A fourth place in Qualifying was not an ideal result for Valtteri Bottas in Bahrain, but the Finn believes Mercedes can take the fight to Ferrari on race day. read more »

Even with an "ideal" lap, Sebastian Vettel thinks Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc was out of reach in Bahrain qualifying. read more »

Formula One's commercial boss Sean Bratches remains hopeful a new deal can be struck with Silverstone over the future of the British Grand Prix, but says a race on the... read more »

Formula 1 remain "very hopeful" of agreeing a new deal for the British GP at Silverstone but also admit a race in London would be an "ideal circumstance". read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes his run to a lowly fifth place in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix "sums up" his 2018 Formula 1 season. read more »

Today's result reflects the determination of the entire team, after a less than ideal qualifying. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says in an ideal world he should have left Max Verstappen more room when he attacked him around the outside at the Japanese Grand Prix. 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 »

Our laps today were not ideal, and, all in all, our qualifying session was not as good as it could have been. read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes Stoffel Vandoorne would be an ideal signing for Red Bull's junior Formula 1 team Toro Rosso read more »

Max Verstappen expects a difficult weekend for Red Bull in Italy after a surprise podium at the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren chief executive officer Zak Brown feels Carlos Sainz Jr is the ideal driver to fill the race seat vacated by Fernando Alonso read more »

Kimi Raikkonen concedes third was the "best" he could hope for in the Hungarian Grand Prix as Ferrari were out-played by Mercedes. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen lines up third for the British Grand Prix after a mistake on his best lap cost him a chance of pole position read more »

Ricciardo had a far from ideal qualifying session for the Austrian Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso feels the Austrian Grand Prix presents the ideal opportunity for McLaren to respond from his disastrous race in France read more »

Lance Stroll is disappointed for his fans after he crashed out on the fifth lap of the Canadian Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen said he was only "a bit off" the ideal line before the mistake which compromised his final qualifying attempt in Canada and saw him drop to fifth on... read more »

Rear view mirrors are often seen as a necessary inconvenience in Formula 1, because for all their safety benefit they are far from ideal in aerodynamic terms read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the first in-season F1 test came at an ideal time after Ferrari struggled with tyre life at the Spanish Grand Prix read more »

The Finn retired for a second time in 2018 after a mechanical issue halted a possible charge to the podium at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »

The young Sauber driver finished nineteenth after a spin midway through Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

The Frenchman praised his team for repairing the brake issues that hindered his morning but felt he could have qualified higher than tenth. read more »

Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli expects a two stop strategy to be the ideal solution to tackle today's Bahrain Grand Prix. However, it would not be impossible to do a... read more »

Missing out pole position by a tenth of a second, Kimi Raikkonen says his qualifying result in Bahrain was "far from ideal." read more »