Williams enter the season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne full of optimism at a circuit enjoyed by its drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, who aim to back up... read more »

"We are in good shape, both in terms of the car and as a maturing racing operation," says John Booth, "and we head to Australia with cautious optimism." read more »

Daniel Ricciardo's optimism grew further after the second day of the third and final pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »

Although Toro Rosso only completed 15 laps, Jean-Eric Vergne believes the plight of other teams on the opening day at Jerez is cause for... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he feels only optimism about Ferrari's Formula 1 title hopes in 2014, following the launch of its new challenger on Saturday read more »

Sergio Perez has signalled his optimism he could stay on in F1 next season by telling Sky Sports F1: "Things are looking very promising". read more »

Force India deputy team principal, Robert Fernley has said he is proud of what the Silverstone-based outfit achieved in Abu Dhabi last weekend and he is hopeful the team will... read more »

Jenson Button voiced cautious optimism after an opening day of practice that saw McLaren feature fairly prominently - by the standards of their poor season - on the timesheets. read more »

Pastor Maldonado struck a tone of cautious optimism after scoring Williams' first point of the season in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »

Felipe Massa's optimism prior to this weekend's 2013 F1 British Grand Prix has been replaced by the realisation that Ferrari is struggling at... read more »

After a positive start for Marussia in Thursday’s Free Practice sessions, optimism turned to disappointment today when Jules Bianchi was unable to take part in qualifying for... read more »

Lotus boss Eric Boullier has likened Pirelli's decision to alter their tyres mid-season to 'changing the dimensions of a football pitch at half-time' - but has... read more »

Caterham drivers Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde had strong weekends that creates optimism for the remainder of the season. Pic finished 17th while Van der Garde had to... read more »

Force India co-owner and team principal Vijay Mallya has praised a "mature" and "hard working" Paul di Resta. The Scot endured a difficult end to the 2012... read more »

Having come so tantalisingly close to the podium last time out, we head to Barcelona full of optimism. The hard work everyone is putting in is paying off and we hope to see the... read more »

An air of cautious optimism surrounded Paul di Resta on Friday evening after opening practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix saw the Force India driver nestling comfortably in the... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo expressed their optimism following practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vergne was twelfth in second practice, two places ahead of... read more »

Fernando Alonso said he won the Chinese Grand Prix with pace in hand after taking the chequered flag 10.1s ahead of his nearest rival Kimi Raikkonen, giving him optimism for... read more »

The new-look Mercedes squad gave itself huge cause for optimism at Barcelona by ending Formula 1's final pre-season test of 2013 on top of the timesheets read more »

Yesterday, Fernando Alonso got through another busy day of testing. The Spaniard explained his optimism after noticing how the new F138 seems to be moving forward with every... read more »

After his first day at the wheel in 2013, Fernando Alonso on Tuesday had a stiff neck and a cautious round of optimism about the new Ferrari. The Spaniard said he was... read more »

Romain Grosjean admitted that he is feeling optimistic at the potential of the Lotus E21 having been "a bit cautious" on Tuesday read more »

Romain Grosjean has been filled with optimism after completing two successful days of pre-season testing for Lotus at the Circuito de Jerez, with the Frenchman handing over to... read more »

Timo Glock believes that Marussia's McLaren windtunnel programme can give the team a huge amount of optimism for the 2013 season read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted the second practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was "a bit of a struggle" for him read more »