Lewis Hamilton has described Mercedes start in pre-season testing as "very encouraging" after instantly feeling familiar with his new car. read more »

To go from being made redundant on his birthday to securing a seat with a manufacturer committed to achieving long-term Formula 1 success in the space of less than four months... read more »

It's very encouraging to find both cars in the top 10 at the end of a difficult day's practice. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull look more competitive than they’d anticipated after an encouraging opening day of practice at the Mexican GP. read more »

Daniil Kvyat is hopeful that Red Bull will be able to translate its Friday practice pace into a strong qualifying result at the Mexican Grand Prix, following an encouraging... read more »

Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat is hopeful of "spicing things up" at the Mexican Grand Prix after an encouraging practice performance. Kvyat and team-mate… read more »

Jenson Button says it was about time luck favoured McLaren this season and is hoping it continues heading into the US Grand Prix read more »

Both cars ran completely reliably to the finish, which is encouraging. read more »

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has confirmed "positive and encouraging" talks have been held with Ferrari regarding a Formula 1 engine supply from next season read more »

Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo played down Red Bull's pace during practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, after an encouraging second session for the team. Kvyat set the... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg is confident that Force India can improve further despite posting encouraging pace during Friday practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg and team-mate... read more »

Hopefully, we can take the fight to Ferrari with both our drivers, because our long run pace certainly looked encouraging. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull can fight to be second-best at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after an encouraging first day of practice. Ricciardo finished… read more »

Red Bull aren't expecting any progress from engine supplier Renault for at least 'two or three months' according to team principal Christian Horner. The Milton... read more »

Manor Marussia driver Roberto Merhi says the squad has made encouraging progress as it collected its best finish of 2015 at the British Grand Prix. Merhi… read more »

Felipe Massa says it was encouraging for Williams to prove its pace during qualifying for the British Grand Prix as both he and team-mate Valtteri Bottas outqualified their... read more »

Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado says he is eager to build on his recent encouraging form at next weekend's 'special' British Grand Prix. Maldonado claimed seventh... read more »

The long runs this afternoon were extremely encouraging and so we end the day happy. read more »

Both Lotus drivers today in Montreal were encouraged by strong pace in Friday practice, which they think places them in a strong position to claim a healthy haul of points in... read more »

Ferrari went flat out with its upgraded power unit straight away on Friday in Canada according to Sebastian Vettel, but he thinks it is too early to accurately compare its... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that the squad's 1-2 finish at the Spanish Grand Prix is encouraging for future races, due to the stern test provided by the Circuit de... read more »

Nico Rosberg ended Lewis Hamilton's streak of pole positions as he set the quickest time during qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. Rosberg set two laps fast enough for... read more »

Toro Rosso rookies Carlos Sainz Jr and Max Verstappen now plan to take more risks after encouraging starts to their Formula 1 careers read more »

Both drivers felt there was more to come from the car, as they both made small mistakes which lost a bit of time, so that is encouraging. read more »

Fernando Alonso thinks McLaren can be "very optimistic" after an encouraging Friday practice in Bahrain. Alonso finished the FP2 qualifying simulations in 12th, which... read more »