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 »

Pirelli's Mario Isola says initial plans revealed by F1 owners Liberty Media for the future are encouraging but warns about the challenges ahead. read more »

Honda feels its Formula 1 engine is approaching a "decent level" after an "encouraging performance" in the Brazilian Grand Prix, where Fernando Alonso... read more »

Both McLaren drivers will start at the back of the field due to multiple grid penalties for engine changes in Mexico. read more »

After some encouraging signs in the past couple of races, we would like to continue the progress we are making and, particularly at this special race. read more »

Max Verstappen believes Red Bull is in a promising position to challenge polesitter Sebastian Vettel for victory at the Singapore Grand Prix, after securing second and third on... read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne believes McLaren-Honda should aim to lead the midfield charge on a regular basis, after encouraging performances in the two events prior to… read more »

The Red Bull Formula 1 team says it must fully understand why it struggled to match Mercedes and Ferrari at the British Grand Prix after an encouraging Austrian race read more »

SILVERSTONE -- McLaren is confident Fernando Alonso will remain with the team in 2018 following an encouraging dinner meeting between senior management and the Spaniard ahead... read more »

McLaren thinks there is a very good chance Fernando Alonso will remain in Formula 1 next year, following an encouraging private dinner between team chiefs and the Spaniard at... read more »