Lando Norris said his second place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix exceeded the team's expectations and he was pleasantly surprised by their pace over Ferrari. read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted that he was pleasantly "surprised" by the "commitment and levels of motivation" Lance Stroll showed during the 2023 Formula 1... read more »

Charles Leclerc admitted he was pleasantly surprised by the job his Ferrari team did during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix after securing a late pole position. read more »

Max Verstappen has admitted that he was pleasantly surprised that breaking Sebastian Vettel's F1 consecutive win record was more fun than he thought it would be. read more »

George Russell has admitted he was pleasantly surprised with Daniel Ricciardo's impeccable behaviour during their boozy reunion at a party spot in Ibiza. read more »

Zhou Guanyu admits he was surprised Alfa Romeo maintained its competitiveness in Q3 after both cars ended up inside the top seven in qualifying in Hungary. Alfa Romeo has... read more »

Williams have been one of the pleasantly surprising stories of 2023 so far and yet they still find themselves at the bottom of the constructors' standings. read more »

Carlos Sainz is happy to see the FIA taking action on porpoising promptly. read more »

Having been a backmarker with Haas, K-Mag is pleasantly surprised about what he's returned to. read more »

Max Verstappen has been pleasantly surprised by the impact Sergio Perez has made at Red Bull. read more »

We planned for low-grip conditions but were pleasantly surprised when the first push lap was already faster than anything we achieved in the dry last year. read more »

Haas principal Guenther Steiner was pleasantly surprised to see how well Nikita Mazepin and his engineer worked together at the Russian GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is pleased to welcome Ferrari to the equation as a surprise competitor at the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Guenther Steiner is "very confident" that he has made the right call putting two rookies in the Haas this season. read more »

McLaren boss Zak Brown admits he is pleasantly surprised by the lack of mistakes Lando Norris has made so far in his Formula 1 career, especially due to his status as a rookie. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo was pleasantly surprised with the performance of his Renault, as the Aussie earned seventh place to qualify best of the rest at the British Grand Prix. read more »

Carlos Sainz says he has been "pleasantly surprised" by McLaren's form since joining the team at the start of 2019 - and is optimistic they can maintain momentum... read more »

Sergio Perez has been pleasantly surprised from what he has seen from Lance Stroll so far at Racing Point. read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted that he is pleasantly surprised by how the new 2019 McLaren car performed at testing in Barcelona over the past couple of weeks, but did warn that... read more »

Pleasantly surprised at Pierre Gasly's fourth in Bahrain, Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost admits he is looking for consistent double points finishes in second half of season. read more »

Hulkenberg takes an unexpected sixth-place finish at Spa to lift Renault closer to Haas in the constructors' standings. read more »

Nico Hülkenberg says he was "pleasantly surprised" by Renault's showing on the first day of practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Hülkenberg wound up… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says that he hopes to be "pleasantly surprised" by Red Bull's upgrades at the Spanish Grand Prix, stressing the need to make sizeable… read more »

Fernando Alonso was left pleasantly surprised with 13th on the grid in China, something he put down to pushing like a "big animal" -- more specifically, an elephant... read more »

Formula 1 fans were pleasantly surprised on Monday when teams posted video clips throughout the opening day of pre-season testing, amid a relaxation of the… read more »