Bottas led the opening stages of the race after qualifying on pole position, but was overtaken by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton during the first stint of the race.The Finn... read more »

Such was Hamilton's commanding position approaching the finish, Verstappen and Bottas stopped for an extra stop to chase the fastest lap bonus point, which inflated his... read more »

Mclaren will be looking to close the gap even more to the top dogs, can they achieve another podium this weekend in Portugal? read more »

Following a majority freeze in the technical regulations for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance gap between the leading teams and the rest of the grid... read more »

1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has placed the blame for Sunday’s Imola Grand Prix shunt on Valtteri Bottas’ shoulders, and is worried the Finn is already... read more »

Mercedes escaped from Imola with its lead of both Formula 1 world championships still intact, but the team is under no illusions of the gap to Red Bull that remains.Lewis... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he had to "forget pride" when his McLaren team instructed him to let team-mate Lando Norris through for position at Imola last Sunday. Norris... read more »

The gap between the compounds is lower than expected between hard and medium and higher than expected between medium and soft, although the difference can vary from team to team. read more »

Mercedes are “pushing hard” to close the performance gap to rivals Red Bull ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where the energy drinks giant is expected to... read more »

Alpine boss Marcin Budkowski senses Mercedes will bridge their performance gap to Red Bull over the next few races. read more »

Although Mercedes won the F1 season opener in Bahrain, the pace shown by Red Bull throughout the weekend points to the RB16B being the quickest car on the grid right now.But... read more »

Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto says the marque still faces a "big gap" to Formula 1's frontrunners and it has "a long way" to go in its... read more »

Ferrari think they can fight McLaren for pace this season, having closed the gap to last year's 'best of the rest' over the winter break. read more »

With four laps to go in F1 2021's season opener, Verstappen went off track in Turn 4 in an attempt to snatch the victory away from leader Lewis Hamilton, forcing him to... read more »

Verstappen gave Red Bull the first pole position of the 2021 season with a storming run to his fourth career pole at the Sakhir track on Saturday, finishing ahead of Mercedes... read more »

Lewis Hamilton was forced to settle for second on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen. read more »

Lewis Hamilton insists he is feeling optimistic after Bahrain GP qualifying as he and Mercedes feared an even bigger gap to pole-sitter Max Verstappen - and the world champion... read more »

Red Bull is likely to outperform Mercedes at next weekend's opening round of the Formula One season, according to senior engineers from the reigning champions. read more »

While he thinks things will improve, George Russell says there are no signs from testing that Williams have closed the gap ahead of them. read more »

The long gap between arrival for this week's pre-season test and departure after the Bahrain GP on 28 March has created a window that allows F1 personnel to receive the... 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 »

Aston Martin has ruled out focusing solely on closing the gap to Mercedes and Red Bull on its long-awaited return to Formula 1 as it is aware of the threat from behind. read more »

Aston Martin technical director Andrew Green believes the switch to the 2020-spec of Mercedes rear-end may pay dividends during Formula 1's stop-gap season. read more »

McLaren's goal this season is to close the gap tp the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull, and not just to keep Ferrari behind, says Lando Norris. read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is confident the Scuderia has made a significant recovery with its power unit after a disastrous 2020. read more »