Fernando Alonso has downplayed his ninth position from FP2 in Abu Dhabi and thinks McLaren's qualifying prospects look "a little bit worse than that". Alonso... read more »

Lewis Hamilton downplayed Nico Rosberg's fifth consecutive pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix by saying he has already won the championship and secured the FIA Pole... read more »

World Champion Lewis Hamilton has downplayed suggestions that he and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg should sit down and discuss their on-track clash during last weekend's... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says it is unlikely that Ferrari will be able to replicate its pace from last month's Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1 returns to action in Russia.... read more »

Pastor Maldonado has downplayed the criticism aimed at him by Jenson Button following their clash during the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend. View the original post at... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has downplayed the recent speculation linking him to a seat at Ferrari in 2016, saying he sees it as "a bit of a laugh". The uncertainty over Kimi... read more »

Christian Horner says F1 "is at a critical stage" ahead of Wednesday's meeting of the Strategy Group at Biggin Hill. FIA president Jean Todt recently downplayed... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said victory in Canada was important for him personally after the heartbreak of the Monaco Grand Prix but downplayed the importance of returning to winning ways... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has downplayed concerns over his future in Formula 1, re-iterating that it is up to Ferrari to decide whether to retain his services into 2016. Raikkonen... read more »

Nico Rosberg has downplayed the momentum of having won the most recent two Grands Prix and has dismissed suggestions that he struggled mentality after his… read more »

Toto Wolff downplayed the dominant Mercedes one-two in Spain and said the team would be foolish to repeat its error of Malaysia and write off Ferrari. Spain is an... read more »

Sebastian Vettel may be the closest challenger to Mercedes but has downplayed talk of him fighting for this year's Drivers' Championship... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has dismissed comments from team-mate Nico Rosberg that he compromised the German's hopes in the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton led throughout... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has downplayed the blame-game between Red Bull and Renault, saying it's just both parties venting their frustrations... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says that Ferrari's pre-season pace counts for little, despite rivals continuing to talk up the Italian squad's chances. Both Nico Rosberg and Lewis... read more »

McLaren has downplayed the issues which affected its first public day of running with Honda at the post-race test in Abu Dhabi. Test driver Stoffel Vandoorne was unable to head... read more »

Christian Horner has downplayed the pace advantage Lewis Hamilton had in the closing stages of the Singapore GP, confident Red Bull are "a lot closer"... read more »

Days after Max Verstappen joined the Red Bull Junior Team, his dad Jos has downplayed speculation that he could race for Toro Rosso in 2015... read more »

Caterham Team Principal Christijan Albers has downplayed suggestions that Red Bull young driver Carlos Sainz Jr. could race for the team in 2014. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has downplayed his pace in Friday practice at the German Grand Prix and said it could well be the closest he and Red Bull get to Mercedes this weekend. read more »

Toto Wolff has downplayed recent speculation about Lewis Hamilton's state of mind by saying the Brit demonstrated his mental strength at Silverstone read more »

Nico Rosberg has downplayed reports that Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton said he wasn’t German. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has downplayed fears that missing the final half hour of Friday's second practice session could have a negative impact on his race weekend at the British... read more »

Despite being able to push "a bit harder" with their engines, Pat Fry has downplayed Ferrari's Montreal updates... read more »

Daimler chairman and head of Mercedes-Benz, Dr Dieter Zetsche, has downplayed comments he made toward Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso in which he praised the Spaniard. The... read more »