Although Lewis Hamilton won't guess as to where Merc are in the pecking order, he is optimistic about his team's progress... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has given a cautiously optimistic assessment of his new Mercedes during pre-season testing. 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 »

Marussia hope their new car for the 2013 season will lift them off the back of the grid. read more »

Marussia unveiled their MR02 in the Jerez pitlane on Tuesday morning just minutes before pre-season testing got underway at the Spanish track... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has described himself as a much more confident driver this year, with the Australian hoping to draw on the experiences from his first full Formula 1 campaign.... read more »

Sauber Team Principal Monisha Kaltenborn is confident that Sauber is in a strong position to build on its success of 2012, during which the Swiss team secured four podium... read more »

An optimistic tweet from Giedo van der Garde has raised speculation that he could be confirmed as Caterham's second driver before the weekend. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic about his move to Mercedes, but says that it is going to be more of a marathon than a sprint - and that he's not expecting miraculous... read more »

Ferrari's Pat Fry admits that mistakes were made at the start of 2012 that prevented the Scuderia from being a match for Red Bull and McLaren. read more »

It is all too easy in the days before the new cars hit the race track for the first time to talk up hopes of the forthcoming Formula 1 season read more »

Jules Bianchi has admitted that it has been 'a little bit difficult' over the winter break, with the Frenchman still waiting on a decision from Force India as... read more »

Following reports he was the favourite to secure the other Caterham race seat, Vitaly Petrov's manager actually sounds far from optimistic. German reports had suggested... read more »

Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has heaped praise on 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and defended Romain Grosjean ahead of the 2013 season read more »

Marussia are confident that the work carried out in McLaren's wind tunnel last season and over the winter will pay off in 2013 as they look to gain ground on the midfield.... read more »

Despite a poor finish to their campaign, Nico Rosberg insists Mercedes have taken massive strides in 2012 and that next year will be even better. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is cautiously optimistic Toro Rosso can move up the grid in 2013 with the arrival of James Key as technical director read more »

Fernando Alonso is optimistic over Ferrari's chances of making a stronger start to the 2013 campaign, having endured a difficult approach to the Melbourne season opener... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his aim next season will be to finish on the podium regularly with Mercedes. The Brackley outfit failed to secure a podium finish during the final 12 races... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is optimistic he and Lotus can be even stronger in next year's Formula 1 world championship read more »

Bruno Senna remains hopeful he will be on the Formula 1 grid next season despite having lost his seat at Williams read more »

McLaren Sporting Director Sam Michael is optimistic that the team will be able to fight at the front of the field from the very first race in Australia next season, with... read more »

Felipe Massa admits that he did not expect Ferrari to wait as long as it did before making a decision on his future - but had already changed his mindset anyway. read more »

Venezuelan racer Pastor Maldonado is optimistic of a competitive showing in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Maldonado crashed out of the race in Brazil last season but... read more »

Nico Rosberg is optimistic that Mercedes can end its 2012 Formula 1 campaign on a relative high in Brazil this weekend after being encouraged by his pace in Friday practice. read more »