Haas's 2019 challenger is currently on schedule and shows encouraging signs ahead of the new Formula 1 season according to team principal Guenther Steiner. read more »

Chase Carey believes F1 can still attract new manufacturers for 2021 following "encouraging" talks with potential interested parties.  read more »

We have encouraging race pace, and despite Daniel's penalty hopefully both drivers can feature strongly in the race tomorrow. read more »

Honda progress encouraging for 2019 F1 hopes - Pierre Gasly read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says good progress is being made by his team's future engine partner, Honda, and says a large amount of resource has already been... read more »

We head to Japan after a tricky weekend in Russia, but the work undertaken there to gain a better understanding of the car was encouraging read more »

Pierre Gasly was encouraged to finish eighth fastest in second practice in Russia, although he knows he will be starting at the back of the grid following an engine change penalty. read more »

Sergio Perez had only one session on Friday but the Mexican finished an encouraging seventh fastest, just ahead of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that it is "really encouraging" for him to keep getting new upgrades on his Mercedes. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo said the upgraded Renault engine he has taken for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix showed some encouraging early signs. read more »

Three-time world champion Niki Lauda is recovering in a hospital in Vienna after undergoing a lung transplant on Thursday. The first signs after the operations are encouraging. read more »

The Frenchman will start sixth on the grid for the German Grand Prix on Sunday as Haas locked out the third row of the grid. read more »

In its quest to solve the balance issue which has plagued the team all season, Williams admits to being "encouraged" following the introduction of its new front wing. read more »

The day ended with Kimi and Seb setting P4 and P5 respectively, before switching to a race simulation which produced encouraging pace. read more »

Grosjean is feeling positive ahead of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix read more »

Renault and McLaren occupied the top 10 in FP2 with both of their respective drivers; encouraging signs for Toro Rosso. read more »

The Frenchman will start twelfth on the grid in Spain after a positive Qualifying session for the Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda driver. read more »

Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin both feel Williams are making a step forward after an encouraging performance in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Otmar Szafnauer believes it has been a good day for the team after a strong showing in Friday practice read more »

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo full of confidence after 'encouraging' Friday read more »

The long runs looked encouraging, particularly for Nico. read more »

It's been an encouraging day of practice allowing us to achieve most of our objectives. read more »

The Spaniard finished eighth in both sessions on Friday on a positive day for Renault. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has mixed emotions after qualifying fifth in Bahrain where he'll start the race from fourth thanks to a penalty for Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can take the fight to Ferrari in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, after an encouraging qualifying performance.  read more »