Lando Norris has hailed "the smooth operation" in McLaren's switch to a Mercedes power unit over the winter and is anxious to discover its true performance. read more »

Williams regular Russell was drafted in by parent team Mercedes for the second race in Bahrain last December when a positive test for COVID-19 ruled out Lewis... read more »

George Russell says he has applied lessons learned during his Mercedes outing for 2021 but stressed having a "dynamic approach" is important in Formula 1. Russell has... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has described maintaining the level of performance needed to be successful across a sustained period is "one of the biggest challenges" faced by athletes. read more »

Mercedes says there is "a long journey ahead" to understand why its car seemingly lacked performance at pre-season testing in Bahrain last weekend. The reigning World... read more »

Mercedes have heaped more praise on their "fierce adversary" Red Bull, who they deem to be "ahead on performance" and the "class act" of testing. read more »

Honda's upgraded F1 power unit for the 2021 season will be boosted by a new fuel developed to increase reliability and performance.  read more »

F1 teams well know that mastering knowledge of tyres is key to unlocking performance from their cars in both qualifying and in races. It's why so much work is done in... read more »

McLaren driver Lando Norris has conceded to being shocked by the pre-season form of Mercedes, suggesting the reigning Formula 1 champions were "not quite so good as you... read more »

After three days in Bahrain, who's looking the best for the 2021 season, and who has work to do? Jolyon Palmer looks over every team's performance and works out a... read more »

Mario Isola feels that the tyres have performed relatively well in the 3 days of the shortened pre-season test, with none of the compounds having any issues bar a bit of... read more »

Mercedes struggled for performance in preseason testing, but is its period of dominance really under threat? Laurence Edmondson analyses the data to find out what went wrong... read more »

Yuki Tsunoda was able to charge to second place in the final classification thanks to some rapid late runs on Sunday evening in Bahrain, ending testing just 0.093 seconds off... read more »

Even before Sunday afternoon's emphatic performance from Max Verstappen and Red Bull, world champion Lewis Hamilton was admitting that the Austrian team look to be "a... read more »

Today concluded a successful pre-season test for the Alpine F1 Team, with the team's Executive Director Marcin Bukowski pleased with the performance of the A521 read more »

Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski admits their new engine cover is "spectacular bulky", but the aero performance is more important. read more »

Two days into testing, Ferrari have gathered "a lot of information" about the SF21's "outright performance" according to Laurent Mekies. read more »

Carlos Sainz believes it is "way too early" to be able to determine where Ferrari's performance lies after an opening day of pre-season testing marred by a... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is confident there's 'more to come' in terms of performance after his first extended outing for Aston Martin in Formula 1 pre-season testing. read more »

Aston Martin was perhaps the most open of all Formula 1 teams when it came to the launch of its latest challenger.But as the new AMR21 rolled out on to the track in Bahrain for... read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has insisted he feels "no pressure" on his place at the Scuderia despite the overhanging disappointment of the team's... read more »

Ferrari has taken the wraps off its 2021 Formula 1 car, the SF21, as it plots its recovery back to front-running contention in the championship. Ferrari plunged to sixth in the... read more »

George Russell accepts Williams' Formula 1 rivals Haas and Alfa Romeo will enjoy a significant upturn in performance in 2021 due to the likely gains Ferrari will make with... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has played down the importance of using the Mercedes simulator to get to grips with the new W12 E Performance ahead of the Bahrain season-opener. read more »

Along with sustainability a key aim of Formula 1's budget cap is to rein in the performance of the top teams by levelling the playing field.And yet in typical glass-full... read more »