Mercedes and Red Bull continue to bat the favourites tag from one camp to the other as they prepare for the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Christian Horner has said Mercedes' insistence that Red Bull are favourites for the title in 2021 is "somewhat short-sighted". read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed the 99th pole position of his Formula 1 career, landing a surprise ahead of favourites Red Bull read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas say they are excited for the rare chance to be Formula 1 "hunters" as world champions Mercedes insist challengers Red Bull will... read more »

Heading into the season as 'favourites', Christian Horner admits that one of the reasons for Red Bull's significant step forward since last season was a... read more »

Max Verstappen gave an early glimpse of the pace Mercedes believe makes Red Bull favourites for the season-opening Bahrain GP by topping the first practice session of Formula 1... read more »

Max Verstappen believes that he and Red Bull being labelled the "favourites" ahead of the start of the 2021 season is distracting.  read more »

After a less than ideal test which saw competitors Red Bull emerge as favourites, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the team must prove their ability to react to setbacks. read more »

Christian Horner feels Mercedes has been 'playing games' in pre-season by declaring Red Bull as favourites ahead of the new Formula 1 campaign. read more »

Max Verstappen believes Mercedes will still be the team to beat in 2021 despite being the fastest overall during pre-season testing in Bahrain. read more »

Max Verstappen says it would be "stupid" to think Red Bull enters the 2021 F1 season as favourites based on its pre-season testing performance. read more »

Max Verstappen has dismissed suggestions that Red Bull is the team to beat heading to Formula 1's opening round this weekend, believing Mercedes is trying to ramp up the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has said Red Bull "can be favourites if they want" after Mercedes' rivals put on a dominant display in pre-season testing. read more »

Max Verstappen says Red Bull's 2021 pre-season test was "definitely" his best in Formula 1, but the Dutchman and team boss Christian Horner have both dismissed... read more »

Could it be true? After seven years of Mercedes dominance, preseason testing suggests Red Bull heads to Formula One's first race as favourites to win. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes will face the challenge of finding more pace from their new car ahead of next week's season-opening Bahrain GP head on, after F1's serial... read more »

Max Verstappen has rejected suggestions that Red Bull head into the new season as favourites after Mercedes' struggles in Bahrain. read more »

Max Verstappen has hailed Red Bull's "very positive" start to F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain as he revealed his first proper impressions of the RB16B. read more »

Helmut Marko says that Mercedes remain the favourites heading into the 2021 season, but believes that Red Bull have closed the gap. read more »

Helmut Marko has rubbished Toto Wolff's claims that Red Bull are the favourites, saying the Mercedes boss is trying to "create tension with words". read more »

Hot favourites for the titles again in 2021, Mercedes have fired up the W12, which they hope will take them there, for the first time. read more »

Hate to say goodbye... Whether it's switching teams or leaving the sport altogether, there have been plenty of farewells over team radio in recent years. Listen in to 10... read more »

The weird and wonderful world of Formula 1 shifted up a gear in 2020, and all your favourites from Sebastian Vettel, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton, Charles... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has given a special mention to Maurizio Arrivabene among the most influential people during his Ferrari career. read more »

Max Verstappen set a dominant pace ahead of Alex Albon and the Renaults as Abu Dhabi's final practice session of F1 2020 threw up some surprise results, with big... read more »