Felipe Nasr has described as a "smart move" Sauber's decision to hire Mark Smith as its new Technical Director, the team's first since 2012. Smith will begin… read more »

Fernando Alonso says he has been encouraged by McLaren's progress across the post-race test in Austria as the squad bids to recover from two dismal races. McLaren suffered... read more »

Fernando Alonso expressed his satisfaction as McLaren-Honda made up for a disastrous Austrian Grand Prix with a much smoother test. After recording another… read more »

Fernando Alonso is encouraged by the upgraded parts on his McLaren as he continues to view the Austrian Grand Prix as a test weekend due to penalties. Alonso came into... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is encouraged by the improvements made by McLaren though concedes he is braced for a tough Austrian Grand Prix due to a series of penalties. Alonso... read more »

Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa say they have been encouraged by the long run pace of the FW37 during practice for this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.... read more »

Jenson Button remains optimistic that McLaren is making progress despite admitting that it suffered a 'painful' race at the Canadian Grand Prix. Button… read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was left feeling encouraged after recording his best qualifying result of the season at the Canadian Grand Prix. With Ferrari team-mate… read more »

Both Lotus drivers today in Montreal were encouraged by strong pace in Friday practice, which they think places them in a strong position to claim a healthy haul of points in... read more »

Lotus pair Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean say they are encouraged by the squad's pace in Canada and reckon they should be able to challenge Williams this weekend.... read more »

Sergio Perez says that Force India will make progress across the remainder of the weekend in Monaco and was encouraged by the confidence he had with the VJM08. Perez was 11th... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was pleased with his initial car balance after leading the first two practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver… read more »

Just missing out on the podium at Barcelona, Valtteri Bottas says he's encouraged by the "clear step forward" that Williams took... read more »

Raffaele Marciello says he is encouraged by the progress which Ferrari has made since he last sampled its Formula 1 machinery. Marciello, part of the Ferrari Driver Academy,... read more »

Oliver Turvey is encouraged by the potential of the McLaren-Honda MP4-30 after getting his first run in the car during in-season F1 testing read more »

Renault director of operations Remi Taffin says the power unit supplier was pleased to have all four of its cars reach the chequered flag for only the second time in 2015 at... read more »

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso says he was satisfied to achieve his pre-race objective by finishing the Bahrain Grand Prix, albeit again outside of the… read more »

Fernando Alonso says he was encouraged to finish just outside of the points as he equalled McLaren's best result of the season in Bahrain. Alonso finished the race in 11th... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason why Ferrari can't catch up to and maybe even surpass Mercedes this season following a strong showing of late. Whilst the Italian outfit won... read more »

Sergio Perez says he was encouraged by Force India's progress despite leaving China empty-handed after he finished the race in 11th position. Perez spent much of the race... read more »

Manor Marussia team principal John Booth says that the squad continues to make good progress after both Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi qualified for the Chinese Grand Prix.... read more »

McLaren pair Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso say they are encouraged by the step up in performance made by the squad at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix… read more »

Lotus has drawn encouragement from Ferrari's surprise victory at last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, which halted Mercedes' lengthy winning streak. Mercedes… read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren should be encouraged by its race pace compared to the midfield despite a double DNF in Malaysia read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Renault has solved many of the driveability issues which hampered Red Bull so drastically in Melbourne read more »