After 43 years the independent Williams Formula 1 team has been sold to a US private investment firm. Motorsport Week takes a look at the development. What led to Friday's... read more »
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Racing Point driver Lance Stroll caught the eye of Formula 1 managing director, motosports Ross Brawn with his drive to fourth position in the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »
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Obviously, after showing a competitive performance over the entire weekend, we would have preferred to bring home more points, but overall, it's a positive result that... read more »
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Williams head of vehicle performance Dave Robson reckons the team can score points "purely on merit" if it can reach a "gaggle" of rival squads ahead in... read more »
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With our level of competitiveness here during Friday, broadly in line with expectations, we expected to be in the midfield mix during today's Qualifying, and this was... read more »
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Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto says the team are slower than Mercedes and Red Bull, but are also "very close" to the midfield leaders. read more »
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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli believes that a slow puncture caused Daniil Kvyat's high-speed accident during Sunday's British Grand Prix. AlphaTauri driver Kvyat... read more »
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Formula 1's sporting boss, Ross Brawn, is hopeful that the midfield battle seen at the British Grand Prix can be replicated at the front in years to come. read more »
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Although in some respects it's disappointing not to make it to Q3, having one car in 11th position provides some extra strategy options, so we should feature in the... read more »
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Silverstone has seen the introduction of many technical innovations amongst the midfield teams, with plenty of small technical tricks that it is right to observe and analyse.... read more »
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Pierre Gasly feels Williams' "enormous progress" with their FW42 means they can now be considered a Formula 1 midfield team again. read more »
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Pierre Gasly says Williams has made "enormous progress" and AlphaTauri must now regard it as another midfield opponent in Formula 1. Williams spent 2019 marooned at... read more »
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The opening three grands prix of the coronavirus-delayed 2020 Formula One season saw Mercedes organise its self-composed show, but the midfield provided with plenty of... read more »
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The midfield battle is still close and we have full confidence that our team has what it takes, both in terms of personnel and machinery, to score regularly. read more »
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Daniel Ricciardo has said that Sebastian Vettel would need "patience" and long-term commitment if he was to drop into the midfield. read more »
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Lando Norris says he's happy to see compatriot George Russell given a car that allows him to join the midfield fight. read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff cites Racing Point's progress as an example that midfield teams can challenge the big guns as he labels claims to the contrary as "absurd". read more »
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In Hungary, several midfield teams delivered their first aerodynamic updates of the 2020 Formula 1 season, and they could prove vital in the very tight battle for ‘best of the... read more »
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Toto Wolff says Racing Points' form has shown that complaints from the midfield that they cannot compete with the big boys is "absurd". read more »
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McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr. believe the team's Hungary qualifying performance is a more realistic showing of its current pace in the Formula 1... read more »
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Carlos Sainz has declared Racing Point to be "in another league" compared to the rest of Formula 1's midfield teams. read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Racing Point's early 2020 pace shows complaints from Formula 1’s midfield teams that they cannot compete with front-runners is... read more »
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With its RP20 based heavily on last year's Mercedes W10, Carlos Sainz says Racing Point "no longer counts" as a midfield team. read more »
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Lance Stroll says the pace he and team-mate Sergio Perez showed in the Styrian Grand Prix puts Racing Point ahead of its midfield rivals in the Formula 1 pecking order. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton wins a race in which the midfield battle provided all the thrills while the spills came courtesy of Charles Leclerc who takes out his Ferrari teammate as... read more »