Esteban Ocon led home a double-points finish for Alpine at Imola, and he sees encouraging signs for the team's progression. read more »

Williams believes it will have "some good opportunities coming" in Formula 1 this year after displaying encouraging pace at Imola, in spite of its two hefty... read more »

The Spaniard is returning to F1 after two seasons away, and has faced a battle to get fully comfortable with Alpine as he gets back into the swing of things.But despite an... read more »

After a disastrous 2020 season in which Ferrari dropped down to sixth in the constructors' championship, Charles Leclerc qualified an impressive fourth and finished sixth... read more »

Following an encouraging pre-season test, Verstappen continued to set the pace for Red Bull by going quickest in both free practice sessions on the opening day of the Bahrain... read more »

The Briton ended the more representative second free practice session at Sakhir in second spot, just 0.095 seconds behind pace setting Max Verstappen, while in the hotter... read more »

The former Mercedes reserve and test driver is starting his second season at the rebranded Alpine team, after an encouraging 2020 campaign as he got himself up to speed at the... read more »

The Dutchman is coming out of an encouraging pre-season testing run for Red Bull, with its new RB16B having proven to be both quick and consistent.His team's form was in... read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has praised the smooth integration of the Mercedes' power unit into the MCL35M after a reliable pre-season test in Bahrain. read more »

Lando Norris insists McLaren's pre-season test wasn't "perfect" but admits the iconic Formula 1 team are heading into 2021 with even more confidence than... read more »

World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he expects rivals Red Bull to be a "different animal" in 2021 after its encouraging showing in testing and the recruitment of... read more »

There was more encouraging feedback on the Honda engine after a promising first day of testing for both Red Bull and AlphaTauri. read more »

Max Verstappen says he and Red Bull are feeling "very positive" after an encouraging opening day of pre-season testing for the team. Verstappen set the quickest time... read more »

McLaren chief executive Zak Brown believes talks over introducing sprint-race trials in F1 in 2021 are "encouraging" and should be viewed as a positive step for the... read more »

Red Bull has signed Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen in the 2021 Formula 1 season. MotorsportWeek.com takes a look at Perez's path to the team. 2011: Encouraging... read more »

We knew it would be very tight in qualifying and Max got everything out of the car, so to lose out on pole by the same margin that Alex missed out on Q3 is encouraging and... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto says his outfit's recent uplift in form at the Turkish GP is an encouraging sign that it can make further progress in 2021 read more »

Charles Leclerc says he has "absolutely no explanation" for his and Ferrari's lack of pace during qualifying for Formula 1's Turkish Grand Prix. Leclerc had... read more »

After Ferrari, in 2020 one of the teams that has certainly underwhelmed in terms of performance is Red Bull which, with the RB16, hoped to compete at least on par with the... read more »

Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto believes the squad has made only a "slight improvement" in spite of its encouraging result as Formula 1's Portuguese Grand... read more »

McLaren believes it has made the "next step" in the understanding of its upgrade package, after an encouraging showing so far at the Portuguese Grand Prix read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto is confident the Maranello outfit is moving in the 'right direction', after an encouraging latest update at last weekend's... read more »

Six-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been included in TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people following his drive for equality. The Mercedes racer is the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes Alfa Romeo are closing in on a Q3 place after another encouraging qualifying performance for the Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says McLaren’s Italian Grand Prix performance is “encouraging” ahead of his switch to the British squad for the 2021 season. McLaren weren’t just ‘best of the... read more »