Felipe Massa failed to complete a single flying lap on Friday at Spa after a crash early in FP1. read more »

Max Verstappen is downbeat about the possibility of Red Bull closing the pace deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari in the second half of the season. read more »

Paul di Resta says he can't be too downbeat by his mechanical DNF for Williams having impressed as an 11th-hour stand-in for Felipe Massa. read more »

Max Verstappen endures a 'pretty lonely' run to fifth on the grid in the British Grand Prix and doesn't expect to fight Mercedes or Ferrari in race read more »

Lewis Hamilton says any negative or downbeat comments he may have made over the last two Formula One race weekends are purely a result of his determination to win. A loose... read more »

Sergio Perez says he s content to take another points finish but disappointed not to be able to take on Romain Grosjean in Austria. read more »

ax Verstappen says pushing his Red Bull to find extra tenths of a second forced his spin off during qualifying but isn t downbeat. read more »

A superb start from Max Verstappen moved him from fifth to second, but an energy store issue saw him retire after just ten laps at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. read more »

Honda Formula 1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa is not particularly optimistic that there is enough time to introduce its engine upgrade in Canada. read more »

A downbeat Kimi Raikkonen said his P2 finish at the Monaco Grand Prix did not feel "awfully good" as he failed to convert his pole position into victory. read more »

A three-stop strategy leaves Palmer a lowly 15th at the chequered flag in Spain, extending his point-less run. read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were a little downbeat about Ferrari's first showing at the Spanish Grand Prix race weekend. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is downbeat about Mercedes' chances at the Russian Grand Prix after the Silver Arrows were locked out of the front row for the first time in 31 races. read more »

Red Bull downbeat over Russian GP prospects read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left to rue a "tricky race" as he struggled with his rear tyres at the Bahrain Grand Prix, dropping from the lead to third… read more »

Max Verstappen is downbeat on Red Bull's chances of success in the early stages of the 2017 season. read more »

Esteban Gutierrez was downbeat after seeing his chance of a first points finish of the season disappear due to an electrical issue during the Brazilian Grand Prix. read more »

Jolyon Palmer was downbeat after his Singapore Grand Prix was compromised early by a slow puncture, leaving him down in fifteenth at the chequered flag. read more »

There was a lot of news around at the Italian GP. Apart from the extremely good news that F1 might be sold to someone who cared about the sport's future, and the more... read more »

Manor Racing's Dave Ryan was left downbeat after the potential shown by the team at Monza went unfulfilled on race day. read more »

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS -- Daniel Ricciardo refused to be too downbeat about qualifying fifth in Belgium after a strategy gamble narrowly paid off in Q2. Ricciardo set his quickest... read more »

Ferrari's team principal Maurizio Arrivabene was downbeat after the German GP, but promised that Ferrari will continue fighting and improving its car for the remainder of... read more »

Fernando Alonso was left slightly downbeat after missing out on Q3 for the German Grand Prix, and will start P13 on Sunday. read more »

A downbeat Daniil Kvyat said his current slump feels "never ending" after qualifying 19th for the German Grand Prix. Kvyat failed to emerge from Q1 at Hockenheim,... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr was downbeat after a difficult opening day at the Hungaroring that ended with him stopping at turn one with an ERS issue. read more »