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 »

The pace of the Williams Martini Racing drivers during Friday practice at Silverstone was encouraging, according to Paddy Lowe. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he hopes to be in the mix with Ferrari in qualifying after an encouraging Friday at the Red Bull Ring. Ricciardo ended FP2 fifth fastest, and was just... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says it is "about time" that Ferrari wins the Monaco Grand Prix again, as it looks to build on encouraging pace displayed during Thursday… read more »

Less than three-tenths of a second separated Carlos Sainz Jr from Daniel Ricciardo in Q1 in Spain, which for Technical Director James Key was encouraging for Toro Rosso. read more »

The Briton finished an encouraging eighth fastest in FP2 in Spain after sitting out FP1 to allow test driver Sergey Sirotkin to run. read more »

Robert Fernley was delighted to see Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon finish sixth and seventh in Russia, strengthening their position in fourth place in the Constructors'... read more »