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 »

We got a good haul of points today and we now have a couple of days testing to try and further close that gap to Mercedes. read more »

Lewis Hamilton took a well earned victory in Bahrain to move closer to Nico Rosberg in the championship after his team-mate came in second to give Mercedes a second 1-2.... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi has targeted closing the gap to Caterham's rivals across the coming races. Kobayashi set the 19th fastest time during qualifying in Bahrain but believes... read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren is weak when it comes to fuel saving and is suffering ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, also admitting the gap to Mercedes is bigger than... read more »

Kevin Magnussen admits it is impossible to predict how McLaren will fare in qualifying in Bahrain after seeing the gap between a lot of teams come down in FP2 read more »

Fernando Alonso has urged Ferrari not to overreact to the gap to Mercedes after Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Jenson Button has admitted that the gap to Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes is even bigger than he expected after Friday's free practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix read more »

Nico Rosberg says he is working on understanding the gap to Lewis Hamilton at last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix because "there are some very strange things going... read more »

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali insists that he knows where his outfit needs to improve after the opening two rounds of the 2014 season. Ferrari sits in third place... read more »

Fernando Alonso says his Ferrari team will have to raise their game as soon as possible if they are to close the gap to their rivals. Ferrari is third in the constructors'... read more »