Raceday aside, a good start to F1 2015 has given encouragement to the Lotus team as it heads to Malaysia this weekend. read more »

Toro Rosso has taken encouragement from the work engine-supplier Renault has achieved over the winter and believes it will be stronger than last year read more »

Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari early encouragement over their key power unit upgrades for the Canadian GP by outpacing the dominant Mercedes pair in Practice One in Montreal. read more »

Ferrari must give its technical staff more freedom to think outside of the box if they're to get back on terms with Red Bull and Mercedes, according to technical director... read more »

When both your drivers report that the car feels predictable and easy to drive around a tricky street circuit such as this, it gives you some encouragement. read more »

New McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen says Lewis Hamilton's debut season success is an encouragement as he prepares for 2014. read more »

New McLaren signing Kevin Magnussen says he can take encouragement from the instant success enjoyed by Lewis Hamilton at the team when the Briton made his Formula 1 debut in 2007. read more »

Lotus boss Eric Boullier has offered words of encouragement to Romain Grosjean and insisted he isn't worried by the Frenchman's driving despite being him involved in... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne believes Toro Rosso should take a lot of encouragement from the STR8's pace in race conditions at Sepang and must now focus on unlocking the car's... read more »

There are finally murmurs of encouragement coming from McLaren with Jenson Button saying they've upped their dry pace - and then it rained... read more »

Following McLaren's poor start to the season, Jenson Button admits he can take some encouragement out of Fernando Alonso's performance in 2012 read more »

After two retiring whilst leading, Lewis Hamilton revealed he had a few words of encouragement for his MP4-27 as he raced towards the win in the US GP... read more »

To see Timo pulling away from Petrov, and Charles pushing him hard, gives us further encouragement for the remaining two races. read more »

Ferrari can take some encouragement from the performance of its latest aerodynamic updates, but the fact they did not produce as much as predicted shows the team's... read more »

Although he failed to make it through the first corner at Spa, Lewis Hamilton says he'll take some encouragement from his team-mate's victory... read more »

Jenson Button: “The result in Germany puts us right back in the hunt. In that situation, there’s nothing better than a back-to-back weekender: you... read more »

Maria De Villota’s family has said that the Spanish driver remains in a critical condition in hospital. “We have at least been able to take encouragement... read more »

Maria de Villota remains in a critical but stable condition following a testing accident on Tuesday, her family confirmed via a statement. The Marussia test driver suffered... read more »

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa provided encouragement for the Ferrari team by taking second and third spots on the day one practice timesheets in Canada. read more »

We can take encouragement from our qualifying showing today with both Nico and Paul just a couple of tenths shy of squeezing through to Q3. read more »

Paul di Resta: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run... read more »

Romain Grosjean brings further encouragement for Lotus after topping the times in the three-day F1 group test at Mugello. read more »

This is a great boost for everyone, and gives lots of encouragement to the team here at the track, in Brackley and Brixworth. We hope it will prove to be a step on the way to... read more »

Fernando Alonso has broken Ferrari's imposed silence to give encouragement to the staff back at the factory, as the Italian outfit bids to improve before read more »

Getting a point over your closet rival is always important, but the manner in which Sauber achieved it in Abu Dhabi has given the team a big boost... read more »