Alonso snaps back at suggestions F1 has failed him by his lack of a competitive car, stressing it was his decision entirely to quit for 2019. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr says Fernando Alonso's impending exit from Formula 1 should give the series' chiefs food for thought and encourage them to make the championship more... read more »

Toto Wolff says whatever happens to Esteban Ocon in 2019 he expects the Frenchman to be in a competitive seat in 2020. read more »

Formula One's motorsport director Ross Brawn believes Sebastian Vettel's mistakes can no longer be viewed as an unfortunate coincidence and are instead proof that the... read more »

Nico Hülkenberg's sixth at the United States GP marked the German's second points finish in six outings at CoTA and aided Renault's quest for a top four finish... read more »

Perez believes the track layout at the Circuit of the Americas will suit Force India's package, as the reborn team looks to continue to move up the constructors'... read more »

McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran says he must keep a lid on his competitive spirit, which is making him "angry" amid the Formula 1 team's struggles read more »

Mika Hakkinen would be open to returning to competitive action read more »

Toro Rosso expects a competitive showing from Daniil Kvyat on his return to F1 with the team in 2019.  read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff reckons changes to aerodynamic rules for 2019 could mix up Formula 1's competitive order and allow a team to gain an early advantage read more »

Red Bull's support in Japan could increase massively if they become race winners and competitive whilst running with Honda power, according to Helmut Marko. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo felt there were positive signs to take away from practice at Suzuka on Friday, and he feels Red Bull should be more competitive on Saturday. read more »

The Finn was well adrift of Lewis Hamilton's fastest times of the day in Japan and knows there is work to be done to be competitive this weekend. read more »

We seem to be quite competitive here and have a good foundation to build on for the rest of the weekend. read more »

Gil de Ferran hopes Suzuka is a better weekend for the McLaren team than Sochi was last weekend, where neither Fernando Alonso nor Stoffel Vandoorne were a points contender. read more »

Marcus Ericsson is hoping to be competitive in Japan this weekend and add to his points tally read more »

Despite all our efforts to find the ideal set-up, neither on Saturday nor in the race were we competitive enough to worry our closest rivals. read more »

Sergio Perez had only one session on Friday but the Mexican finished an encouraging seventh fastest, just ahead of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. read more »

Pierre Gasly hopes to have a competitive STR13 this weekend in Sochi, whilst Brendon Hartley will experience racing in Russia for the very first time. read more »

Fernando Alonso was happy with the competitiveness of his MCL33 during Qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, and hopes to take advantage of having free choice of starting... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will end his six-year tenure as part of the Mercedes-Benz junior team at the end of 2018 after a competitive ride for 2019 was not forthcoming. read more »

Mercedes confirms it will part company with Pascal Wehrlein at the end of 2018 after it was unable to find him a competitive drive for next year. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes his team has come under extra scrutiny from its rivals now that the American outfit has become more competitive. read more »

We looked more competitive on the long runs this afternoon but on the short runs Ferrari were really fast and we also still have a big gap to Mercedes. read more »

Renault still hold the advantage over Haas in the Constructors' Championship, but the gap is only six points after what happened in the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »