Sergio Pérez, 6th: “After the free practice sessions hadn’t been so easy for me, in qualifying the car really felt good. I think the result is... read more »

After Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets for the opening Spanish Grand Prix practice session, Jenson Button and McLaren have moved ahead on Friday afternoon. On a pleasantly... read more »

Fernando Alonso gave the upgraded Ferrari an encouraging grand prix weekend debut as he went fastest in the first Friday practice session at Barcelona. read more »

Caterham team owner and principal Tony Fernandes says he's encouraged by his teams early form in the opening four races of the season. Despite sitting behind Marussia in... read more »

Michael Schumacher has warned against high expectations for his Mercedes team at next week's Spanish Grand Prix, despite some encouraging progress made at the Mugello test... read more »

Although Sebastian Vettel says it was a "useful" few days at Mugello, the Red Bull driver is uncertain whether his team made any gains... read more »

To bring both cars home in their third consecutive race is very encouraging, as is the pace of the cars, which is improving with every race. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg insists Force India is still carrying momentum from the end of last season despite a less encouraging start to 2012 read more »

Although frustrated by a few early-season hiccups, Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus can take plenty of positives out of their start to the 2012 campaign... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has mixed emotions after two races with Lotus, admitting that on one hand the start has been encouraging, but on the other it's read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The wet-dry race required the team to think on its feet and react to the track conditions, which it... read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The wet-dry race required the team to think on its feet and react to the track conditions, which it... read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in Malaysia. Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan reflects on an encouraging race weekend for his team. read more »

It is extremely encouraging that we are seeing progress in every area, the most significant of which is in terms of performance. read more »

Red Bull is down but not out, according to Christian Horner. Second place for Sebastian Vettel encouraging the team after a missed opportunity in qualifying. read more »

"After a very encouraging weekend, today was not a good result for us," admits Ross Brawn. read more »

While still getting better from a minor food poisoning yeserday, Heikki Kovalainen got in the car and worked off the entire scheduled programme for the day. The team is... read more »

Sahara Force India was back in action today for the start of a second week of testing in Barcelona with Paul Di Resta behind the wheel of the VJM05. The team got through the... read more »

Mark Webber says that Red Bull is making progress with the new RB8 after an encouraging first day of the final test in Barcelona read more »

Martin Whitmarsh admits it's encouraging for McLaren that one team has not emerged as dominant during pre-season testing so far read more »

Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. The Venezuelan’s lap of 1.22.391 was almost a second clear... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has been pleasantly surprised how well-balanced his new Force India has felt around the Barcelona circuit, after an encouraging first day's running this week. read more »

Force India's technical director, Andrew Green has said the Silverstone-based outfit left the first pre-season test at Jerez last week feeling 'positive'. read more »

Pirelli believes its tyres are on course to deliver more exciting racing in 2012, following some encouraging results from this week's test at Jerez in Spain. read more »

Paul di Resta will go in to the new season with his "sights set high" after an encouraging winter so far for Force India read more »