Ferrari says its latest updates have been “a step in the right direction” and that it is encouraged with the development path it now has for 2021 and beyond. The Italian marque... read more »

Fernando Alonso was left encouraged for his Formula 1 return after stepping up his preparations for 2021 by completing a filming day with Renault at Barcelona. read more »

Ex-Renault boss, Bob Bell, is encouraged by Formula 1's direction and thinks it is heading towards "being the best it has ever been". read more »

Renault drivers Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo have been encouraged by a recent upturn in results that has seen the team close to just seven points off third in the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen's recent points finish and qualifying performance is a welcome boost ahead of the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he's encouraged by the progress Renault is making on high downforce tracks after a strong showing at Mugello. read more »

Max Verstappen was pleased with the progress Red Bull has made since last weekend's Italian Grand Prix as it enjoyed its strongest Formula 1 qualifying performance of the... read more »

Max Verstappen expressed encouragement at Red Bull’s pace, off the back of a troubled weekend at Monza, as he finished close to Mercedes during second practice for Formula 1’s... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is anticipating his impending switch from Renault to McLaren for F1 2021 as the British team continues its impressive upswing in form  read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has conceded to being impressed by McLaren's biggest result for almost seven years that has whetted his appetite ahead of joining his future employers. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says McLaren’s Italian Grand Prix performance is “encouraging” ahead of his switch to the British squad for the 2021 season. McLaren weren’t just ‘best of the... read more »

Haas are encouraged by the challenge racing at Spa will present them with this weekend. read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has been encouraged by the strong early results of 2020 but admits the team has a long way to go to return to where it wants to be at the... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says information gleaned from the tyres of Valtteri Bottas encouraged it to let Lewis Hamilton run a longer middle stint in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is encouraged that they are "making progress in the right direction" after securing a points finish in the opening two races of... read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner said he was encouraged to see Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean fight for position at the Styrian Grand Prix without incident. read more »

Williams says it has been buoyed by discussions that it has held with "high quality" parties that are interested in investing in the organisation. Williams revealed... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel says his SF1000 was "unrecognisable" in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix compared to earlier in the weekend when he was... read more »

Red Bull neither "encouraged" nor gave Sebastian Vettel "hope" about a possible 2021 deal says Helmut Marko. read more »

The UK government's plans to begin talks in a bid to resume sport in Britain has left Silverstone encouraged about its prospects of hosting a F1 British Grand Prix this year. read more »

The push from the UK government to start talks over resuming sport is "very encouraging" for running the British Formula 1 Grand Prix in July, according to... read more »

After technical issues removed him from the latest Virtual Grand Prix, Lando Norris was encouraged by Max Verstappen to bin the video game. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is encouraged by the pace shown by Renault on the final day of pre-season testing but refuses to let himself get carried away with the results. read more »

Kevin Magnussen felt it was important for Haas to get a full race simulation in on Thursday to prepare themselves further for the new season. read more »

Kevin Magnussen's Friday running was ended by a crash, but the Dane remained encouraged by what Haas achieved across the three days of testing in Spain. read more »