Michael Schumacher helped allay fears that the Mercedes W02 might lack pace by setting the fastest time of the week at testing at Barcelona on Friday. read more »

Renault team principal Eric Boullier believes that it would be unwise to write off Mercedes and McLaren as potential rivals to his team in 2011, despite both teams struggle to... read more »

Mark Webber says he hopes that Red Bull aren't far off Ferrari's pace, suggesting the Italian team could be the quickest car at the first read more »

Sergio Perez has played down Sauber's pace after the Mexican set the quickest lap we've seen so far in Barcelona over a total of seven read more »

Mark Webber has refused to rule out Ferrari as favourites for the start of the 2011 Formula 1 season in Melbourne, despite most of Red Bull's rivals pointing to the RB7 as... read more »

Rubens Barrichello was fourth quickest today for Williams on the third day of testing at Barcelona. read more »

Despite further reliability woes scuppering his test plans, Jarno Trulli remains convinced Team Lotus can challenge the midfield in F1 2011 - and Heikki Kovalainen's pace... read more »

Sauber man and F1 2011 rookie Sergio Perez concluded his final day of pre-season testing at Barcelona in style today by setting the pace. read more »

Nico Rosberg has hailed the first phase of Mercedes Grand Prix's upgrade package for its off-the-pace MGP W02 at this week's Barcelona test as 'impressive'... read more »

Defending F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel suggests a clear picture of teams' respective pace may not necessarily be seen in Melbourne - but Red Bull looks to be right... read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists it is still too early to say that Red Bull has the fastest car going into the 2011 season, despite the team's performances in testing this week read more »

Sebastian Vettel wasted no time at all in underlining Red Bull's raw pace at the Barcelona test on Wednesday, by setting the fastest lap at the circuit so far on his first... read more »

Red Bull remained on top on day two of the final winter test at Barcelona, as world champion Sebastian Vettel gave another impressive demonstration of his team's 2011 pace read more »

Sebastian Vettel wasted no time at all in underlining Red Bull's raw pace at the Barcelona test on Wednesday, by setting the fastest lap at the circuit so far on his first... read more »

Mark Webber set the pace on the first day of the final pre-season test at Barcelona, Sergio Perez' late timesheet-topper being disallowed as the Mexican was adjudged as... read more »

Mark Webber has stated that Red Bull Racing are not holding back in terms of raw pace, as is currently being suggested in the Barcelona paddock as Formula 1 testing resumes... read more »

A spokesman for Hispania Racing insists they are not worried about Narain Karthikeyan's lack of pace during the recent pre-season test at Barcelona... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has joined a growing list of drivers complaining about the high degredation levels of the Pirelli tyres. This, despite his boss Martin Whitmarsh, calling read more »

Brawn: Mercedes are a second off the pace read more »

Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry insists his team is not yet panicking about its apparent lack of pace, but did admit it is currently benefitting from the longer build up to the first... read more »

Ross Brawn admits that Mercedes is 'about a second' shy of the outright pace in F1 2011 - but is 'quietly confident' an upgrade for next week's... read more »

Mercedes GP Team Principal Ross Brawn has admitted that the World Champion team of 2009 are around currently around a full second slower than they had planned to be, with a... read more »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn admits that the German outfit is currently a second off the pace, but is convinced a major upgrade will help make up the difference. read more »

Ross Brawn has openly recognised that the 2011 MGP-W02 is off the pace of the front-runners Ferrari and Red Bull. In an interview with the BBC's read more »

Ross Brawn admits his Mercedes team are struggling for pace with the start of the new season fast approaching. read more »