Kimi Raikkonen is optimistic Lotus can have a strong start to the Formula 1 season in Australia this weekend despite admitting testing was not as smooth as the team had hoped for read more »

Sebastian Vettel can win a fourth title in 2013 despite tough competition in a golden era for F1, says BBC Sport's David Coulthard. read more »

Despite this season looking set to begin without a new Concorde Agreement in place, the FIA insists talks are "proceeding positively"... read more »

Pastor Maldonado’s position in Formula One appears to be secure, despite the death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on Tuesday. Maldonado is heavily funded by state... read more »

Sky Sports F1 pundit's Martin Brundle and Damon Hill believe Pastor Maldonado's future in F1 is secure - despite the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. read more »

Despite their three Championship doubles, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner insists his outfit has lost none of their motivation to succeed... read more »

Despite the fact that Marussia outpaced Caterham on seven of the 12 pre-season test days in Spain, Giedo van der Garde does not fear his main rivals ahead of the Australian... read more »

Valentino Rossi says Formula One is no longer in his future despite once considering a swap from two wheels to four... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has reaffirmed to Sky Sports F1 that McLaren remain committed to current partners Mercedes until 2015 despite ongoing speculation about a possible return to... read more »

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has "dampened" expectations ahead of the new season despite Merc's impressive showing in testing... read more »

Mark Webber says he isn't ready to consider retirement despite his position as the oldest driver on the F1 grid read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he is confident in the pace shown by the new Lotus E21 despite a troubled end to his pre-season programme in Spain read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has no concerns over the reliability of his Lotus, despite losing a large chunk of the final day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona to a gearbox problem read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes still has plenty of work to despite his impressive pace on his final pre-season outing ahead of the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes his Mercedes team will be in a position to win this year, despite downplaying rapidly rising expectations after posting the quickest time in testing at... read more »

Luiz Razia would be welcome back at Marussia in the future, says team boss Graeme Lowdon, despite the sponsor issues that led to the Brazilian being dropped before his Formula... read more »

Luiz Razia has said he is determined to achieve his dream of racing in Formula One, despite losing his Marussia seat just two weeks before the first race of the season. Razia... read more »

A 'shocked' Luiz Razia told AUTOSPORT he will not give up on securing his Formula 1 dream, despite losing his Marussia drive because of a sponsor problem read more »

Force India's Adrian Sutil believes a year on the sidelines will not affect his performances ahead of the 2013 season read more »

Jules Bianchi will replace Luiz Razia at Marussia for the 2013 season. Bianchi, who had been in the running for a seat at Force India but lost out to Adrian Sutil, had been in... read more »

Adrian Sutil says he has "no relationship" with Lewis Hamilton despite the Mercedes driver trying to contact the Force India man in recent weeks read more »

Felipe Massa’s day at the wheel of the F138 started the way last Friday had ended, with bad weather again affecting work at the Catalunya Circuit. The track, on the outskirts... read more »

Despite intermittent rain showers, Mark Webber was left feeling satisifed with the work he completed on his penultimate pre-season test day of the year at the Circuit de... read more »

Despite the varying conditions, Lewis Hamilton had a productive day in Barcelona on Thursday where he covered 113 laps... read more »

Force India has yet to confirm its driver line-up despite reports that Adrian Sutil has regained a seat alongside Paul di Resta read more »