Manor racing director Dave Ryan admits the team expected to start 2016 slightly further up the Formula 1 field, but insists it has the resources to leave the back row read more »

Force India Team Principal Vijay Mallya says he is expecting a competitive midfield battle across the course of 2016, based on the evidence of the… read more »

This year F1 is set for a very close battle in the midfield with Bob Fernley saying there is a "cigarette paper" separating those vying for best of the rest... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted the hotly-contested midfield pack is closer to Williams than the team predicted after pre-season testing read more »

New team Haas is already attaining its aims of fighting in the hotly-contested midfield according to team principal Gunther Steiner read more »

Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel covered by just 0.228s in FP3, with midfield equally competitive. read more »

Renault s chief technical officer Bob Bell says he is already enthralled by the prospect of a competitive midfield pack for 2016 read more »

Ferrari have closed the gap on Mercedes, Williams may get swallowed up in a packed midfield and McLaren 'probably hid' behind Honda last year. read more »

Sauber has released images of its 2016 Formula 1 challenger ahead of its track debut on Tuesday, with team boss Monisha Kaltenborn aiming to become a regular midfield runner read more »

Dave Ryan is unconcerned about Rio Haryanto's incidents during the first pre-season test in Spain as they continue their work to make the jump into the midfield battle in... read more »

Felipe Nasr expects the Haas F1 Team to be a competitive midfield team in 2016 while feeling the first pre-season test was worthwhile despite Sauber running its 2015 car. read more »

Manor Racing has launched its Mercedes-powered MRT05 as it bids to move away from the back of the pack, following its revival in 2015. Manor, formerly Marussia, returned to... read more »

Toto Wolff is backing new Mercedes customer Manor to challenge the Formula One midfield this season. Manor heads into 2016 with a new supply of Mercedes engines, a technical... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Manor Racing should make a substantial step forwards in 2016 and emerge as a "solid midfield" contender. Manor has never… read more »

Toto Wolff expects Manor Racing to jump into the midfield in 2016, and not just because they are using Mercedes power. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Susie Wolff would have been good enough to race in Formula 1 if she had the chance. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says the outfit is hoping to finish inside the top 10 when it makes its Formula 1 debut in Australia. Haas will join the sport this year after... read more »

Having covered the top five teams last week, GPUpdate.net moves further down the grid and continues by reflecting on Lotus' 2015 campaign, in which progress was… read more »

Team principal Gunther Steiner insists that Haas F1 is not going to 'out-fancy' anyone else in the grand prix field, but also has no intention of bringing up the rear... read more »

Sauber is expecting a much harder contest in the midfield battle as Manor makes a big move for 2016 alongside the new Haas F1 team read more »

Toiling in the midfield in an unreliable McLaren-Honda has not been as frustrating as finishing second to Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1 this year would have been, insists... read more »

Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen was pleased to collect a further point after he rounded out the top 10 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Verstappen was in the thick of the midfield... read more »

Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado expressed different emotions after securing 12th and 13th positions on the grid respectively for the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. Grosjean... read more »

Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen are set to carry 10 place grid penalties into this weekend's United States Grand Prix, after the outfit elected to use... read more »

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff has backed Manor to take a significant step forward next year and join the battle in midfield... read more »