Lewis Hamilton reckons Mercedes needs to find additional one-lap pace but is encouraged by its long-run form, after he topped both Friday practice sessions for… read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says the squad's showing at its home Grand Prix in Austria was "really encouraging", as Max Verstappen finished on the… read more »

Romain Grosjean says his Austrian Grand Prix was "stressful" at points but was pleased to return Haas to the top 10 positions. Grosjean began 2016 with three points... read more »

Williams duo Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were encouraged by the mileage they were able to rack up during wet/dry conditions at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday. Williams... read more »

Sebastian Vettel praised the recovery carried out by his Ferrari team as he finished on the podium at the European Grand Prix after initial struggles during practice. Vettel... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. believes Toro Rosso can achieve another points finish after an encouraging day of practice for the Canadian Grand Prix. Sainz Jr. has scored points in four of... read more »

Romain Grosjean heads to Montreal encouraged by his VF16's handling while Esteban Gutierrez is feeling "more comfortable and confident"... read more »

Christian Horner says Red Bull's start to the 2016 season has been better than expected, despite missing out on victory during last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. Red... read more »

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier accepted the outfit held hopes of being more competitive in Monaco, but was nonetheless encouraged by a double points… read more »

Nico Hulkenberg is confident Force India has made a promising start to proceedings in Monaco, but has urged the team to build on its potential. Hulkenberg was 11th quickest in... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo and Kevin Magnussen will receive Renault's upgraded power unit at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. Ricciardo and Magnussen both trialled the power... read more »

Jordan King described a "learning experience" as he received his second Formula 1 outing with Manor. King, Manor's development driver since the start of 2015,... read more »

Kevin Magnussen has hailed the step forwards Renault has made with its B-spec power unit after he trialled the upgrades for the first time during in-season testing in Spain.... read more »

Esteban Ocon labelled Renault's B-spec engine as "really good" as the upgraded power unit was trialled for the first time during in-season testing at the… read more »

Pascal Wehrlein is confident that the upgrades which Manor brought to the Spanish Grand Prix will boost the team at the upcoming races, despite a difficult time… read more »

Force India Chief Operating Officer Otmar Szafnauer says the outfit can draw encouragement from the pace of the VJM09 despite early clashes scuppering the… read more »

Jenson Button thinks McLaren can be encouraged by how close it came to making it through to Q3 in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. Button fell 0.09s shy of progressing on... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull is hoping to test the 'aeroscreen' at future Grands Prix, in order to evaluate the canopy system in different scenarios. Formula 1 is... read more »

Esteban Gutierrez says he was encouraged by recording the first race finish of his Haas career in China despite the team failing to reach the highs of the… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is happy with being best of the rest in Friday practice considering his Red Bull was "a bit of a handful" on the opening day in China. Ricciardo... read more »

Nico Rosberg was encouraged by Mercedes' start to the Chinese Grand Prix weekend but remains wary of the threat posed by a "very quick" Ferrari team. Rosberg… read more »

Felipe Massa rued a 'difficult day' but was nonetheless encouraged as he sampled Williams' new front wing at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Williams flew the part in... read more »

Felipe Massa says Williams needs more time to optimise its new front wing but was encouraged after sampling the upgrade for the first time at the Bahrain Grand… read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne says he is encouraged by the progress he made during practice as he prepares to make his Formula 1 debut in Bahrain this weekend. Vandoorne, the reigning GP2... read more »

Christian Horner is encouraged by the fact Red Bull was matching the pace of Ferrari at one point during the Australian Grand Prix. While Daniil Kvyat's car failed to make... read more »