The Finn was well adrift of Lewis Hamilton's fastest times of the day in Japan and knows there is work to be done to be competitive this weekend. read more »

We seem to be quite competitive here and have a good foundation to build on for the rest of the weekend. read more »

Gil de Ferran hopes Suzuka is a better weekend for the McLaren team than Sochi was last weekend, where neither Fernando Alonso nor Stoffel Vandoorne were a points contender. read more »

Marcus Ericsson is hoping to be competitive in Japan this weekend and add to his points tally read more »

Despite all our efforts to find the ideal set-up, neither on Saturday nor in the race were we competitive enough to worry our closest rivals. read more »

Sergio Perez had only one session on Friday but the Mexican finished an encouraging seventh fastest, just ahead of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. read more »

Pierre Gasly hopes to have a competitive STR13 this weekend in Sochi, whilst Brendon Hartley will experience racing in Russia for the very first time. read more »

Fernando Alonso was happy with the competitiveness of his MCL33 during Qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, and hopes to take advantage of having free choice of starting... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will end his six-year tenure as part of the Mercedes-Benz junior team at the end of 2018 after a competitive ride for 2019 was not forthcoming. read more »

Mercedes confirms it will part company with Pascal Wehrlein at the end of 2018 after it was unable to find him a competitive drive for next year. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes his team has come under extra scrutiny from its rivals now that the American outfit has become more competitive. read more »

We looked more competitive on the long runs this afternoon but on the short runs Ferrari were really fast and we also still have a big gap to Mercedes. read more »

Renault still hold the advantage over Haas in the Constructors' Championship, but the gap is only six points after what happened in the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

Esteban Ocon hopes his excellent qualifying performance at Spa will boost his chances of landing a competitive F1 seat with his future at Racing Point Force India uncertain.  read more »

Both Sauber drivers ended the afternoon session inside the top ten in Belgium and feel they can have a strong performance across the rest of the weekend. read more »

When Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris brought some inspiration from their summer break back to the MTC, it was only going to end one way, with their competitive sides shining... read more »

Button warns Sainz it will take "a few years" before he can expect to make McLaren competitive again after confirming his move for 2019. read more »

Fernando Alonso says his decision to quit Formula One at the end of the current season has nothing to do with not having a competitive car since 2015. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has a "good feeling" that the Silver Arrows are becoming "more competitive" running in hot temperatures. read more »

Mercedes believes it has made progress with its weakness in hot F1 races and is confident it will be more competitive in similar conditions in the future.  read more »

The Swedish driver was forced to settle for fourteenth on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix after losing out on setting a competitive time in Q2 due to yellow flags. read more »

Sebastian Vettel feels Ferrari's Formula 1 car is just not as competitive in the wet as Mercedes', after only qualifying fourth for the Hungarian Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel tops FP2 timesheets in Hungary, as Mercedes duo fail to post a competitive time on the ultrasofts. read more »

Kevin Magnussen believes that his Haas car will be competitive at the Hungaroring read more »

We know we can still improve race by race, because there's still some weaknesses, but overall we are competitive and strong. read more »