Renault are on track to half its performance deficit to rival engine manufacturer Mercedes, according to Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul. The supplier to Red... read more »

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis believes it to be a near impossibility for a customer team to win a world championship under the current engine formula. The Briton claims the... read more »

Renault believes it has closed the gap to Mercedes since the start of the season, but reckons only a pole position will prove the performance is there. The French engine... read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari has to optimise everything at the Belgian Grand Prix to make up for its engine deficit read more »

Caterham have confirmed that André Lotterer will replace Kamui Kobayashi for the entire Belgian Grand Prix weekend. The German races in the Formula Nippon series as... read more »

We are no longer running our interconnected suspension, so one of the main focuses of today was to optimise the car as much as possible around this. read more »

oon, but it's fair to say we need to work hard tonight to optimise car balance on both sides of the garage. read more »

Vijay Mallya admits Force India may not optimise its upgrades fully in Monaco but wants to see the team continue to mix it in the points at F1's most iconic race read more »

It's difficult to judge our competitiveness based on today's performance, but it's fair to say that we have some work to do this evening to optimise things. read more »

Lotus's Romain Grosjean says that the new driving techniques for 2014 are 'slightly frustrating'  but insists that drivers will have to adapt. Grosjean retired... read more »

Force India has become the first team to reveal its 2014 car, the VJM07, by releasing an image on Twitter. The Mercedes-powered car's most striking change is that of the... read more »

It was a demanding day which, once again, we tried to optimise the set-up of the cars to adapt them as well as possible to the characteristics of the track. read more »

With over 100 laps under our belt we have all the data to further optimise the cars tonight. The main focus is to try and find a more neutral balance. read more »

Fernando Alonso has predicted that 'everyone' will be out to optimise their cars for qualifying in Hungary, even if this does mean giving up pace for the... read more »

The car performance is about where we expected it to be, but we do need to find some more pace ahead of qualifying. We have a few more items to deploy tomorrow, which should... read more »

Mark Webber will start the Chinese Grand Prix from the pitlane after the Red Bull team opted to change his gearbox and to optimise his set-up for the race. Webber had been... read more »

Lewis Hamilton's pole position in China is further proof that the 28-year-old made the right choice leaving his long-term team, McLaren. The Briton will start... read more »

Mark Webber supports the revised DRS regulations for the 2013 Formula One season, which limits its use during practice and qualifying. The FIA changed the rules in order to... read more »

The torque map is probably the single most important reference map used in Formula 1 engine management. It is the fingerprint of an engine and of critical importance for engine... read more »

We are looking forward to having more time to continue the ongoing work to optimise our new developments, and will be working hard to have a good weekend. read more »

Timo Glock: "After such a long summer break, everyone in the team seems revitalised and ready to embark on the next important phase of the season. I myself had a nice mix... read more »

Marussia drivers Timo Glock and Charles Pic are hoping for improvements as the season resumes in Belgium next weekend. Neither driver has scored a point and the team sits 11th... read more »

Q. How would you sum up the performance of the Williams-Renault FW34 at Silverstone? Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: In general we were reasonably happy with... read more »

Paul di Resta is hoping that the rains that blighted most of the British Grand Prix weekend stay away for the 52-lap race on Sunday afternoon after setting his Force India up... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 13th: Today the car felt very consistent and was pretty well balanced, but unfortunately starting so far back after qualifying meant that I could not really... read more »