George Russell has warned Mercedes it cannot afford to keep losing out to its midfield rivals in qualifying despite often being able to recover on race day. read more »

Sergio Perez put a halt to Charles Leclerc's perfect Monaco GP weekend by topping final practice as Red Bull closed down Ferrari ahead of a crucial qualifying in Monte... read more »

Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton have suggested its target for the Monaco Grand Prix needs to be to clear the midfield after a subdued Friday. Mercedes... read more »

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says the team can be buoyed by the efficacy of the updates it introduced in Spain, but must also be cognisant of its midfield rivals. McLaren has had... read more »

Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher say the team can be encouraged by its performance in Spain despite not bringing upgrades to its car. The majority of Formula 1... read more »

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has welcomed his former teammate, eight-time champion Lewis Hamilton to the midfield club. read more »

Fernando Alonso knows a little something about going from race wins to midfield battles. read more »

While most teams have new parts for Barcelona, Haas has decided to wait and introduce one bigger package which is currently scheduled for the French GP in late July.Although... read more »

The Alfa Romeo Team Principal is expecting the midfield to remain extremely close throughout the season, and especially at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

AlphaTauri's performance so far in 2022 means Yuki Tsunoda is not getting carried away with his chances in Barcelona. read more »

Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda expect a tight midfield at the Spanish Grand Prix, as the team vies for more points. read more »

The French manufacturer has shown some encouraging pace throughout the start of the 2022 F1 campaign, but a run of reliability problems and bad luck has hurt its points-scoring... read more »

Mercedes says it is striving to understand the reasons why its W13 showed strong pace during Friday practice at the Miami Grand Prix. Mercedes has largely been the... read more »

But as the weekend carried on, Mercedes could not recapture that form and it again found itself fighting at the front of the midfield pack rather than with Ferrari and Red... read more »

Valtteri Bottas scored points for a fourth time in five races, but for the timing of the safety car and a small mistake it could have been fifth rather than seventh. read more »

Alfa Romeo's relative disappointment at finishing seventh in Miami underlines the progress the team has made in 2022, according to boss Frederic Vasseur. Alfa Romeo has... read more »

Lando Norris believes McLaren have started the Miami Grand Prix weekend strongly, but the tightness of the midfield makes Qualifying extremely important. read more »

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes George Russell is doing a better job at Mercedes than team-mate Lewis Hamilton because of the experience he has had battling... read more »

Alex Albon is confident Williams can make a step into the midfield once the FW44 has been fitted with upgrades. read more »

AlphaTauri sits seventh in the constructors' championship after the opening four races of the year, trailing McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Alpine in the midfield tussle.While it... read more »

George Russell has conceded to being baffled by a lack of willingness from the F1 midfield runners to pit for slicks at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

What we saw today was a car without enough of a performance differential to the midfield cars to make the overtakes. read more »

Back then the Brackley team was still largely a midfield runner. While Nico Rosberg had won the Chinese GP early in the year, he and team-mate Michael Schumacher scored only... read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin admits that currently the German team is a midfield runner and not a title challenger. read more »

Mercedes is competing "very much in the midfield" over one lap pace, says the team's trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin. The reigning... read more »