Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says that his squad's fifth and sixth place finish at the Italian Grand Prix was the maximum result possible. At a circuit where... read more »

Fernando Alonso says that Friday's practice sessions did not reveal the optimum strategy for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. The Spaniard was third quickest in second... read more »

Lewis Hamilton insists the disappointment of his costly pair of retirements in 2014 is tempered by the belief that he has performed at his “optimum” so far... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says that an ERS problem hindered his progress during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. The reigning world champion set the fourth quickest time in Q3 but... read more »

Representatives from all three engine manufacturers convened on Friday in the Chinese Grand Prix paddock to discuss ways of increasing the noise from the new V6 power units.... read more »

Renault's head of track operations Remi Taffin says the French engine supplier is confident of a vastly improved performance at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.... read more »

It was a solid first qualifying session of the season for Toro Rosso, as the team and its drivers exploited the difficult weather conditions to their optimum, qualifying 6th... read more »

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says he is expecting a two or three stop strategy to be the optimum approach to this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. Formula 1... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes he achieved everything he could in qualifying at Interlagos as Sebastian Vettel was unbeatable... read more »

Both drivers have yet to find the optimum balance and the track conditions meant it was hard to be consistent and difficult to make comparisons. read more »

Mercedes have found a relatively simple solution to its overheating tyre woes and it seems to have done the trick for the Brackley based outfit. The W04 may not have... read more »

Paul Di Resta says he is still searching for an optimum set-up with his Force India after two practice sessions at the Hungaroring read more »

Red Bull billionaire and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz believes the tyre situation in Formula One has gone too far, claiming the sport is no longer about "classic... read more »

Red Bull's Helmut Marko is still unhappy with the tyre situation, despite Pirelli's changes to the hard compound for the Spanish Grand Prix onwards. The Italian... read more »

Lotus are hoping to run their DDRS at the Spanish Grand Prix in just under a months time if their latest test of the straight-line speed boosting device goes as planned. The... read more »

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean is hopeful of demonstrating his full potential at the Chinese Grand Prix, admitting that the opening two races of the season have been frustrating... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen feels Lotus is not far from the optimum following practice on Friday for the 2012 F1 Indian Grand Prix read more »

Friday brought a selection of feelings for the Sauber drivers as Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez worked on the optimum balance for the Circuit de Catalunya. As the... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the... read more »

Mercedes GP has revealed that it will not be taking its 2012 challenger to the opening winter test next year, instead opting to wait until the following event at the Circuit de... read more »

Nico Rosberg has revealed that his final Q3 outlap was ‘a little too slow’, leading to a less-than-optimum final flying effort. The German had to settle for... read more »

Paul di Resta said he was lucky that Sebastien Buemi retired from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix because his "was not the optimum strategy" as he one-stopped to ninth place read more »

Paul di Resta says his decision not to run in Q3 will give him an "optimum strategy" to score points in tomorrow's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "The optimum today would have been sixth place but it didn't quite work out for us this weekend. I was struggling with read more »

A less than 'optimum' performance prevented Sebastian Vettel from winning the F1 2011 British Grand Prix - although team orders did help ensure he took second. read more »