Lewis Hamilton says he found the small deficit to Mercedes' chief F1 rival Ferrari in Italian Grand Prix practice "surprising". read more »

Honda hope that its new engine will help Red Bull close the gap to Ferrari and Mercedes in qualifying more regularly. read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes' current straightline speed discrepancy to Ferrari means he now understands how Red Bull felt with Renault in the early hybrid Formula 1 years in... read more »

Max Verstappen considers the gap between Red Bull and Ferrari during the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix to be 'paniful' as the Scuderia powered to a... read more »

Honda technical director Toyoharu Tanabe is happy with the performance gains the engine provider has made to Mercedes and Ferrari in 2019, but still believes a gap exists... read more »

Honda determined to close gap to front-runners in order to challenge for title. read more »

Otmar Szafnauer says Racing Point can still challenge for fourth place in the Constructors' Championship but the gap to McLaren will make it difficult to achieve. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull is making clear progress to close the performance gap to Mercedes read more »

Although Daniel Ricciardo never thought Pierre Gasly would beat Max Verstappen in his first season at Red Bull, he is "surprised" by the gap between the two. read more »

Despite having initial reservations that it could be achieved, Honda F1 executive director Masashi Yamamoto believes that his team have closed the performance gap to Mercedes... read more »

Honda's Masashi Yamamoto says the first half of the 2019 season has been fruitful read more »

Honda's 2019 Formula 1 season has been better than technical director Toyoharu Tanabe expected given the "big gap" he saw at the start of the year read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says seeing Pierre Gasly "a long way off" Max Verstappen at Red Bull made it a tough call at his former team read more »

Sergio Perez fears massive rule changes in 2021 will not close the gap to the front running teams, rather it will extend it. read more »

Renault is the team under the most pressure to bridge the gap between Formula 1's midfield and the big three teams, but this year its progress appears to have stalled and... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he isn't paying attention to the "much bigger than I would like" gap in the F1 standings to Lewis Hamilton read more »

Despite closing the gap to Red Bull's Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz isn't targeting the French driver in the Formula 1 standings read more »

Ferrari cannot consider its gap to Mercedes as its only target as it seeks to add more downforce to its Formula 1 car, says team principal Mattia Binotto read more »

Formula 1 has to take steps to close the gap between the top-three teams and the rest of the field after everyone from P5 down was lapped at the Hungarian GP. read more »

A downbeat Robert Kubica says he'll now have to wait until after the summer break to see if he's able to close the gap to the mid-field like his team-mate George... read more »

Formula 1 motorsport managing director Ross Brawn says his former Ferrari team "badly" needs a win to avoid pressure building, after "too big a gap" in the... read more »

Christian Horner insists that Pierre Gasly must start improving his performances as his contribution will be "vital" to Red Bull bridging the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari. read more »

Sebastian Vettel reckons finishing a minute down on Hungarian Grand Prix victor Lewis Hamilton is a "fair" reflection of where Ferrari is currently lacking.  read more »

Sebastian Vettel said having nothing to lose heled him pip Charles Leclerc for third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but he remains downbeat at finishing a minute off Lewis... read more »

Just as rumours intensify about potentially being replaced at Mercedes next season, Valtteri Bottas crashed out of the 2019 German Grand Prix, throwing away a big opportunity... read more »