa-Francorchamps. read more »

The latest edition of The Autosport Podcast focuses on Formula 1's closest world championship fight, when Niki Lauda beat McLaren team-mate Alain Prost by just half a point read more »

Sebastian Vettel demonstrated a blistering pace in the final practice session at Hungary, breaking the lap record with a time of 1:17.017. HIs team mate, Kimi Raikkonen ended... read more »

Both of Mercedes' closest rivals are confident of improving through the rest of the British GP weekend after being out-paced by the world champions in Friday practice. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is braced for the "closest championship race" of his F1 career after drawing level on points with Sebastian Vettel following his victory in the Chinese GP. read more »

Now tied for the F1 drivers' championship lead, Lewis Hamilton is expecting his closest F1 title fight yet against Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is prepared for a very tight title race with Ferrari and believes the Safety Car significantly aided his fifth victory in China. read more »

It's fair to say Ferrari are Mercedes' closest challenger - Daniel Ricciardo read more »

Red Bull unveils the car many expect to be the closest challenger to world champions Mercedes in 2017 - the RB13 read more »

Sebastian Vettel shrugs off a mechanical problem in FP2 to prove the closest match to Mercedes ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a comfortable start to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend as he proved the fastest man in the first practice session, and 4 tenths quicker than team mate... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were extremely closely matched during the second practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix as just 30 hundredths of a second separated the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has put his Mercedes on pole position for Sunday's United States GP, edging team mate Nico Rosberg by little more than two tenths of a second. Daniel... read more »

Mercedes were again by far the fastest team in the first session of the weekend, with the two Mercedes at least a second ahead of the competition, with Vettel being the closest... read more »

Mercedes is in the running to secure the 2016 constructors' championship at next weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. Mercedes currently leads the constructors'... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted that Williams' position relative to closest championship rival Force India does not bode well after day one of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen remains optimistic that Ferrari can make progress after he emerged as Nico Rosberg's closest challenger during practice in… read more »

Max Verstappen was the fastest driver in the first practice session at Singapore, topping his Red Bull Racing team mate Daniel Ricciardo by a few hundredths of a second.... read more »

Singapore looks set to be one of the closest races we will see all year, where tyre management will make a big difference. read more »

Nico Rosberg was the fastest man at Monza during the first practice session, topping his Mercedes team mate by 2 tenths. Ferrari, running upgraded engines this weekend, were... read more »

Christian Horner believes the gains Renault have made with their engine in 2016 has been a major factor in Red Bull becoming the closest challenger to Mercedes. read more »

Lewis Hamilton thinks Red Bull has looked "incredibly strong" in recent races and has become Mercedes' closest competitor. Red Bull claimed a double podium in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that he now sees Red Bull as Mercedes' nearest rival in Formula 1, rather than Ferrari, and is wary of its potential over the second half of… read more »

As Red Bull leapfrogged Ferrari in the standings, Lewis Hamilton says it the Milton Keynes team that is looking the most likely challengers to Mercedes. read more »