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 »

It is very encouraging to have the benefit of another smooth and consistent day of running. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari's main focus cannot be challenging Mercedes for pole position or the win in China despite encouraging pace during Friday practice. Ferrari... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he's looking forward to driving McLaren-Honda's MP4-30 this weekend in Malaysia, despite his earlier testing crash. The Spaniard was sidelined... read more »

Having two cars in Q2 is an encouraging sign after a challenging pre-season. read more »

It was an encouraging day for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Australia, with both Carlos Sainz Jr and Max Verstappen showing good speed around the Albert Park circuit. read more »

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has slammed engine supplier Renault after Daniel Ricciardo was unable to take part in second practice due to an engine fault. The team are hopeful... read more »

Nico Rosberg edged out World Champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated the opening day of practice for the Australian Grand Prix. Rosberg posted a time of... read more »

Daniil Kvyat believes there were plenty of "good and encouraging" signs for Red Bull, but he knows it's too early to say where they are in the pecking order... read more »

Toro Rosso rookie Carlos Sainz Jr blamed high winds for the crash he suffered late on Sunday in Barcelona and said it spoiled his most encouraging day of testing so far read more »

Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says the team's encouraging start to pre-season testing has not inflated his objective of achieving two race wins in 2015 read more »

Daniel Ricciardo led the mileage count and the timing screen on the second day of this week's test in Barcelona as Red Bull recorded its most encouraging day of 2015 so far read more »

McLaren has admitted that it is '50 per cent' behind where it had hoped to be in Formula 1 testing, despite an encouraging day at Barcelona on Friday read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is not getting carried away with another encouraging day of testing for Ferrari but says it is clear the team has produced "a very nice car" read more »

Whilst Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene is encouraged by his team's Jerez performance, he is certain that a number of rivals are sandbagging. Sebastian Vettel topped... read more »

Daniil Kvyat admits Red Bull will be playing catch up in Barcelona later this month despite an encouraging final day of testing in Jerez read more »

McLaren has been forced to cut short its third day of testing in Jerez due to a water cooling issue, ending its best day of pre-season so far read more »

Newcomer Felipe Nasr keeps up Sauber's encouraging start to the 2015 F1 pre-season test in Jerez after another reliable run for the C34. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says the FW37 is already a step up from last year's Williams after he overcame a slow start to record an encouraging start to 2015 winter testing read more »