It's difficult to judge our competitiveness based on today's performance, but it's fair to say that we have some work to do this evening to optimise things. read more »

It's clear that there's a division between the cars that can make the tyres work, and those that can't - it's a difficult balancing act, and we're not... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was left frustrated at lost track time as a technical problem prevented him running during FP1 for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg say they face a revived challenge from Ferrari at this weekend's Chinese GP. read more »

Even if we are making progress on all fronts, we are well aware that it's always hard to know where you stand on a Friday. read more »

Fernando Alonso says that he is encouraged by the upgrades which Ferrari has applied to the F14 T ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he is encouraged by the progress Ferrari has made during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix after finishing first and second in FP1 and FP2 respectively read more »

Marussia drivers Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton admitted it was difficult to get into a rhythm during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix after a few problems blighted their... read more »

It has been a good day. We had a complicated and involved programme which we completed. read more »

In race conditions we are not yet where we should be. With these settings we are losing speed on the straights. This is something we have to look into. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is on the back foot slightly despite being fastest in Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, and has welcomed the challenge from Ferrari read more »

Our long runs looked pretty good and we did more laps than we thought we would. read more »

Both drivers are finding it tricky to get a good balance around this circuit, which has some challenging characteristics, so we have some more work to do overnight. read more »

Force India racer Sergio Perez says he needs to improve the balance of the VJM07 ahead of qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. read more »

Off the back of what was a very positive test last week, it is unfortunate that we have arrived here with a couple of issues, which have hampered the programme. read more »

Adrian Sutil says that Sauber faces a lot of work in order to improve the C33 and provide the team a with a chance of fighting for points at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button thinks Daniel Ricciardo is the only driver with a chance of coming close to the Mercedes cars at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Pastor Maldonado has taken responsibility for his crash at the pit entry during free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

All in all a good day, despite some issues with the ERS system going on and off, but everything should be solved for tomorrow. read more »

We are now much closer to the limits on both cars and the positive results that seem to have transferred across into the times as well. read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo both think there's more to come from Mercedes after opening practice for the Chinese GP on Friday. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is hoping to challenge for a top three F1 finish in the Chinese Grand Prix, but accepts that Red Bull faces a stern challenge. read more »

Sebastian Vettel suspects Mercedes will still be the clear favourite at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, despite a closer fought practice session on Friday read more »

Renault has made progress with their power unit ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, according to head of track operations Remi Taffin. Renault has been on the back... read more »

Nico Rosberg expects the greatest challenge to his chance of victory at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix to come from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »