The Russian will race for Williams in 2018 but had hoped his two years working with Renault would have paid off with a race seat with the Enstone-based team. read more »

Cyril Abiteboul had hoped to see Renault beat Force India in 2017, but the French team were no match for the Silverstone-based outfit. read more »

While there was no title showdown in Abu Dhabi as hoped, there were still plenty of big storylines coming out of the Yas Marina weekend... read more »

Wolff couldn't have hoped for better than Mercedes 1-2 finish to the 2017 season. read more »

Reflecting on his first season with Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas admits he hoped for more than just two Formula One grand prix victories in 2017. read more »

Fernando Alonso says losing most of Friday's first practice in Austin was "quite painful" as McLaren hoped to test several updates. read more »

Magnussen finished the Japanese Grand Prix in eighth place, one place ahead of team-mate Romain Grosjean read more »

Esteban Ocon was pleased with his performance in the Italian Grand Prix, although he had hoped to be standing on the podium come the end of the race. read more »

Honda had hoped to introduce 'Spec 4' upgrade at Belgian GP read more »

Honda is now performing at the level it hoped to achieve pre-season, according to chief Yusuke Hasegawa, following recent updates to its power unit. Honda… read more »

McLaren Honda was upbeat after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Getting their cars lined up in 7th and 8th is what they had hoped for, aware that the top three teams... read more »

We didn't collect as much data as we had hoped. read more »

The race did not go as we hoped it would. read more »

The Russian had a race weekend to forget, after a first lap collision that meant he crossed the line last. read more »

Not the race we hoped for. read more »

Although this season is not panning out as they had hoped, Mark Webber says Red Bull are learning valuable lessons that be used for next year's car. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein says Sauber had hoped to display greater pace, after finishing at the bottom of the timesheets during Thursday's practice sessions for the… read more »

Fifth and sixth is the optimum we could have realistically hoped for but it's pleasing to see that we're closing the gap to the cars ahead. read more »

Sebastian Vettel said a mistake at the penultimate corner cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, one he had hoped to secure for Ferrari as thanks for a rapid... read more »

Jolyon Palmer said he hoped Formula 1 rival Romain Grosjean would "use his brain" and avoid the crash that ended both drivers' Russian Grand Prix on the opening lap read more »

Steiner had hoped for a double points haul in Bahrain but that goal has now been rescheduled for Sochi. read more »

To have picked off one of the Ferraris and get on to the second row is the absolute maximum we could have hoped for here. read more »

Felipe Massa will start sixth on the grid at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, and feels that was the best he could have hoped for heading into qualifying. read more »

Sergio Perez made up four places from his grid slot to finish seventh in the season opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday but felt that was the best result he could have... read more »

Today was not the way we'd hoped to conclude the final day of pre-season testing. read more »