Nico Rosberg admits that misfortune for his primary rivals has made his task at the Russian Grand Prix "a little bit easier" but downplayed his advantage. Rosberg... read more »

Nico Rosberg downplayed his advantage over the chasing pack during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, pointing to mistakes made by Ferrari pair Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is expecting a closer fight with Ferrari this season and has downplayed the significance of not winning the opening race in Australia. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has downplayed talk of him heading to Ferrari in 2017 while Sebastian Vettel says he's not opposed to the idea... read more »

Cyril Abiteboul has downplayed expectations ahead of Renault's first season back as a works team, saying it will take the team three years to reach the podium... read more »

Cyril Abiteboul has downplayed the possibility of Renault making big on-track gains in 2016, but feels they can be competitive within the three-year period set out by Carlos Ghosn read more »

World Champion Lewis Hamilton has downplayed suggestions that his fractious relationship is causing problems for Mercedes. Hamilton wrapped up his third world title this... read more »

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 »