"We knew from his long run pace that he had around 0.8s to 1.0s, which is rare. Most races it’s 0.1s or 0.2s but 0.8s up we knew was going to happen." read more »

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has said the team "continue to believe in ourselves" after being encouraged by Sebastian Vettel's race pace. read more »

Ferrari's performance at the Malaysian Grand Prix proves it can take the fight to Mercedes in both Formula One world championships in the remaining five races, according... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Mercedes' lack of pace during the Malaysian Grand Prix was "painful", despite his team increasing its lead over Formula One title... read more »

Mercedes' Andrew Shovlin said it was "frustrating" to lose the lead to Verstappen so early, but admitted their pace "just wasn't good enough" at... read more »

Sebastian Vettel took heart from Ferrari’s pace through the Malaysian GP weekend despite losing more ground on F1 title rival Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has blamed his lack of pace on increasing tyre temperatures, saying that he had to manage his tyres constantly throughout the race, costing him time. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is worried about Ferrari's pace after Sebastian Vettel moves up 16 places to finish fourth in Malaysia. read more »

Vandoorne was running ahead of the pair but pit one lap later than Stroll and two laps later than Massa, which handed them a pace advantage on fresh tyres read more »

A fearful Lewis Hamilton insists Mercedes have "big problems" with their car after the championship leader failed to match Max Verstappen's race-winning pace at... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas says that he and the team have "a lot of things we need to try to understand" after enduring an off-the-pace Malaysian Grand Prix… read more »

Mercedes have taken little satisfaction from increasingly their world title leads over Ferrari in the Malaysia GP - with Toto Wolff worried by their sudden pace slump. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he had the title fight in mind when Max Verstappen caught him in the opening stages of the Malaysian Grand Prix, a race he doubts Mercedes had a chance of... read more »

"I'm just very down, I must say because you cannot just say 'well we've scored more points than Ferrari' - we've lost so much pace this weekend." read more »

"I feel good but I think we’ve got some work to do with the car, obviously we didn’t have the pace today or this weekend." read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said it is "worrisome" how the Silver Arrows were unable to cope with Red Bull during the race at Malaysia. read more »

Lewis Hamilton opened a 34-lead in the standings with a P2 in Malaysia, but conceded after the race Mercedes still have work to do after they were off the pace most of the weekend. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that he and Hamilton has "completely different cars" for qualifying, and that this led to his lack of pace compared to the Brit. read more »

Mercedes' struggles continued in final practice for the Malaysia GP as Ferrari set the pace in Practice Three. read more »

McLaren lifted by upgrades after Fernando Alonso's practice pace read more »

Red Bull showed their pace in the wet at Malaysia, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo easily fastest in a delayed session. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes were not where they wanted to be today, as they finished the Friday practice sessions in Malaysia, some way off the pace. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas trailled pace-setter Sebastian Vettel by over a second on Friday at Sepang. read more »

Ferrari pace stronger than expected - Daniel Ricciardo read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits he did not expect Ferrari to be as strong as it was during Friday's practice sessions, with Red Bull looking second-best. read more »