Pat Fry is highly pleased with the way Ferrari has improved its car so far during the 2012 Formula 1 season. Having been one and a half seconds off the leading pace in... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has refused to give his backing to a London Grand Prix taking place around the Olympic Park, but is encouraged by the Olympic attendances read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he took some comfort from McLaren's improved pace at the German Grand Prix - but admits his title charge cannot afford too many more non-points finishes. read more »

McLaren say they're 'encouraged' by their latest developments debuted during practice for the German Grand Prix this weekend. The Woking outfit have struggled... read more »

Circuit of The Americas workers are on schedule ahead of the venue's maiden Grand Prix later this year, with track President Steve Sexton stating that the progress... read more »

Silverstone says fans with tickets for Sunday of the British Grand Prix should have no concerns about attending race day - but that they should leave extra time and car share... read more »

Although Red Bull were bitterly disappointed to see Sebastian Vettel retire from the European Grand Prix with an alternator failure, Team Principal Christian Horner is... read more »

So far we've been encouraged by our pace and the drivers' feedback suggests the changes we made to the cars between the sessions have been positive. read more »

Felipe Massa said Ferrari's F2012 performed better than expected in Monaco after setting the third fastest time in practice on Thursday read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he is hoping to pull off "a bit of a miracle" in Monaco after being encouraged by Pastor Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso is encouraged after Ferrari's wind tunnel findings translated into on-track performance in Friday's Barcelona practices... read more »

Caterham team owner and principal Tony Fernandes says he's encouraged by his teams early form in the opening four races of the season. Despite sitting behind Marussia in... read more »

Tony Fernandes says he is encouraged by the way in which Caterham has started the 2012 F1 season read more »

Following the heavy rain of Tuesday, which very much hampered Charles Pic’s only full day of testing at Mugello, Timo Glock was left with a lot to do when he... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi thinks Sauber has reason to feel encouraged by the updates it brought to the Mugello test - even though the first day was effectively a washout. read more »

The key for this weekend's race will be making the tyres work in the heat and we're encouraged by our pace using both tyres with both cars on high fuel today. read more »

F1 veteran Timo Glock says that he is encouraged by the progress Marussia Racung has made relative to its rivals over the opening through rounds of 2012. read more »

Force India should be encouraged by its Chinese Grand Prix performance, despite failing to score a point at Shanghai, according to deputy team boss Robert Fernley. read more »

Michael Schumacher was encouraged by a "trouble-free day" for Mercedes after setting the fastest time of Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by the performance shown by Lotus in the first two rounds of F1 2012 - with confidence high that the E20 can be a front-runner read more »

Stefano Domenicali was cautiously encouraged after qualifying in Sepang, which saw Fernando Alonso up to ninth and Felipa Massa in 12th on the grid. read more »

Mark Webber says his recovery to fourth place in the Australian Grand Prix gives him confidence that Red Bull is in good shape this year, despite losing out to McLaren in the... read more »

Williams was buoyed by its much-improved pace in the Australian Grand Prix, with both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna having demonstrated strong capabilities over the race... read more »

After a below average qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, Mark Webber was encouraged by the progress he was able to make during the Australian Grand Prix. The Australian,... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is looking to become a regular in the top ten this season, starting with next weekend's Australian Grand Prix... read more »