Ferrari fastest? Sauber ahead of Mercedes? Andrew Benson studies the first F1 test to find first impressions can be deceiving. read more »

Romain Grosjean says he is encouraged by Lotus's E23 Hybrid after he sampled the car for the first time on the final day of the Jerez test. Grosjean posted the sixth... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo may not have completed "a whole lot of laps" on Sunday, but the Australian was pretty impressed with the new Red Bull... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he is encouraged by Red Bull's start to pre-season testing after putting the interim-liveried RB11 through its paces at Jerez. Red Bull endured a... read more »

You've HEARD the Sauber C34-Ferrari (http://youtu.be/XuSd-ZIkRA0), now it's time to SEE her! Swiss broadcaster SRF were able to film a few minutes shortly before the... read more »

Q. How was your Christmas? Felipe Massa: Christmas was great, it was nice to be with the family and I spent it at home in Brazil. I then went to Miami for New Year... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is not expecting any surprises ahead of this weekend’s Korean Grand Prix. Alonso was seventh quickest during second practice in Yeongam.... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi got his first taste of a Formula 1 car since he was dropped by Sauber at the end of last season. The Japanese driver was given the opportunity to drive a... read more »

Felipe Massa says Ferrari is on a 'different planet' compared to the difficult situation it found itself in during pre-season Formula 1 testing last year, after... read more »

Q. In three days the Sauber C32-Ferrari will turn its first wheel out on the track. What are your feelings going into the roll-out? Monisha Kaltenborn: I’m very... read more »

McLaren says it has been encouraged by its early impressions of Sergio Perez, after the Mexican got down to work with the team last week. read more »

Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has praised Austin’s new Circuit of the Americas, which hosted its first two practice sessions on Friday. General first impressions... read more »

Friday brought Formula 1 its first new race track for over a year, as the last had been the sport’s first visit to India in October 2011. Austin’s Circuit... read more »

Fernando Alonso described his initial impressions of some new Ferrari updates in Canada as "positive" read more »

Fernando Alonso, 4th: "For we drivers, Thursday in Monaco provides the best opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with a very unique track. The more you go round, the more... read more »

t is standard practice to describe the Monaco Grand Prix as a lottery and it’s even more of a cliche this year, as there does not seem to be a clear favourite going into the... read more »

As a home race for Nico Rosberg, he and the team were more than happy to be out on the streets of Monaco for the 70th anniversay. Both him and Michael Shumacher were hampered... read more »

Fernando Alonso felt Ferrari made a positive start to the Monaco Grand Prix today, reporting that his first impressions of the F2012 are 'quite positive'. read more »

Fernando Alonso said his first impressions of the Ferrari car were positive after he finished quickest of all in FP1 and fourth fastest in FP2 for the Monaco Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso is encouraged after Ferrari's wind tunnel findings translated into on-track performance in Friday's Barcelona practices... read more »

Fernando Alonso says his early impressions are positive as Ferrari introduces improvements for the F2012 in Barcelona read more »

This was the first day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, but, for Scuderia Ferrari at least, it felt more like the sixteenth day of testing of 2012. There were a lot of... read more »

As the dusk falls at Jerez, Spain, bringing to an end the first F1 test session of the new season, Episode 56 looks back at the past four days of intense development work by... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was pleased to report positive first impressions of the Sauber C31 as F1 pre-season testing began on Tuesday. Although he stopped on-track 20 minutes before the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says his first impressions of his new E20 are "good" despite not getting out of second gear... read more »