Toro Rosso unveiled a brand new nose on its STR9 on the third day of testing in Bahrain as it strives to find additional performance in that area. With the new regulations... read more »

Jenson Button is expecting a much more competitive McLaren once the season starts, although he concedes that their car still lacks outright performance compared to its rivals. read more »

Renault believes that improvements to its turbo are now key to delivering a step forward in performance for the start of the Formula 1 season. read more »

Fernando Alonso believes that Ferrari should prioritise improving the performance of its F14 T during the final two days of Formula 1 pre-season testing before the Australian... read more »

Having put in the laps on Day One in Bahrian, Adrian Sutil says Sauber now need to focus on performance... read more »

Red Bull's problems continued on the first day of the final pre-season test in Bahrain, and whilst Daniel Ricciardo was pleased to get some running in the morning, he... read more »

Adrian Sutil has urged Sauber to improve its performance after the opening day of the final pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »

Adrian Sutil has hailed the changes Pirelli have made to their tyres, saying they not only react better but the drop in performance is less... read more »

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has admitted the team know very little about their 2014 car, the STR9, because of the limited running it has completed. The Italian outfit,... read more »

Pirelli's Motorsport Director Paul Hembery reckons that Formula 1's tyre supplier is close to 2013 levels of performance ahead of the third pre-season test. read more »

Red Bull and engine supplier Renault will be hoping for improvements in performance in the final pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »

Cooling is one of the main priorities for all of the teams this season, with a massive increase in the electrical energy being both stored and used. Furthermore the thermal... read more »

Felipe Massa's former race engineer at Ferrari, Rob Smedley, will join Williams ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix and will be joined by Marussia's Richard Lockwood.... read more »

Rob Smedley, Felipe Massa's former race engineer, has joined the Brazilian at Williams as the Grove team's Head of Vehicle Performance... read more »

Felipe Massa's former race engineer at Ferrari, Rob Smedley, will join Williams as head of vehicle performance from the Bahrain Grand... read more »

Williams have confirmed that Rob Smedley is re-uniting with Felipe Massa after joining the Grove-based team as Head of Vehicle Performance. read more »

Rob Smedley has been confirmed as Williams's new head of vehicle performance ahead of the start of the 2014 season. Smedley has been Felipe Massa's race engineer... read more »

After months of speculation, Williams has confirmed that Rob Smedley has joined the team in the newly created role of Head of Vehicle Performance. read more »

Felipe Massa's former race engineer Rob Smedley has joined Williams in the newly-created role of head of vehicle performance read more »

Esteban Gutierrez says problems with the Sauber brake-by-wire system is preventing the drivers from further improving the car's... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi has given a damning verdict on Caterham's chances at the season opener in Australia, claiming it might be better to take a GP2 car. The team struggled to... read more »

Lotus believe their nose design, dubbed the 'twin-tusk thanks to its appearance, is providing a performance advantage over the lower noses adopted by rival teams. There... read more »

Williams has confirmed that Susie Wolff will continue as the team's development driver throughout 2014, which will include taking part in two FP1 sessions. It's... read more »

Q. What were the key steps taken between Jerez and Bahrain? Rob White: We made a number of specification changes to the Energy Store (battery), involving modified hardware,... read more »

Whilst Renault's power unit enjoyed its best day yet, having completed just over 200 laps in the back of its customers cars, Kamui Kobayashi says it's unable to... read more »