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 »

Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson share their thoughts on Sauber's start to the Bahrain weekend. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says Renault's new Formula 1 car is 'not good enough' with its performance and balance yet, despite an encouraging start to the season read more »

Toro Rosso and Honda enjoyed a positive start to their relationship with Hartley ending the day with 93 laps and in eighth place. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says there are some "encouraging early signs" for Red Bull to take following his shakedown of the RB14 F1 car at Silverstone on Monday. read more »

Having debuted the Red Bull RB14 at a wet Silverstone circuit on Monday, Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that the "initial feeling is good." read more »

There are encouraging signs coming from Ferrari's Maranello base, with Autosport reporting that reliability targets have been met with their 2018 engine. read more »

Ferrari's 2018 Formula 1 engine has hit its reliability targets on the dyno, while encouraging results from work on a new cylinder head concept have also been reported read more »