Max Verstappen fears Red Bull will continue to suffer "painful" loses on the straights compared to F1 rivals Mercedes and Ferrari in 2018. read more »

Red Bull believes a 0.5-second deficit to favourite Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix will be enough for it to be in the hunt in the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

Max Verstappen says closing the qualifying gap to Mercedes is key to Red Bull's chances of beating the world champions to race wins in 2018. read more »

Helmut Marko remains concerned that a power deficit could prove critical for Red Bull's 2018 title hopes, amid fears that Mercedes could actually extend its power unit... read more »

Of the three Renault powered teams racing in the 2018 championship, Cyril Abiteboul reckons it is Renault with the disadvantage as they have a "substantial deficit"... read more »

Renault expects its chassis' performance deficit is too "substantial" to beat its Formula 1 customer teams Red Bull and McLaren this season, but wants to match... read more »

Following a delayed engine decision, the two-week deficit on McLaren's 2018 car has almost been recovered, according to Eric Boullier. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the "fair beating" Ferrari got in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shows just how much work the Formula 1 team has to do ahead of 2018 read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has ruled out using “artificial” performance levellers to close the gap between the teams but did highlight his growing concern about the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is hopeful that Ferrari can still challenge Mercedes for victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, despite a sizeable deficit in… read more »

Last weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix reminded once again that Mercedes still has the edge over the other engine manufacturers. The way Lewis Hamilton stormed through the... read more »

Fernando Alonso revels in his run to eighth in Brazil despite struggling with a significant straight-line speed disadvantage in his McLaren-Honda. read more »

Fernando Alonso has described McLaren's power deficit from their Honda engines during the Brazilian GP as "amazing". read more »

Fernando Alonso reckons the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team should be worried about the Honda engine's lack of power in the Brazilian Grand Prix read more »

Max Verstappen says Red Bull's "painful" engine deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari is costing him half a second at the Brazilian Grand Prix, where he couldn't... read more »

The Belgian struggled for straight line pace in Mexico and could only finish twelfth on Sunday. read more »

Fernando Alonso pleased to score as McLaren rues speed deficit read more »

Fernando Alonso is wary that McLaren could be "exposed" on the opening lap of the United States Grand Prix due to its speed deficit, but is hopeful of pushing… read more »

The Finn will start third on the grid for the United States Grand Prix, and felt his pace deficit to his team-mate was down to the final sector of the Circuit of The Americas. read more »

Force India has been steadily making progress throughout the 2017 championship season. The Silverstone-based squad with Indian licence is currently occupying the fourth place... read more »

From a 7-point lead to a 59-point deficit, we take a look at how Sebastian Vettel's title challenge faltered dramatically as Lewis Hamilton surged clear. For more F1®... read more »

Felipe Massa says it is "difficult to understand" why Williams lacked race pace compared to its midfield rivals at the Japanese Grand Prix. Massa qualified… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says all of Red Bull's efforts failed to close the one second deficit to Mercedes during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that he and Hamilton has "completely different cars" for qualifying, and that this led to his lack of pace compared to the Brit. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo jokes deficit to Max Verstappen a birthday gift read more »