Williams 'pleasantly surprised' by strong Friday practice pace read more »

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley says the team was "pleasantly surprised" by its speed on the first day of practice for the Brazilian Grand… read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he has been pleasantly surprised by Ferrari's form this weekend at Suzuka. read more »

There is a general assumption that the Malaysian Grand Prix is one of the lowlights on the F1 calendar. However, if you look back in the history books you may be pleasantly... read more »

FIA's Charlie Whiting 'pleasantly surprised' following final Baku inspection read more »

Alonso 'pleasantly surprised' after Friday practice in Australia read more »

Toro Rosso's says the mileage it accumulated in winter testing was the "best-case scenario" it could have hoped for after a delay in securing an engine. Toro... read more »

Renault technical chief Bob Bell says the manufacturer has been "very pleasantly surprised" by the characteristics of the RS16, following a hectic… read more »

McLaren driver Jenson Button says the speed difference between his Honda-powered machine and rival cars was "scary" as he finished 15th at the Brazilian Grand Prix.... read more »

Jenson Button believes McLaren can make Q2 in China after a being "pleasantly surprised" by the amount of progress the team showed on Friday. McLaren-Honda has been a... read more »

Lotus Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado is pleasantly surprised by how the pack behind Mercedes is - and by his car's pace relative to those currently fighting for the podium read more »

Sauber's Monisha Kaltenborn says she's "pleasantly surprised" by the step Ferrari have taken with their power unit this season. The Swiss team is powered by... read more »

We are pleasantly surprised by the usability of the tyres, as we were expecting to struggle a bit more. read more »

Fernando Alonso admits he has been pleasantly surprised by how competitive Ferrari has been so far over the Belgian Grand Prix weekend read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was "pleasantly surprised" by how well his opening day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix progressed. read more »

Toto Wolff has downplayed criticism about the new-look Formula One, adamant fans will be "pleasantly surprised"... read more »

Mercedes head of Motorsport Toto Wolff says that people will be surprised when the new Formula 1 season gets underway in Australia next weekend. Prior to pre-season testing,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he was pleasantly surprised to take pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix after beating the Red Bull to the top spot by just 0.038s read more »

Toro Rosso driver Jean-Éric Vergne says he was pleasantly surprised by the squad's peformance at Silverstone on Friday, with the Frenchman and team-mate... read more »

Jean Eric Vergne says he is pleasantly surprised by the pace of the STR8 ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix. Vergne was seventh fastest in second practice,... read more »

Jenson Button is hopeful that McLaren are in for a more competitive weekend in Monte Carlo after a promising start to the weekend read more »

Max Chilton said Marussia was pleasantly surprised by the MR02's potential after some performance runs on day three at Jerez read more »

Narain Karthikeyan was pleasantly surprised by the improvement in track conditions, based on what he witnessed while walking the circuit in India on Thursday. This weekend, the... read more »

Although the improvement may not be clearly visible from the outside, Pedro de la Rosa is delighted with HRT’s rate of progress so far in 2012. At the Australian... read more »

Lotus team principal Eric Boullier admits he has been pleasantly surprised by the strength of Romain Grosjean's showings this season... read more »