As both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button dismiss speculation linking them to rival teams, McLaren makes 'productive and encouraging' progress during practice in Valencia. read more »

Paul Hembery: "It's been a very encouraging start here for the new PZero White medium tyre and the PZero Yellow soft tyre, both in terms read more »

Michael Schumacher: "After an encouraging weekend in Canada, it is nice being back in Europe again where we start the summer season. Valencia stages one read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he had no regrets over not winning the Spanish Grand Prix as it was encouraging enough just to be able to put Red Bull under so much pressure read more »

Williams technical director Sam Michael is upbeat about the team's chances in Barcelona after an encouraging display at the Turkish Grand Prix... read more »

It was another encouraging afternoon for the Force India Formula One Team as Adrian Sutil and his rookie team mate Paul di Resta qualified in P12 and P13 respectively for... read more »

Q. You qualified eighth and nearly made the points again in China. Bearing in mind there are big upgrades coming, is it encouraging to have read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes GP has turned the corner on its early-season woes, after an encouraging uplift in speed at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari has reason to feel more upbeat about its situation after producing some encouraging pace during the Malaysian Grand Prix read more »

Jenson Button, 2nd: "This has been an extremely encouraging weekend for us. It's very satisfying to come away with a good lot of world championship read more »

Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne said the Malaysian Grand Prix marked the first time that the squad could really start racing its rivals, after an encouraging run to 15th... read more »

Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has praised the efforts of chief designer Ben Butler on the back of an encouraging start to the season for the Faenza-based outfit read more »

Renault has said it is looking to build on its encouraging third place in the Australian Grand Prix by adding upgrades worth "several tenths of a second" to the car... read more »

Renault believes it can deliver another podium-finishing performance in the Malaysian Grand Prix, after Vitaly Petrov's encouraging result in Australia. read more »

Jenson Button is confident that even though he personally didn't get the best out of McLaren's much-improved MP4-26 during qualifying in Melbourne, its potential is... read more »

Mercedes GP is taking nothing for granted about its form heading into this weekend's season opener in Australia, despite an encouraging final test for the new W02. read more »

Rubens Barrichello now heads into his second season with Williams after switching from Brawn GP at the start of last year. However, despite being confident that the Grove squad... read more »

Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes GP can now head to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in a 'reasonably strong' position after an encouraging first day of... read more »

Michael Schumacher led the way today at Barcelona on the penultimate day of pre-season testing, with the Mercedes GP W02 showing encouraging pace. read more »

Jaime Alguersuari believes that it will be vital for Toro Rosso to start the season strongly if the team is to capitalise on its encouraging testing form read more »

Mark Webber says Red Bull Racing is 'ready' to take its new car into battle for the first race of the season, after another encouraging day of testing at Barcelona on... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is feeling upbeat about the new F1 season after some encouraging performances with the T128 in Jerez... read more »

Today, Robert Kubica’s general condition has once again improved. According to the doctors, the levels of inflammation are in the norm considering his medical condition, and... read more »

Robert Kubica's general condition has once again improved. According to the doctors, the levels of inflammation are normal considering his medical condition, and the... read more »

Peter Sauber has revealed that his team is progressing well with the development of its 2011 car and he is convinced they are on course to build on an encouraging end to the... read more »