Earlier this season Carlos Sainz called the gap to F1's frontrunners a "complete joke", now he says it is like racing in "two different categories." read more »

Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr. believes Formula 1 has "two different categories" in 2017 due to the performance gap between the leading three teams and the… read more »

Christian Horner believes biggest obstacle to closing the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari is the Q3 engine mode. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner would like to see his team narrow the gap in qualifying, but is not particularly enthusiastic about Renault providing the extra pace. read more »

Formula One's managing director for motorsports Ross Brawn has said performance gaps need to be "narrowed" in order to stop the sport becoming... read more »

Despite another point-less race at Silverstone, Honda's F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa is "confident" that their Spec 3 engine has gone some way towards closing the gap. read more »

I am definitely confident that we are closing the gap to the leaders so our speed of development is good..." - Yusuke Hasegawa. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was at a loss to understand why he could only manage fourth fastest in Q3, leaving him to start from a lowly ninth place on the grid for the British GP. read more »

SILVERSTONE -- Valtteri Bottas says the gap to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the British Grand Prix should never have been as big as it was. After topping... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is left at a loss to explain the seven tenths gap between himself and Lewis Hamilton, saying the gap 'shouldn't be that big' read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits he did not expect to take pole position by as much as half a second at Silverstone on Saturday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton charges the home support into a stunning run to pole position at Silverstone on Saturday. read more »

Twenty points separates Lewis Hamilton from Sebastian Vettel after the first nine races of 2017, and the Briton says the bigger the gap, the more pressure they'll be. read more »

Max Verstappen has been assured that he will not be shifted into a supporting role for Daniel Ricciardo, despite the big gap between them in the 2017 Formula 1 standings read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is ready to race "hard but fair" in the Austrian GP as he attempts to close the gap to championship leader Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Although Nico Hulkenberg acknowledges that Renault need to make a "big step" to close the gap on F1's frontrunners, he says there are "good signs" for... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen doesn't believe Mercedes is as fast as its qualifying performance suggests. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is caught out by the gap to Lewis Hamilton after qualifying in Baku but believes Ferrari has a strong race car. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is searching for the sixth win of his career at the Canadian Grand Prix as he attempts to close the gap on Sebastian Vettel at the top of the Drivers'... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes his current performance advantage over McLaren-Honda team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne shows he is in the best form of his Formula 1 career in 2017 read more »

As of this weekend's European Grand Prix, lapped cars will be shown the blue flags when the leaders are 1.2 seconds behind. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes the difference between Ferrari and Mercedes' Formula 1 engines is now "minimal" read more »

In the gap between the Monaco and Canadian grands prix, a minor motor racing miracle played out as Robert Kubica delivered a sensational performance in testing the Renault... read more »

Although Lewis Hamilton acknowledges that Ferrari will still be "be very hard to beat", he was delighted to close the gap to Sebastian Vettel in Canada. read more »

Lewis Hamilton dominated in Canada to close the gap on championship leader Sebastian Vettel to just twelve points after the Scuderia Ferrari could only finish fourth. read more »