Max Verstappen is backing Honda to make the performance gains needed this Formula 1 season to close the gap to rivals Mercedes and Ferrari. read more »

McLaren is the latest team to launch its new car for the 2020 Formula 1 season - the MCL35 - which it hopes will close the gap to the front-running trio, or at least allow it... read more »

Carlos Sainz has rubbished claims that 2020 is nothing more than a "gap year" for teams to prepare for 2021, saying McLaren will go all out for success. read more »

Alex Albon says he is aware he needs to "close the gap" to Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen during the 2020 F1 season. read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto admitted that the Italian team plots significant changes to its 2020 Formula 1 car in a bid to close the gap to the field-leading Mercedes. read more »

The Checkered Flag looks back at the Renault F1 Team's season in Formula 1, a year where they were hoping to close the gap to Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull ahead of them. read more »

Crash.net assesses whether McLaren can make the step required to challenge F1's leading trio of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.  read more »

Andreas Seidl believes McLaren can continue to close the gap to Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull with the team's 2020 car. read more »

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says young talents like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc can fill the high-profile gap which will emerge once Lewis Hamilton retires. read more »

Patrick Head is torn over F1's 2021 rules, saying that while they are "regressive" from an engineering point of view, they should help close the gap between the... read more »

We made some small changes to the cars for qualifying, which enabled us to significantly close the gap to Alfa Romeo in Q1. read more »

George Russell sees closing the performance gap to the rival F1 teams and outqualifying teammate Robert Kubica at every race in 2019 are the "small victories from today" read more »

Alexander Albon is confident that he can close the gap to Max Verstappen in 2020 with Red Bull, with a particular focus on the test events after the Abu Dhabi GP and in next... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is unsure if Mercedes will manage to close the gap to Ferrari in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes have a 0.3s gap to make up on Ferrari in Brazil, but isn't sure if that's achievable. read more »

Max Verstappen fears the 14-point gap between he and Charles Leclerc who sits P3 in the Drivers' Championship could be too big to overturn. read more »

Max Verstappen feels his 0.067s gap to pole position during qualifying for F1's United States Grand Prix highlights the "really big step forward" made by Red Bull. read more »

Max Verstappen reckons Lewis Hamilton's pace advantage during Friday practice for the United States Grand Prix was exaggerated by gaining from a slipstream. read more »

Toro Rosso looking to close the gap on Renault at US Grand Prix. read more »

We're in the thick of the midfield battle and the six points we scored in Mexico have helped us close the gap on fifth place to just nine points. read more »

Lewis Hamilton lamented a huge gap having opened up between Mercedes and Ferrari ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits the sixth-tenth deficit Mercedes had to F1 rival Ferrari at the end of Mexican Grand Prix Friday practice is "bigger than expected". read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says the gap to rival teams Ferrari and Red Bull in Friday practice at the Mexican Grand Prix was bigger than expected read more »

McLaren is working "flat out" on its 2020 F1 car and plans to revise its design philosophy in a bid to close the gap to the top three teams. read more »

Valtteri Bottas can see performance gap to Lewis Hamilton shrinking read more »