Lewis Hamilton feared his seventh place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix would result in a bigger points deficit to team-mate Nico Rosberg in the drivers' championship.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his difficult start to the season has handed the advantage to title rival and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. read more »

Nico Rosberg downplayed his advantage over the chasing pack during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, pointing to mistakes made by Ferrari pair Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian... read more »

Formula 1 heads to the Shanghai International Circuit in China this weekend for the third round of the 2016 season, with Nico Rosberg looking to extend his early advantage in... read more »

Nico Rosberg took advantage of the opening lap chaos to build up an insurmountable lead in Bahrain, racing to a comfortable victory over Kimi Raikkonen... read more »

Nico Rosberg made it five wins in a row as he cruised to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix to open up a 17 point lead in the championship. Rosberg took advantage of a perfect... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is eyeing a repeat of his Melbourne start after settling for third on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel topped FP3 but the setting of the sun shifted... read more »

Valtteri Bottas fears Mercedes' impressive gap to the rest in Bahrain's Friday practice sessions is a fairer reflection of its advantage over the rest. Mercedes... read more »

The low working range supersoft appears to have a pace advantage of about one second over the soft, helped by the cool temperatures. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is refusing to look at Mercedes advantage over the competition after free practice in Bahrain. read more »

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were full of confidence after the Mercedes pair dominated Friday's first two practice sessions in Bahrain. Rosberg finished… read more »

Mercedes continued to hold a significant advantage over the rest of the field in the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix as Ferrari encountered trouble with... read more »

Nico Rosberg leads a Mercedes 1-2 and commands a 1.8secs advantage over third place Kimi Raikkonen in first free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is confident he has the pace to beat Nico Rosberg at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, despite finishing second to his Mercedes team-mate at the opening... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff expects an "even smaller" advantage over Ferrari at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Mercedes one-two in Australia hid the fact Ferrari led much... read more »

While our advantage in Melbourne was a healthy one, it was nevertheless close enough that those bad starts could easily have lost us the race. read more »

After the expected rain hit the Melbourne Street Track during practice session one and two ahead of the Australia Grand Prix, Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo said that could... read more »

Christian Horner reckons the only thing that is certain from pre-season testing is that Mercedes "have retained their advantage" over the chasing pack... read more »

Nico Rosberg says any advantage last year's Mercedes gave him over team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the end of the season has been cancelled out by the new W07 Hybrid.... read more »

Formula 1's bigger-budget teams will be at a major advantage when it comes to adapting to Formula 1's yet-to-be-determined 2017 regulations, according to… read more »

Nico Rosberg insists Mercedes doesn't have a clear-cut advantage and speculates Ferrari could even be ahead when action gets underway in Australia read more »

Lewis Hamilton doesn't believe Mercedes is 'in a league of its own', saying Ferrari and Williams have brought strong packages this year. read more »

Nico Rosberg says Ferrari and Mercedes look evenly matched in pre-season testing - despite the Silver Arrows appearing to boast a half-second advantage. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo warns Toro Rosso could get the better of Red Bull at the start of 2016 but expects the senior team will find form as the campaign progresses... read more »

Adrian Newey has described the effects of Formula 1's current power unit regulations as "very unhealthy", lamenting the performance advantage recently enjoyed… read more »