Outside the points in Melbourne, Renault MD Cyril Abiteboul concedes the team went into the grand prix lacking "mileage and preparation." read more »

Toto Wolff concedes Ferrari simply had too much pace for Mercedes in Australia, explaining the strategy call that cost Lewis Hamilton the race win. read more »

Valtteri Bottas concedes Ferrari were "just a bit too quick" for Mercedes in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Toto Wolff concedes Mercedes' gap to the rest of the field appears to have shrunk ahead of the new Formula 1 season getting underway in Australia. read more »

Ahead of his second season as a Red Bull driver, Max Verstappen is dreaming of winning a F1 World title but concedes that is the easy part. read more »

Although Valtteri Bottas edges Lewis Hamilton in testing, the Finn concedes that he's on a "steep" learning curve and won't panic if his team-mate is faster... read more »

Eric Boullier concedes Fernando Alonso will base his decision regarding 2018 on whether or not this year's MCL32 is a competitive car or not. read more »

With little more than a week to go before the cars hit the track in Melbourne, Lewis Hamilton concedes that only "time will tell" whether Mercedes can up their pace. read more »

Although Christian Horner believes that in the RB13 Red Bull have the "basis of a good car", he concedes Mercedes remain the team to beat. read more »

Although Kimi Raikkonen reckons Ferrari's pre-season has been "much smoother going" than in recent years, he concedes that may not mean much come the end of 2017. read more »

Although Toto Wolff says Mercedes' rules of engagement need to be revised after last year's Abu Dhabi GP, he concedes there is likely to be a "completely... read more »

Describing the VJM10 as a "cracker of a car", Vijay Mallya concedes the car launched on Wednesday will not be the car raced come Melbourne. read more »

Although Bob Bell believes this year's Formula 1 cars will undoubtedly be quicker and make for exciting racing, he concedes that the jury is still out on whether it will... read more »

Nico Rosberg concedes that his long-standing friendship with Lewis Hamilton meant that the bust-ups came with more anger and hurt feelings. read more »

Toto Wolff has charged his squad with aggressive targets for 2017 and concedes the build-up towards testing is always an anxious time read more »

Robert Kubica would like to return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car but concedes that taking part in a race weekend is "something totally different" to testing. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone concedes the takeover of Formula 1 by Liberty Media could cost him his job with reports linking former ESPN exec Sean Bratches to his role. read more »

Although Eric Boullier says success for McLaren this season would be winning, he concedes the Woking team must not set expectations "too high." read more »

Despite testing the 2017 tyres with modified cars, Pirelli's F1 racing manager Mario Isola concedes there are still "some question marks" about how the tyres... read more »

Manor owner Stephen Fitzpatrick concedes that the two points Sauber scored in Brazil, which eclipsed Manor's one for the 2017 season, sealed the team's fate. read more »

Jenson Button concedes he may have jumped the gun when he made the decision not to race in F1 back in August as his mindset has "definitely" changed. read more »

Although Romain Grosjean concedes that Esteban Gutierrez has "good" qualifying pace, he reckons inconsistent performances on grand prix Sundays cost him his Haas seat. read more »

Sebastian Vettel concedes Ferrari "can't be proud" of its currently-winless 2016 Formula 1 season read more »

Rival Formula 1 teams are better than Williams at exploiting the regulations, concedes its technical chief Pat Symonds read more »

Lewis Hamilton concedes losing this year's Formula 1 world title to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg will be hard to swallow read more »