Lewis Hamilton says the damp patch where he lined up on the starting grid was not to blame for his poor start, rather he "made a mistake." read more »

Nico Rosberg says Lewis Hamilton often returns to his best after a difficult patch so he's focusing on maintaining his momentum in the F1 title race read more »

Gunther Steiner feels Haas has regained the form it enjoyed at the start of the Formula 1 season after recently going through a rough patch read more »

Manor rookie Pascal Wehrlein says a bump along the pit straight hid a patch of water, which caused him to lose control of his MRT05 early on in Q1 at the… read more »

Pascal Wehrlein said his spin during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix was "something really strange". Wehrlein lost the rear of his Manor on a wet patch as he... read more »

Nico Rosberg is at a loss to explain his purple patch, but long may it continue... read more »

The FIA hopes to implement a yellow flag speed limit in light of Jules Bianchi's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix after an initial investigation found speed was a major... read more »

While he readily admits his team is currently going through a difficult patch, McLaren engineering director Matt Morris is confident for the future. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is confident Lotus will overcome their current lean patch and return to the top 10 during the latter half of the campaign... read more »

Toto Wolff does not expect Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to remain friends this season despite the two appearing to patch up their differences ahead of the Canadian Grand... read more »

Although Mercedes are enjoying a purple patch at present, Niki Lauda says they are not looking to win "all the races" as that's not good for the sport... read more »

BBC F1 commentator David Coulthard on Fernando Alonso's "rocky patch" and the question mark over Lewis Hamilton read more »

Lewis Hamilton and former mentor Ron Dennis have moved to patch up their broken relationship. After McLaren and team ‘supremo’ Dennis built... read more »

The FIA's technical delegate Charlie Whiting has refused a request from several drivers during their meeting on Thursday in which they asked for permission to practice... read more »

Plans to widen the rear tyres for next season have been scrapped according to Pirelli, which, along with Mercedes, proposed the idea because of the increased torque demands as... read more »

Adrian Sutil says he does not respect Lewis Hamilton on a personal level any more after the Mercedes driver promised but failed to patch up their relationship read more »

Jenson Button says he isn't tempted to look for a seat elsewhere next year on the back of a so far disappointing season for the McLaren outfit. At present the Briton has... read more »

Stefano Domenicali concedes all teams have their ups and downs, but he hopes Ferrari will benefit when their rivals hit a bad patch... read more »

Lewis Hamilton on Thursday sounded keen to patch up his broken friendship with returning F1 rival Adrian Sutil. As German Sutil's career was in tatters amid the Eric Lux... read more »

Red Bull have rolled out their new RB9 car, which they hope will deliver another brace of titles to the team in 2013 in the driver and constructor championships. read more »

Nico Rosberg admits that Mercedes is currently going through a particularly dark patch, but is sure the Brackley-based team can recover. In Hungary on Sunday, he struggled to... read more »

McLaren Group Chairman Ron Dennis is confident that Lewis Hamilton will stay put for the 2013 campaign, with the former Team Principal expecting a contract renewal later this... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 13th: "I had a normal start and held position on the opening lap, so at least we did not make life more difficult than it needed to be. However, it was... read more »

Pastor Maldonado concedes he's going through a rough patch at the moment but is confident he has plenty of time in which to recover... read more »

Red Bull's Christian Horner insists Fernando Alonso's purple patch won't last forever, saying he has to have a "bad weekend" at some stage... read more »