We weren't too happy with our ultimate qualifying pace relative to the opposition, however relative to Thursday's running we've definitely made a positive gain. read more »

Raikkonen took a narrow pole position, being less than half a tenth faster than both Vettel and Bottas. Hamilton meanwhile could not get into Q2, struggling to find grip and... read more »

The German finished ninth in FP1 and seventh in FP2, with the pace of the RS17 surprising him after he struggled to find grip at the Spanish circuit. read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes will investigate why Lewis Hamilton was so far off the pace relative to his race winning team-mate in Russia. read more »

The Bahrain Grand Prix was set to be a good acid test of the new F1 as it is generally one of the tracks with the most overtaking and we've seen strategy play a key part... read more »

The 2017 Formula 1 season-opener in Australia featured a relative lack of overtaking, drawing complaints from some quarters, but GPUpdate.net argues that it's… read more »

Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa has apologised to McLaren pair Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne over the lack of mileage during testing so far, relative to the… read more »

McLaren boss Zak Brown expects the team to continue to make progress this season and believes they have done a very good job relative to the targets they thought were... read more »

Why would Mercedes want to risk a possible fourth consecutive title, be it drivers' or constructors', on a relative rookie? read more »

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene says his the SF16-H has an "endemic problem" when track temperatures rise. Ferrari has often shown promising pace in... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is left frustrated as a deficit in top speed relative to Mercedes and Ferrari leaves him fifth on the grid in Japan. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted that Williams' position relative to closest championship rival Force India does not bode well after day one of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix. read more »

Toto Wolff refuses to discount Ferrari as a Mercedes rival despite its recent drop-off in form relative to Red Bull. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he has been surprised by Ferrari and Red Bull's struggles relative to Mercedes at the European Grand Prix so far. Mercedes has… read more »

Fabrice Lom, FIA Head of Powertrain has shed light on how the FIA and the teams have agreed on trying to get the power unit to converge to a similar power level in the next few... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he has no doubts over his speed relative to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, stating that he simply needs to "exploit it" in future… read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff suspects Mercedes' significant advantage over rivals Ferrari at the Russian Grand Prix was down to the circuit's characteristics rather than... read more »

Sebastian Vettel plays down his relative lack of running on a damp first day for the Australian Grand Prix, despite Lewis Hamilton's top times. read more »

Though he isn't sure where Toro Rosso stands relative to its rivals yet, Max Verstappen is enjoying getting to know the Ferrari-powered STR11. read more »

Williams technical chief Pat Symonds is confident that the squad's new FW38 chassis has addressed the relative slow-speed cornering weakness of its… read more »

Mercedes is to look into Lewis Hamilton's relative slump in form in the final races. read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident Honda will be able to make big performance gains relative to other engine manufacturers over the winter by copying some of the concepts of its... read more »

After qualifying in second place for the Italian Grand Prix, with a time only around a quarter of a second shy of pole-winner Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen admitted to being... read more »

Fernando Alonso says former team Ferrari "should not be happy" with its performance relative to Formula 1 pace-setter Mercedes. Alonso left Ferrari after… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that the Red Bull chassis earlier this season was not as competitive as in previous years, but he feels that this chassis deficit has been made up... read more »