Mercedes has suggested that it could change its stance over team orders if rival outfits cut the gap. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has hinted Formula 1 title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will be reined back in battle if the opposition closes the gap read more »

New fuel could give Red Bull a three-tenths boost next time out in Barcelona. That is the claim of the reigning world champions' Austrian director Dr Helmut Marko, as Red... read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes needs to understand how the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull manage to close the performance gap in certain parts of races read more »

Nico Rosberg is confident Mercedes can extend its gap over the rest of the field at the Spanish Grand Prix in three weeks' time read more »

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso dedicated the teams first podium of 2014 to former team principal Stefano Domenicali, who resigned from the position last week. The... read more »

Lewis Hamilton took a commanding win in China to not only win his third Chinese Grand Prix, but to also take his first consecutive hat-trick of race wins. The Mercedes driver... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed a third consecutive victory for the first time in his Formula 1 career to close the gap to championship leader Nico Rosberg in the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Having shown "promising" race-pace in Friday's practices, Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull may be able to challenge Mercedes in China... read more »

Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci says his squad will not be giving up on their 2014 season. Mattiacci was appointed earlier in the week following the resignation of... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull's long-run form, allied to a step forward from Renault, has left him in no doubt that the gap to Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes is decreasing. read more »

Ferrari's new team boss Marco Mattiacci says it is too early for the Italian squad to give up on this year's Formula 1 championship, despite the gap to the leading teams. read more »

Jenson Button is hoping McLaren will have better race-pace this weekend in Shanghai after "some positive steps"... read more »

A realistic Sebastian Vettel has admitted that a top five finish for Red Bull would be a good result at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Vettel, who claimed Red... read more »

Sebastian Vettel expects a step forward from the Red Bull Formula 1 team in this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, but accepts Mercedes is out of reach read more »

Nico Rosberg is expecting Mercedes' rivals to close the gap more and more as the season progresses, although he is still confident the Brackley-based squad can stay ahead... read more »

Ferrari have acknowledged that Mercedes are too far ahead to challenge at present, but are hopeful of establishing themselves as the second best team this season. It comes amid... read more »

Renault has explained that it will be running its new turbocharged power unit "more to the extreme" end of its capability at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix,... read more »

Lotus technical director Nick Chester insists that the E22 has 'tremendous potential' and was encouraged by the team's pace during last weekend's Bahrain... read more »

Lotus claim they're not far from regularly scoring points this season according to technical director Nick Chester, who also believes they're about half a second off... read more »

Eric Boullier says there are a lot of areas that McLaren can work on and improve and he believes the gap to Mercedes is not insurmountable read more »

Kimi Raikkonen admitted that Ferrari are well aware that they need to close the gap to this season's front-runners because they are "not stupid"... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ensured that Mercedes departed Bahrain comfortably on top after setting the fastest time on the second and final day of testing. Hamilton, who won the race in... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari is "not stupid" and knows what it needs to do to close the gap to the frontrunners in Formula 1 this season read more »

Force India are currently treading on new ground having never sat higher than fourth in the constructors' championship, but after their first podium in five years,... read more »