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 »

Both Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll were encouraged by the pace and reliability of the RP20 after the first three days of testing in Spain this week. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is encouraged by the familiar feeling of the W11, a car that he says feels largely the same to the final version of the W10 that ran in Abu Dhabi. read more »

Haas F1 Team are encouraged going into the 2020 F1 season after two days of post-season testing at the Yas Marina Circuit. read more »

Ferrari are encouraged ahead of the 2020 season, after they were able to collect some useful data in the post-season Abu Dhabi test. read more »