Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Drivers – Pastor Maldonado (Williams), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Sergio Perez (Sauber), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes),... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa is optimistic that improvements to his HRT car should help the team qualify for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »

Force India didn't have the greatest race at Autralia, but with Malaysia just around the corner, the team is nonetheless optimistic about its chances there. With teams... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says post-race analysis has helped him pinpoint why he slipped back in the Australian Grand Prix, leaving him in a far more optimistic frame of mind heading into... read more »

Leading Formula 1 teams are optimistic that talks to frame a new Concorde Agreement with Bernie Ecclestone are progressing in the right way, amid talk that some competitors... read more »

Charles Pic is optimistic he will be able to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix despite the lack of significant running on Friday. read more »

Michael Schumacher topped the timesheets in Australia on Friday, signalling a promising start to Mercedes’ 2012 Formula 1 season. This year, the Brackley squad has... read more »

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso remains optimistic of challenging for the title, despite a difficult winter test for the team. read more »

Winning races in 2012 is a little 'too optimistic' for Mercedes, that's the view of the outfit's team principal Ross Brawn who was probed on read more »

Ross Brawn believes it would be too optimistic to expect his Mercedes team to be fighting for race wins this season. read more »

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali remains optimistic that his team can mount a late surge in the 2012 Formula 1 title race even if it endures a tough start read more »

The folk over at Mercedes GP are pretty happy that the new season is at last getting underway and they're optimistic that they'll do well... read more »

Lotus team boss Eric Boullier says he is 'cautiously optimistic' about the future for his team after topping the times in Spain read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison is optimistic having missed the second pre-season test will not be a big setback for the team as it prepares to get back on track tomorrow. read more »

Fernando Alonso spent his second day at the wheel of the Ferrari F2012 today, a day where the Italian team spent time testing different exhaust layouts and using flow-vis paint... read more »

Sergio Perez says Sauber has good reason to optimistic for the opening races of 2012 after labelling the new C31 as a good starting point to work from this season read more »

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic McLaren has the pace to fight at the front at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix when the season kicks off next month. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is optimistic that Caterham will be able to challenge for midfield positions now that they have KERS on board. read more »

During this morning’s technical presentation of the MP4-27 at the McLaren Technology Centre, Jenson Button, who will begin his 13th season in the pinnacle of motorsport,... read more »

A refreshed Lewis Hamilton is optimistic of an improved 2012 season read more »

Jenson Button says he is optimistic about his chances for 2012 after McLaren reveals the new MP4-27 read more »

The first pre-season tests of the 2012 Formula 1 season will start in Jerez, Spain on February 7, but the recently rebranded Marussia F1 Team will not be there. Delays in the... read more »

Fernando Alonso refused to make predictions about how he thinks his team will perform this season, but he is happy with what he's seen of the new car thus far. read more »

Fernando Alonso has refused to speculate on how Ferrari will get on this year and he reckons they won t know the 'full worth' of the team s 2012 car until Malaysia or... read more »

Rubens Barrichello may be feeling optimistic about his chances of remaining at Williams but he is not the only Brazilian in the mix... read more »