Renault team principal Eric Boullier believes that it would be unwise to write off Mercedes and McLaren as potential rivals to his team in 2011, despite both teams struggle to... read more »

We're ready for Melbourne, asserts Mark Webber, as Red Bull turns the screw on its rivals with what the Australian describes as the best pre-season preparation the team... read more »

Mark Webber has refused to rule out Ferrari as favourites for the start of the 2011 Formula 1 season in Melbourne, despite most of Red Bull's rivals pointing to the RB7 as... read more »

Sebastian Vettel kept Red Bull atop the timesheets in Barcelona, throwing a warning in the direction of their rivals. The German managed to set the quickest read more »

Mark Webber reinforced Red Bull Racing's early superiority as F1 2011 speeds ever-closer to the start of the season, by blitzing his rivals on day one of the final group... read more »

Mark Webber has denied Red Bull is running its car overweight in testing in order to conceal its hand from its rivals read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are concerned their new McLaren car is already lagging their rivals ahead of the new season. read more »

Red Bull Racing believes its partnership with Japanese car-maker Infiniti will give it the chance to match bigger-money manufacturer rivals in terms of technological... read more »

It was Mercedes GP which lapped the Circuit de Catalunya most times between Friday and Monday, meaning the silver arrows collected more mileage than any other team at the third... read more »

Mark Webber has played down suggestions that the cancellation of the Bahrain GP will benefit Red Bull's F1 rivals. read more »

Mark Webber insists that Red Bull remains cautious about the competitiveness of its RB7, despite the car showing signs of an advantage over its rivals read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes it is essential for McLaren to be able to complete some race simulations in testing as soon as possible, having described rival teams' consistent... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes Red Bull has the edge over its rivals at the moment, but is predicting a close season at the front of the field read more »

Jenson Button was left to rue his lack of track time after again running into problems at Barcelona on Saturday... read more »

Jenson Button feels McLaren is at a disadvantage compared to his rivals because of the lack of running the team has had with its new car. read more »

Sebastian Vettel made it two from two as Red Bull edged their rivals around the Circuit de Catalunya... read more »

What does Fernando Alonso think of his rivals on the Formula One grid? Who does he rate as the "fastest" or who is "calm and consistent"?  read more »

Fernando Alonso has rated his closest rivals for the Spanish sports newspaper AS and heaped praise on his old rival Lewis Hamilton read more »

Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has offered an assessment of his leading rivals on the grand prix grid - and revealed who he reckons to be the fastest of them all... read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari has made 'very good progress' this week at Jerez but still refuses to measure the F150th Italia against its rivals read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits it is difficult to know how Red Bull is shaping up against its rivals during pre-season F1 testing read more »

If it was comparatively plain sailing for anticipated F1 2011 title rivals Ferrari and Red Bull Racing on day three at Jerez, then McLaren found their running rather more... read more »

Felipe Massa says Ferrari are not fazed by their rivals' performances at Jerez, opting to focus only on their own F150th Italia... read more »

Felipe Massa says Ferrari is spending no time worrying about the performance of rival teams for now - because it is more important to get its own car totally sorted for the... read more »

Michael Schumacher has sent out a message to rivals during the second day of testing at Jerez, with the German beginning to answer the questions posed over the potential of his... read more »