Despite Michael Schumacher displaying encouraging pace on the opening day of practice at Monza, Mercedes GP insist victories will not be a realistic aim in F1 until at least 2012. read more »

F1 commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone insists an explanation for the unpopular BBC/Sky deal is 'not realistic' - as confusion reigns over how the Beeb will... read more »

Following an MP's demand for a full explanation of how the Sky F1 TV coverage deal came about, Bernie Ecclestone has accused the politician of not being realistic. read more »

Ecclestone has shot down a leading Liberal Democrat MP's request for an explanation over the decision to switch F1 from the BBC to Sky... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg believes that he has a realistic chance of ousting compatriot Adrian Sutil for a race drive at the Force India team in 2012 read more »

Tony Fernandes has ruled out Team Lotus fighting with the midfield in next weekend's Italian GP, saying a realistic target is getting both cars home... read more »

Ecclestone claims Lib Dem MP's TV rights challenge is "not realistic", plus more read more »

Kamui Kobayashi thinks Sauber is in for a 'challenging' time at the Italian Grand Prix, as it bids to get itself back in the points for the first time since Germany read more »

Kamui Kobayashi thinks Sauber is in for a 'challenging' time at the Italian Grand Prix, as it bids to get itself back in the points for the first time since Germany. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is staying realistic about his chances of victory in Hungary despite his win in the previous race in Germany. read more »

Bruno Senna says a measured, realistic approach will be far better than trying to be a hero when he makes his first appearance of the season for Renault tomorrow. read more »

Sauber's technical director James Key believes it will be possible for his team to secure sixth place in the championship this year, although he concedes it will not be easy. read more »

Following Ferrari’s first victory of the 2011 season at Silverstone on Sunday, company Chairman Luca di Montezemolo met with employees at the manufacturer’s... read more »

Following Ferrari’s first victory of the 2011 season at Silverstone on Sunday, company Chairman Luca di Montezemolo met with employees at the manufacturer’s... read more »

Fernando Alonso was upbeat after splitting both McLaren drivers in Valencia this afternoon, with the Spaniard explaining that it was always Ferrari’s realistic target... read more »

Michael Schumacher admits Mercedes GP are right where they expected to be in qualifying - on the fourth row of the grid... read more »

Michael Schumacher believes it would be too optimistic to expect his Mercedes team to be able to fight with the cars in front after a discreet qualifying showing. read more »

Michael Schumacher believes the third row of the Barcelona grid is a realistic goal for Mercedes as he does not think the team's upgrade package will launch it ahead of... read more »

Fourth was pretty satisfactory," says Lewis Hamilton, reflecting on last weekend's Turkish Grand Prix, admitting that; "it could've been worse." read more »

Robert Kubica is working hard on his recovery, but it could be another month or more before a realistic picture of his future emerges, claims Lotus Renault boss Eric Boullier. read more »

Rubens Barrichello says that qualifying in the top ten is a realistic proposition for Williams following Friday practice for the Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

Rubens Barrichello is adamant his Williams team can qualify in the top ten in Turkey, the Brazilian labelling the updates introduced today as "promising". read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari should be "honest" about its own performance at the moment and concede its main goal should be podiums rather than victories. read more »

Faced with the realisation that his team's car is a second off the pace and therefore unable to mount a realistic challenge, Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa has... read more »

Vitaly Petrov reckons he will have a difficult job to replicate his Melbourne podium in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »