McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr fears Haas could at least half a second clear of the midfield pack in 2019, based on its strong form in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix read more »

McLaren's Carlos Sainz has said that Haas are a cut above in the midfield battle, predicting their pace advantage to be "half a second" in qualifying. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr estimates Haas has produced a half-second pace advantage over its Formula 1 midfield rivals including McLaren  read more »

Renault will be bringing upgrades to the Bahrain GP and are "determined to show more" as they look to top the midfield battle. read more »

Guenther Steiner says that if the midfield battle was at the front of the field, it would mean a less predictable top three than currently seen in Formula 1. read more »

Renault F1 Team driver Daniel Ricciardo is ready to bounce back from Melbourne and challenge the midfield in Bahrain read more »

Disappointed Renault accepts work needed to clear F1 midfield read more »

Haas expects F1 front-runners to increase gap to midfield read more »

Hopes of F1's midfield bridging the gap to the 'big three' front-running teams in 2019 are already fading. read more »

Racing in F1's closely-contested midfield, Lance Stroll throughly enjoyed the "wheel-to-wheel" racing as he scored his first points for Racing Point in Australia. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo will need to develop a "harder skin" and "more patience" if he wants to triumph in this year's midfield battle, says Cyril Abiteboul. read more »

Lance Stroll and Racing Point used a long first stint to their advantage at the Australian Grand Prix to take ninth position. read more »

Mercedes kicked off the 2019 Formula 1 season with a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, but it was Valtteri Bottas rather than a troubled Lewis Hamilton that took... read more »

Kevin Magnussen sees Haas' qualifying performance in Australia as the US squad proving "clearly" it has established itself at the front of the F1 midfield. read more »

The first answers about the F1 2019 pecking order are in, and Mercedes was in a league of its own at the front of the pack. As our experts Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell explain... read more »

Today's sessions have again highlighted how very tight the midfield pack is, with small differences in lap time having quite big effects on final positions. read more »

Alfa Romeo team boss Fred Vasseur thinks Formula 1's top three teams will rapidly pull clear of the midfield again, despite the gap appearing to have closed over the winter read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says that Formula 1's midfield is "too tight" for any accurate projections to be made over Alfa Romeo's position. read more »

Toro Rosso team boss, Franz Tost, believes that F1 bosses should use the midfield battle as their template for the sport from 2021. read more »

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has urged Formula 1 to base its future on midfield teams, which Racing Point driver Sergio Perez expects to produce a "crazy" fight this season read more »

Nico Hülkenberg focusses on the start of the season with Renault at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, and believes the midfield will be competitive once more in 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1's frontrunners only have half-a-second's advantage over the midfield, and thinks the leading teams from that group could achieve... read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has ordered extra pit-stop practice during pre-season in a bid to avoid a repeat of the double DNF which marred their Australian Grand Prix... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen: Nothing is guaranteed in close midfield read more »

Kevin Magnussen has admitted that he expects an even more "intense" midfield battle in the 2019 Formula 1 season, following on from a closely fought 2018 campaign in... read more »