Despite pre-season test glitches, Fernando Alonso believes the MCL33 is 100% ready for Melbourne. read more »

Ferrari is understood to have made a 10bhp gain with its 2018 Formula 1 engine, despite the increased reliability demands needed for this season read more »

Esteban Ocon says he isn't thinking about a move to Mercedes for 2019 in F1 despite links to the German manufacturer. read more »

Despite keeping its powder dry in testing, Mercedes heads to the Australian Grand Prix as the favourite to win the opening round of the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

FIA race director Charlie Whiting is not "not overly concerned" about standing restarts despite concerns from some of the drivers. read more »

The Williams Formula 1 team is trying to retain the benefits of a design it utilised for its shark fin last year despite rules no longer allowing the full-length fins read more »

Charlie Whiting attempts to allay fears that, despite a clampdown, some teams will still attempt to benefit from oil burning, particularly during qualifying. read more »

Guenther Steiner believes Haas could be in the hunt for fourth place this season despite only finishing P8 last year. read more »

Williams Martini Racing's Paddy Lowe says the reliability of the new FW41 has been impressive, despite the team only firing the car up for the first time two weeks ago read more »

Franz Tost believes it would be prudent to switch at least one pre-season test to Bahrain in the future after the disruptions caused by the weather in Spain in 2018. read more »

Eric Boullier stresses Fernando Alonso remains happy at McLaren despite a difficult pre-season testing period for the team. read more »

Lance Stroll does not see himself as the lead Williams driver this season - despite him being the most experienced racer. read more »

Despite losing four hours to an engine issue, Fernando Alonso ended the final day of F1 pre-season testing second-fastest for McLaren. read more »

Despite a challenging two weeks of pre-season littered with reliability gremlins, Fernando Alonso and McLaren head to the Australian Grand Prix in a defiant mood. read more »

McLaren insist they "have not lost our ability to design fast cars" despite another winter blighted by unreliability. read more »

Despite laying down the fastest lap time ever at the Circuit de Catalunya, Sebastian Vettel was warned against drawing the "wrong conclusions" from the timesheets. read more »

Despite blitzing the previous pre-season testing lap record, Sebastian Vettel is under no illusions making clear that Melbourne will be the true litmus test. read more »

Kevin Magnussen warns not to read too much into Haas' charge to second place in the final timesheets on Thursday's Barcelona pre-season testing running. read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari still needs to find more performance from the SF71H, despite setting a record lap of Barcelona on the penultimate day of pre-season Formula 1... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo still thinks Mercedes are the team to beat in 2018 despite the Aussie setting a new track record at the Circuit de Catalunya. read more »

Fernando Alonso not worried by lost track time despite another set-back for McLaren. read more »

The McLaren driver is not alarmed with McLaren's recent difficulties, despite an oil leak today. read more »

Despite a series of reliability issues during pre-season testing, Fernando Alonso insists his McLaren could go racing tomorrow if it needed to. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he "doesn't need" the final day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, despite McLaren's lack of running so far this week read more »

Red Bull suspect Mercedes still have a slight pace advantage despite setting the fastest time of winter testing so far on Day Two of the second and final test. read more »