Jenson Button believes the Mercedes works team and its power unit customer, Williams, are the favourites for the opening race of the season in Australia. The McLaren driver,... read more »

Jenson Button says Mercedes and Williams are at the front of the Formula 1 pack ahead of next week's season-opener in Melbourne. read more »

McLaren driver Jenson Button says he is unsure of the competitive order ahead of the start of the 2014 season, but believes that Mercedes and Williams could be the teams to beat. read more »

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 »