Mercedes heads into next weekend's season opening Australian grand prix as the overwhelming early 2014 favourite. "Mercedes and Williams look very strong,"... read more »

Mercedes have shown great pace and great reliability during all three pre-season tests and are odds on favourites to win in Melbourne, but Lewis Hamilton isn't getting... read more »

Rod Nelson believes Williams will have a reliable car in the 2014 Formula One season, although he admitted that he is unsure about its race pace... read more »

Williams has warned rivals that it has hit ambitious reliability targets ahead of the new Formula 1 season, even though it is unsure of its pace just yet. read more »

Force India's Bob Fernley believes Mercedes and Williams are the teams to beat in the season's first race in Australia later this month... 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 »

Fernando Alonso has tipped his departed Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa to be a "strong rival" in 2014. After eight years in red, Brazilian Massa's move to the... read more »

Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali believes Mercedes and Williams have emerged from winter testing at the head of Formula 1's new-look pecking order. read more »

Following pre-season testing which posed far more questions than it answered, Stefano Domenicali believes there is a pecking order but that it will quickly change. read more »

Stefano Domenicali reckons Mercedes and Williams head to Australia as the teams to beat with Ferrari third in the pecking order... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Williams are as prepared as they can be for next month’s 2014 F1 season opener in Australia. read more »

Williams finished the final pre-season Formula 1 test of 2014 with the fastest time, as Mercedes-engined cars continued to lead the way in Bahrain, and Red Bull continued to... read more »

Williams' former chief operations engineer Mark Gillan has tipped Mercedes for victory in Australia with a close battle between Williams and Ferrari for the podium.... read more »

Williams ended its successful pre-season testing campaign with Valtteri Bottas completing another 108 before the car stopped on track with an engine failure, caused by its high... read more »

ICE failure late on Sunday afternoon not only saw Williams lose its 100% pre-season reliability record but also lose out in terms of pre-season mileage completed. read more »

As pre-season testing ends, chief F1 writer Andrew Benson analyses Red Bull's misfortune and why Williams look genuine contenders read more »

Pre-season testing came to a close in Bahrain today, Mercedes Lewis Hamilton edging out Williams Valtteri Bottas in the final moments. read more »

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says rivals Mercedes and Williams have prepared better for the start of the new Formula 1 season than the Scuderia read more »

Valtteri Bottas proves once more that Williams will be a reckoned force from the start of the 2014 F1 season.     read more »

Mercedes and Williams look like the ones to watch if testing data is anything to go by. The two teams, which are both using the Mercedes power unit, lapped at a similar pace... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended pre-season testing quickest with a final run in the afternoon on Sunday to post a 1:33.278. The Briton lost much of the morning due to a gearbox problem,... read more »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the pace as pre-season testing concluded at the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday, although Williams's Felipe Massa ended the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led the way on the final morning of 2014 Formula 1 pre-season testing, while Sebastian Vettel suffered an off just before lunch read more »

Williams again showed strong pace in Bahrain as Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time, while Red Bull's recovery was halted by a spin for Sebastian... read more »

With Force India showing strong reliability but hiding its qualifying speed on Saturday, Nico Hulkenberg is unsure if it can match the pace of Williams and... read more »