Valtteri Bottas says he believed there was a genuine opportunity to pass Lewis Hamilton in the opening corner of the Bahrain Grand Prix after the pair clashed at Turn 1. Bottas... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he felt he was going for a viable gap ahead of his penalty-punished clash with Lewis Hamilton in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel was happy with his own performance during qualifying in Bahrain, but was surprised at the Q3 gap to Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. read more »

Ferrari have done its utmost to close the gap to field-leading Mercedes over the winter, but the Italian carmaker has to hold its weapons back as it suffers from different... read more »

Valtteri Bottas fears Mercedes' impressive gap to the rest in Bahrain's Friday practice sessions is a fairer reflection of its advantage over the rest. Mercedes... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen felt it had been an 'OK' day in Bahrain despite the large-looking gap between Ferrari and Mercedes during free practice on Friday. read more »

Sebastian Vettel may have seen his Bahrain F1 Grand Prix practice end early, but remains optimistic of closing the gap to Mercedes. read more »

Gene Haas says he very happy he went ahead and deferred his team s F1 entry to 2016 in order to better prepare it for its debut read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari's performance during the Australian Grand Prix demonstrates that it has closed the gap to Mercedes, despite taking third for the… read more »

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen believes that the gap between pace-setters Mercedes and the Scuderia is not as big as it may seem. read more »

His Formula One career has not taken the smoothest of paths so far, but one constant for Kevin Magnussen has been an appearance at the Australian Grand Prix. Melbourne is the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen: I wouldn t put too much in to the time differences between us and Mercedes here read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has warned against reading too much into the time difference between Mercedes and Ferrari during qualifying for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Lewis... read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren was not expecting to be so close to the likes of Williams and Force India after qualifying 12th for the Australian Grand Prix. Button will line up... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has accepted that Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix was larger than expected, though is encouraged that the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg topped final practice ahead at the Australian Grand Prix, but Ferrari continued to show signs it has closed the gap at the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he hopes the new Ferrari SF16-H has made the jump to catch the dominant Mercedes but stresses the team must be patient read more »

Ferrari have closed the gap on Mercedes, Williams may get swallowed up in a packed midfield and McLaren 'probably hid' behind Honda last year. read more »

Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko reckons the outfit can challenge for third position in the Constructors' Championship, as the team bids to close the gap to… read more »

Ferrari's 2016 car is capable of closing the gap to Mercedes on the evidence of winter testing, according to Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Jolyon Palmer admitted the difference between the Renault Formula 1 engine and the Mercedes the team used last year was clear during Barcelona testing this week read more »

James Allison praises the efforts of the Ferrari team as it looks to bridge the gap to Mercedes with the SF16-H read more »

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo feels Renault can close the gap on Mercedes and Ferrari, but says he will keep his expectations modest just in case read more »

Gap to Red Bull will give us a benchmark to aim for - Renault read more »

Renault says the role engine specialists Ilmor is playing in closing the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari has been overplayed in the media. Since the introduction of the current... read more »