Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado will start from the back of the grid for the season opening Australian Grand Prix after a tough and trying qualifying... read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne says he is not surprised by Toro Rosso's double top ten result in Australian Grand Prix qualifying, explaining that he maintained belief in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton was delighted to emerge with pole from an "extremely difficult" rain-hit Australian GP but is left hoping for a dry race as he attempts to ignite his... read more »

Lewis Hamilton expressed his happiness after claiming pole position for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is far from downbeat about his Formula 1 title chances this year, despite bracing himself for a tough start at the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Melbourne has always been a very tough circuit for Formula 1 cars, but this year the challenge will be even greater with the new Power Units making their race debut. Not in the... read more »

Lotus aren't expecting an easy start to the 2014 season according to chairman and team principal Gerard Lopez. The outfit missed the opening test of the season in Jerez... read more »

Lotus is preparing for a tough opening part to the 2014 season, according to technical director Nick Chester. Lotus's E22 has endured a difficult pre-season campaign as it... read more »

Lotus has admitted that it is expecting to experience a "difficult" start to the 2014 Formula 1 campaign. read more »

Whilst many drivers are taking a cautious approach to the season, Lewis Hamilton fully believes this could be his year to secure a second title. The Briton insists Mercedes... read more »

Following the conclusion of testing, Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley tells Crash.net he feels his team has tough competition from Mercedes and... read more »

Romain Grosjean fears Lotus could be in for a tough time at the start of this season as they are "not quite yet ready"... read more »

Saturday was Kimi Raikkonen's final testing appearance in the F14 T ahead of the Australian GP, and the Finn had been hoping for slightly... read more »

Pastor Maldonado admits that things could be tough for Lotus when the F1 season starts in Australia after troubled day of running in Bahrain     read more »

Pastor Maldonado described his final day of pre-season running in the Lotus E22 as 'tough' after the car caught fire early in the afternoon session at Sakhir. read more »

Renault insists that it has made progress with its engines despite another tough week in Bahrain as F1 pre-season testing continues     read more »

Lotus technical director Nick Chester says there is a lot of improvement to come from the E22 but that the five second gap to Mercedes could be too big to close by... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that Mercedes are currently the favourites to win in Australia or to possibly take the title. The Briton's outfit is... read more »

Red Bull has suspended its running on Friday in order to try and prepare its car for the final day of the second test after finding another problem with the... read more »

Ferrari say the returning Kimi Raikkonen realises he faces a tough challenge as Fernando Alonso's team-mate this season. read more »

Caterham team owner Tony Fernandes has admitted that Heikki Kovalainen's performance at Lotus, when he stood in for Kimi Raikkonen at the final two races of the 2013... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes he and Daniel Ricciardo can learn from each other but is expecting a tough challenge from his new team-mate     read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel has a tough times in testing, completing just 11 laps over two days in his new Red Bull. read more »

Williams may have had a tough time last season but Claire Williams is confident those trials have helped secure the team's "long-term future"... read more »

McLaren test driver Gary Paffett expects the first test of the season to be a difficult period of learning for all the teams read more »