FIA race director Charlie Whiting is not "not overly concerned" about standing restarts despite concerns from some of the drivers. read more »

The Williams Formula 1 team is trying to retain the benefits of a design it utilised for its shark fin last year despite rules no longer allowing the full-length fins read more »

Charlie Whiting attempts to allay fears that, despite a clampdown, some teams will still attempt to benefit from oil burning, particularly during qualifying. read more »

Guenther Steiner believes Haas could be in the hunt for fourth place this season despite only finishing P8 last year. read more »

Williams Martini Racing's Paddy Lowe says the reliability of the new FW41 has been impressive, despite the team only firing the car up for the first time two weeks ago read more »

Franz Tost believes it would be prudent to switch at least one pre-season test to Bahrain in the future after the disruptions caused by the weather in Spain in 2018. read more »

Eric Boullier stresses Fernando Alonso remains happy at McLaren despite a difficult pre-season testing period for the team. read more »

Lance Stroll does not see himself as the lead Williams driver this season - despite him being the most experienced racer. read more »

Despite losing four hours to an engine issue, Fernando Alonso ended the final day of F1 pre-season testing second-fastest for McLaren. read more »

Despite a challenging two weeks of pre-season littered with reliability gremlins, Fernando Alonso and McLaren head to the Australian Grand Prix in a defiant mood. read more »

McLaren insist they "have not lost our ability to design fast cars" despite another winter blighted by unreliability. read more »

Despite laying down the fastest lap time ever at the Circuit de Catalunya, Sebastian Vettel was warned against drawing the "wrong conclusions" from the timesheets. read more »

Despite blitzing the previous pre-season testing lap record, Sebastian Vettel is under no illusions making clear that Melbourne will be the true litmus test. read more »

Kevin Magnussen warns not to read too much into Haas' charge to second place in the final timesheets on Thursday's Barcelona pre-season testing running. read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari still needs to find more performance from the SF71H, despite setting a record lap of Barcelona on the penultimate day of pre-season Formula 1... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo still thinks Mercedes are the team to beat in 2018 despite the Aussie setting a new track record at the Circuit de Catalunya. read more »

Fernando Alonso not worried by lost track time despite another set-back for McLaren. read more »

The McLaren driver is not alarmed with McLaren's recent difficulties, despite an oil leak today. read more »

Despite a series of reliability issues during pre-season testing, Fernando Alonso insists his McLaren could go racing tomorrow if it needed to. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he "doesn't need" the final day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, despite McLaren's lack of running so far this week read more »

Red Bull suspect Mercedes still have a slight pace advantage despite setting the fastest time of winter testing so far on Day Two of the second and final test. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he's ready for the 2018 F1 season opener despite missing the majority of track time due to an oil leak with his McLaren. read more »

Despite the team's quiet start to the winter Esteban Ocon reckons Force India is on a similar footing to Red Bull at this stage of pre-season testing. read more »

Renault driver Carlos Sainz says he would put money on the times between Formula One's teams opening up in the remaining three days of testing despite a tight spread on... read more »

Max Verstappen is convinced Red Bull is more competitive now than it was 12 months ago, but he is refusing to judge where it will be in the pecking order come the Australian... read more »