Felipe Massa showed the first tangible proof of Williams' potential this year by topping the times on the opening day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona as McLaren... read more »

Nico Rosberg says Mercedes was actually expecting more from the impressive medium tyre run which put him within three tenths of Romain Grosjean's super-soft benchmark in... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen posted the quickest lap over the entire four days on the final day of the Jerez test to put Ferrari top, as F1 takes a two-week break before the second test in... read more »

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel remained fastest on the second day of pre-season testing at the Circuito de Jerez, producing a new benchmark time of 1:20.984 to comfortably... read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has refused to be drawn on his team’s title chances for 2015, but confirmed that his squad has reasons for optimism. Last year Red Bull's... read more »

Red Bull's RB11 will only just be ready for the first pre-season test in Jerez on Sunday according to team principal Christian Horner. During a media event in Milton... read more »

Mercedes' rivals have been warned to brace themselves for a step forward from Formula 1's benchmark engine supplier this year read more »

Red Bull has no doubt that the performance gap to Mercedes is closing, but doubts it will overcome Formula 1's dominant benchmark team before 2014 is over read more »

Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg during a thrilling conclusion to Saturday's qualifying session for the Singapore Grand Prix.... read more »

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix. Alonso's time of 1:49.056 was 0.122s faster than... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time during the first practice session at a cool, but sunny Spa-Francorchamps as Formula 1 returned from its summer break. Rosberg topped the times... read more »

Williams head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley believes the team is gradually "inching closer" to the dominant Mercedes outfit. The team is already eyeing its first... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is enjoying having the edge over team-mate Sebastian Vettel as he reckons the German is "an awesome benchmark" to judge his own ability... read more »

Fernando Alonso has hailed Mercedes as the new benchmark for Ferrari, saying they have been a "good surprise" to F1 this season... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the early benchmark for the German Grand Prix in what proved to be a productive FP1 session for all teams... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the early benchmark at Silverstone on Friday, but Free Practice One turned into a nightmare for Williams... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the benchmark time in the opening practice session for the British Grand Prix on Friday morning in Silverstone. The Mercedes driver's lap of 1:35.424 was... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has what it takes to be a world champion, former F1 driver and team owner Gerhard Berger believes. The Austrian says he has no doubt that Ricciardo can win one... read more »

Despite a longer than usual break between races, Ferrari Technical Director James Allison does not target the Spanish Grand Prix as a benchmark for the team but instead aims to... read more »

Championship leader Nico Rosberg says that Red Bull remains the benchmark in 2014, despite the reigning champions sitting 97 points behind Mercedes after the opening four races... read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Red Bull is still the benchmark as a team and will come back strongly at Mercedes this season due to a high development rate read more »

Although Red Bull are "under a little bit of heat", Mark Webber has backed his former team to bounce back... read more »

Vijay Mallya believes Force India's performance in Bahrain should be the benchmark for the rest of its season read more »

Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe is expecting a ‘tight battle’ in Bahrain this weekend and has said it is should provide a benchmark. read more »

Mercedes have warned that, with their disastrous winter testing already rendered a distant memory, fast-improving Red Bull are still the team to beat in F1 despite their own... read more »