Lewis Hamilton doesn't believe Mercedes are under pressure to compete for the title this season, considering their form last year, but instead it's on their rivals.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been playing down his chances but Gary Anderson reckons he can challenge for top honours with Mercedes this year. read more »

Jules Bianchi says he is "thrilled" to have finally secured a seat on the Formula 1 grid after coming so close with Force India. The 23-year-old lost out to Adrian... read more »

María de Villota has been cleared to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time since her horrific testing accident at Duxford last July. The Spaniard, who... read more »

Damon Hill admits Mercedes are facing a "tall order" this year, but he expects them to challenge come 2014... read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button has shrugged off the recent loss of technical director Paddy Lowe, who is set to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next season. Whilst the 2009... read more »

McLaren have confirmed that Paddy Lowe will depart the team at the end of the season following speculation that he will join Mercedes in a senior role. The technical designer,... read more »

As the Mercedes W04 is continues to impress at Barcelona, Lewis Hamilton has warned fans not to get carried away, insisting that the German team is not in a position to... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Williams is targeting a challenge at the front of the grid immediately this season read more »

Lewis Hamilton has played down suggestions he could challenge for the world championship, saying his target is only to score points read more »

Romain Grosjean said carrying out a race simulation on the third day of testing at Barcelona was "very hard" read more »

Fernando Alonso is "positive" Ferrari will be there or thereabouts when it comes to challenging for the 2013 Championship... read more »

Nico Rosberg sounded positive on the first day of testing in Barcelona after topping the timesheet come the end of the session. The German declared the W04 "a lot... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is targeting a more consistent challenge at the front of the grid this season with Williams read more »

Toro Rosso technical director James Key believes the team could challenge for sixth place in the standings this year, although he admits it is a big ask read more »

With the 19-race 2013 season not yet upon us, plenty of plans are already being made for the following championship. Asked what the biggest challenge was in designing this... read more »

Mika Hakkinen doesn't believe Mercedes, going by their Jerez pre-season form, will be a match for McLaren this season. The Finnish champion admitted it was too early to... read more »

Double world champion Mika Hakkinen believes Mercedes is unlikely to challenge for honours at the front of the grid this season. Hakkinen, who won the 1998 and 1999 world... read more »

Mika Hakkinen believes Mercedes' early form from last week's Jerez test makes it unlikely that Lewis Hamilton will be able to challenge his former team McLaren this year read more »

Mika Hakkinen tells BBC radio 5 live Lewis Hamilton is unlikely to challenge for the 2013 Formula 1 driver's title. read more »

Mika Hakkinen says he doesn't think Mercedes will be a challengers during the 2013 F1 season read more »

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado believes the team can build on their 2012 form into 2013. Maldonado was victorious in the Spanish Grand Prix last year but squandered other... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is certain that his Williams team can challenge the established order in Formula 1 in 2013, with the Venezuelan hoping to add another Grand Prix victory to his... read more »

The Salinas Grandes is a 3,200 mi² salt desert in northern Argentina, a place with unforgiving temperatures and extreme conditions. What better location to test the limits of... read more »

Niki Lauda hopeful that Mercedes will make forward progress and challenge for a place in the top three during F1 2013 read more »