Lewis Hamilton is pessimistic about his chances at the German Grand Prix after a hydraulic issue prompted an abrupt end to his qualifying session. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is pessimistic about the team's title chances this season in the face of Mercedes' "quite frightening" power unit. read more »

United Autosports boss Zak Brown is pessimistic about Fernando Alonso's chances of winning the Daytona 24 Hours race, but feels a podium finish is a realistic target. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is expecting "a train" at the Mexico Grand Prix but will "go for it" if an opportunity arises as he attempts to clinch a fourth World... read more »

Max Verstappen is pessimistic about Red Bull's chances of adding to their solitary win so far in the 2017 season. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is hoping race strategy can bring him into contention on a track he says you "cannot overtake" on. read more »

Fernando Alonso will start thirteenth on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix, qualifying higher up the grid than he expected to. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Red Bull Racing will be closer to the front in Baku than Helmut Marko's pessimistic predictions. read more »

Red Bull boss not convinced new engine rules for 2018 will make a difference. read more »

McLaren-Honda's Fernando Alonso is pessimistic about his chances of remaining in the top-ten on Saturday during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes aren't particularly worried by their performance, or rather lack of, at the Singapore Grand Prix, which saw them qualify on the third row as both Ferrari and Red... read more »

Niki Lauda sounds a pessimistic prediction for Mercedes heading into the Singapore Grand Prix, suggesting the best result Lewis Hamilton can hope for is third. read more »

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is not anticipating the latest round of talks with Monza and Italian Grand Prix officials this weekend to yield a positive outcome read more »

Felipe Nasr says the chances of him and Sauber reaching Q3 in Spain is unlikely as he fears the team will slip back in the development race. read more »

Force India cracks the top ten in Australian Grand Prix free practice, but Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg remain pessimistic about chances read more »

Daniel Ricciardo insists it is "definitely too early to be pessimistic" despite Red Bull's struggles to hit top form in testing so far... read more »

Sebastian Vettel joins Daniel Ricciardo in suggesting that Red Bull Racing is set for a difficult Russian Grand Prix weekend. read more »

A starkly-honest Fernando Alonso has admitted that it would be "a lie" to predict a podium for Ferrari in this weekend's Spanish GP. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits his impending grid penalty means he is pessimistic about his chances of making the podium in Bahrain read more »

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso are both hoping to secure, at the very least, a podium finish as they head into the opening race of the season. Whilst Ferrari... read more »

Paul di Resta believes Force India will have to settle for sixth place in the constructors' championship having been overtaken by McLaren read more »

Nico Rosberg admits he is concerned Mercedes will never get on top of its tyre problems this season read more »

Sebastian Vettel has revealed that his Red Bull team has been working to cure the RB9's tyre woes, but remains pessimistic about his chances in Malaysia. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he isn't expecting to challenge for wins with Mercedes next season after agreeing to join the team from McLaren. Mercedes' team principal... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is increasingly pessimistic about his chances of being on the Formula 1 grid next year read more »