Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says his team has no answer as to why it consistently trails its customer squad McLaren in qualifying this season read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits the sixth-tenth deficit Mercedes had to F1 rival Ferrari at the end of Mexican Grand Prix Friday practice is "bigger than expected". read more »

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes facing 'massive' deficit to Ferrari on straights read more »

Valtteri Bottas: My own fault I face points deficit to Lewis Hamilton read more »

Carlos Sainz admits it felt good to force Charles Leclerc to give up his pursuit of P5 in the Japanese Grand Prix, as it showed that McLaren were too quick for the deficit to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton brushed off being beaten by Valtteri Bottas in both of Friday's practice sessions at the Japanese Grand Prix, claiming his Mercedes team-mate was boosted by... read more »

Ferrari's Japanese GP practice deficit surprises Charles Leclerc read more »

Sebastian Vettel claims that things aren't as bad as they look for Ferrari following their struggles to fight Mercedes so far at Suzuka. read more »

Charles Leclerc says it was "a bit of a surprise" to see his Ferrari Formula 1 team lacking pace during Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel doesn't think there is a specific factor which contributes to him continually finishing behind rookie team-mate Charles Leclerc in qualifying. read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff feels the straight-line speed deficit to Ferrari means the performance gap between the two teams "is almost uncatchable" in 2019 read more »

Sebastian Vettel has seen no outright pattern to his qualifying deficit to Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc read more »

Sebastian Vettel feels there is no pattern to his qualifying deficit to Charles Leclerc, after his Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate took his fourth pole in a row in Russia read more »

Charles Leclerc headed Sebastian Vettel for a one-two for in-form Ferrari in final practice at the Russian GP, but Mercedes reduced have their deficit to the front in Sochi. read more »

Max Verstappen admits he was "surprised" at Red Bull's lack of pace during the qualifying session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, after he finished... read more »

Valtteri Bottas said all was not right with his Mercedes car after a crash in first practice at the Singapore Grand Prix, perhaps explaining his sizable deficit to Lewis... read more »

Lando Norris says he's "not" worried about Renault despite McLaren's nearest rival reducing their deficit by more than half at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Toto Wolff said the Italian Grand Prix was an example of the racing differences between Mercedes team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he found the small deficit to Mercedes' chief F1 rival Ferrari in Italian Grand Prix practice "surprising". read more »

Lewis Hamilton surprised by Mercedes' narrow deficit to Ferrari read more »

Honda is hopeful its latest Formula 1 engine will close its qualifying deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari but admits its rivals "won't wait for us" read more »

Sebastian Vettel was at a loss to explain why he was unable to match the pace of Charles Leclerc at the Belgian GP. read more »

Toto Wolff compared Mercedes' straight-line deficit against Ferrari to Red Bull's struggles for pace in the first years of the V6 Hybrid era. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Mercedes are beginning to get a taste of what Red Bull experienced back in 2014-15 with their sizeable power deficit to Ferrari. read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes' current straightline speed discrepancy to Ferrari means he now understands how Red Bull felt with Renault in the early hybrid Formula 1 years in... read more »