Fernando Alonso says Haas will act as the early season benchmark for McLaren, following an impressive start to F1 2018.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton remained top of the standings in Melbourne after becoming the first and only driver to dip into the 1:23s benchmark at Albert Park. read more »

Ferrari may not have set the benchmark during winter testing but it hasn't stopped Sebastian Vettel from labeling his car "great" ahead of the season-opening... read more »

As Fernando Alonso put in the first laps in the MCL33, Zak Brown conceded that Red Bull will be McLaren's benchmark for this season. read more »

Renault will measure its performance against the success of its customer teams in 2018 as it continues to build towards its target of a full championship challenge in 2020. read more »

Renault's academy director Mia Sharizman concedes Red Bull are the ones to look up to when it comes to setting the benchmark for their young driver programme. read more »

Following a "roller-coaster" 2017 is the new partnership with Honda set to see Toro Rosso's luck run out? read more »

Marcus Ericsson says despite his frustrating results for Sauber he feels demonstrating his pace against Mercedes-backed Pascal Wehrlein paid off in 2017. read more »

Despite McLaren switching to Renault power next season, Christian Horner believes Red Bull will remain the French manufacturer's "benchmark" team. read more »

Red Bull expects to remain the benchmark for Renault in 2018, despite McLaren taking on the manufacturer's engines, according to team boss Christian… read more »

MEXICO CITY -- Max Verstappen was left frustrated after missing out on the first pole position of his career by just 0.083s at the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen looked like... read more »

Sebastian Vettel's morning time remained the benchmark through Wednesday's in-season test action at the Hungaroring, as Robert Kubica continued to impress on… read more »

SPIELBERG, Austria -- Valtteri Bottas edged Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to pole position by just 0.042s in Austria, as Lewis Hamilton could had to settle for third ahead of... read more »

Kevin Magnussen says Haas Formula 1 team-mate Romain Grosjean is faster than Jenson Button "on his day" and is providing better benchmark for comparison than 2016... read more »

Williams set a new benchmark for the 2017 season when it comes to pit stops with a 2.17 second stop in Canada. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes Ferrari's 2017 power unit is now the benchmark engine in Formula One. Haas is the only team other than Maranello's... read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari will continue to follow their own programme and not become distracted after falling short of Mercedes' benchmark in Australia. read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton maintained his perfect start to 2017 by again setting the benchmark pace in second practice at Albert Park. Hamilton, who... read more »

Stepping up to Force India, Esteban Ocon admits that new teammate Sergio Perez will be the perfect benchmark. read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel lowered the benchmark pre-season lap time at the Circuit de Catalunya to a 1:19.024 on the penultimate day of Formula One... read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Valtteri Bottas hinted that times are likely to keep coming down in the final days of 2017 winter testing as he lowered the pre-season benchmark on a day... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has kept hold of the new fastest lap of pre-season testing from this morning as Ferrari suffered two major blips read more »

Sebastian Vettel got to within two tenths of Valtteri Bottas' morning benchmark of 1:19.705 as Ferrari and Mercedes continued to impress in Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has set a fresh benchmark for F1 2017 with a new fastest lap in pre-season testing of 1m 19.705s to streak clear read more »

Honda sets itself a Mercedes benchmark for the opening round of the 2017 F1 season... but it is not what it seems. read more »