People underestimate how hard racing in the midfield can be - Carlos Sainz read more »

The plan to make Manor Racing a genuine midfield team is a sensible one, according to engineering consultant Pat Fry. read more »

Manor Racing should be a midfield team within two to three years according to team boss Dave Ryan, although he admits their qualifying form in 2016 so far has been slightly... read more »

The two young Toro Rosso drivers had a positive Friday, with both of them being placed firmly midfield. read more »

Franz Tost believes the midfield battle became ever closer in Hungary, but feels that the Scuderia Toro Rosso team will prevail read more »

Today's was not an easy race, as the teams in the midfield are very close together. read more »

McLaren leads the pack behind Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari following free practice in Hungary as Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso eye points. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes reaching Q3 is an achievable goal for the squad this year, despite the "brutal" nature of Formula 1's midfield.... read more »

Guenther Steiner admits life is not easy in Formula 1's midfield as Haas have fallen to eighth in the championship... read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren cannot be "proud" with its result at the British Grand Prix but nonetheless noted the improvements made by the squad. Alonso was... read more »

Toro Rosso s Carlos Sainz says deep analysis helped the team comeback from its problems on Friday to finish up as the top midfield car in qualifying for the British Grand Prix read more »

Pascal Wehrlein feels Manor are making gains on the midfield pack, but is hopeful of some rain this weekend in Austria to give them a chance of their first points of the year. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. says Toro Rosso is beginning to slip back through the pecking order, as rival teams gradually introduced engine upgrades across the course of the season. Toro... read more »

Romain Grosjean says ongoing problems in getting grip from the tyres is compromising Haas' one-lap pace, as both he and team-mate Esteban Gutierrez were knocked out of Q2... read more »

The midfield is super tight, so we will really need to be on top form with the set-up and the decisions we make. read more »

Fernando Alonso says that, despite a promising fifth place in the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren cannot expect an easy run to the points in Montreal. read more »

É do Brasil! :-) Felipe Nasr followed the invitation to play at the World Stars Football Match which was held for the 24th time this year. Every year, current and former (F1)... read more »

Fernando Alonso feels after McLaren-Honda s recent performance gains its aim must be to break into the top ten pole shootout to climb through the midfield read more »

McLaren's Fernando Alonso accepts the team is just missing a "couple of tenths" which would help propel the team towards the front end of the midfield pack.... read more »

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso is hopeful that the outfit can continue to make progress after acknowledging that competition in the midfield is "very tough." McLaren... read more »

Toro Rosso Franz Tost believes the competitive nature of Formula 1's midfield means his outfit must be "fully concentrated" in order to rack up the maximum… read more »

Today we saw the midfield is very close - it's a fight between Williams, Force India, Haas, ourselves and McLaren. read more »

Haas has been hailed as the shot in the arm Formula 1 needed - even by its midfield rivals - after its impressive start to its maiden grand prix season read more »

Guenther Steiner says Haas F1 is aiming to be in the ballpark with all the other midfield teams this season in terms of development read more »

Pascal Wehrlein hailed the progress made by Manor after he was able to sustain a race-long fight in the midfield and collect 13th place at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Wehrlein... read more »