Sebastian Vettel shrugs off Ferrari's dominance on the first day of Russian Grand Prix action, saying Mercedes is simply sandbagging. read more »

Ahead of his home race, the Russian Grand Prix, Daniil Kvyat says "every little thing" makes a different in Formula 1's midfield battle. read more »

Steiner had hoped for a double points haul in Bahrain but that goal has now been rescheduled for Sochi. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo labelled fourth on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix "a nice surprise" and admitted it was "weird" to see Red Bull take a big chunk out... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the gap of 0.478s to pole position was "a lot more" than he expected in Bahrain, where Mercedes locked out the front row for the first time in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel: Gap to Mercedes bigger than expected read more »

Sebastian Vettel has conceded he was a little surprised by Mercedes' pace in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says the gap to the Mercedes drivers in Bahrain Formula 1 qualifying left him "a bit down" after he could only manage third on the grid read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel conceded he was "a bit down" after witnessing the deficit to rivals Mercedes during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel… read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr has bemoaned the fact that the midfield are so far off the pace compared to the leading trio of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. read more »

While the midfield battle has intensified, Carlos Sainz laments the ever widening gap to the leaders. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull has not been the "king team" of aerodynamics for the last few years, something he feels is demonstrated by its gap to Mercedes and... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen admit Red Bull still doesn't fully understand the reasons for its current deficit to Formula 1 rivals Mercedes and Ferrari, or how to... read more »

Focus on... Advantage Ferrari A year ago, they big question ahead of each grand prix weekend was how big the gap would be between Mercedes and the rest of the field. There were... read more »

Chinese Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton says the final stint of the race was an example of "what racing is all about" because he and Sebastian Vettel were exchanging... read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits it was "a real shame" to see Sebastian Vettel prevent him from completing a Mercedes lockout of the front row in China by just 0.001s -- the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was just one-thousandth of a second away from matching his bet F1 qualifying result in China on Saturday. read more »

SHANGHAI, China -- Daniel Ricciardo says the Red Bull's lack of rear downforce is visible when comparing on-board footage of his laps with those of the Ferrari and... read more »

Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull may be as much as a second down on Ferrari and Mercedes, but is sure that the gap can be closed in the coming races. read more »

Max Verstappen has admitted that Red Bull will need to close "quite a big gap" if it is to challenge Ferrari and Mercedes during the 2017 season. Verstappen… read more »

Max Verstappen: Red Bull faces 'quite a big gap' to Ferrari/Mercedes read more »

Max Verstappen is "quite confident" that Red Bull can close the gap to Ferrari and Mercedes to within a second in the upcoming races. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo believes Mercedes is still the team to beat in 2017 and says Red Bull can only hope to close the gap to the world champions and Ferrari at the Chinese Grand... read more »

Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley hopes Formula 1's new owner Liberty Media will address the "worrying" gap between the top three teams and the midfield read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner says he is unsurprised by the margin between the 'big three' and the rest of the field... and speculates it will only get larger. read more »