First blood to Ferrari at Albert Park, but Max Verstappen is confident Red Bull can close their small deficit. read more »

Competition to get back to the front is motivation enough for Toto Wolff at the moment. read more »

Rob Smedley has backed Mercedes to bounce back, saying there is a "strong development curve" with the new cars. read more »

George Russell has revealed Mercedes is "working day and night" to find solutions to the W13's deficit to rivals Ferrari and Red Bull. read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has conceded the team is suffering a double deficit to F1 rivals Red Bull and Ferrari and has "quite a lot to... read more »

George Russell has insisted there is "no reason" why Mercedes can't overturn its current deficit to championship protagonists Ferrari and Red Bull. read more »

Mercedes have denied that their Saudi deficit was all PU related, saying that was only responsible for a tenth or two. read more »

Jacques Villeneuve believes Mercedes' horse power deficit means they can no longer "camouflage" bad weekends. read more »

Carlos Sainz says he "a couple of very interesting theories" over his early performance deficit to Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in 2022. Sainz was in the mix for... read more »

Mercedes' straight-line speed deficit to Formula 1 rivals Ferrari and Red Bull at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was related to drag levels, believes Toto Wolff. read more »

George Russell admits Mercedes' deficit to its rivals may grow in the Bahrain GP as they continued to struggle with porpoising. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr qualified third, with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finishing down in fifth and ninth.After the first runs in Q3 it was Sainz who led the... read more »

The defending F1 world champion topped second practice ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix by just 0.087s from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with his teammate Carlos Sainz... read more »

Ferrari seem to think their power unit *could* be on Mercedes and Red Bull's level, or perhaps even slightly ahead. read more »

Hamilton's front wing had taken a double battering in the Jeddah race on Sunday, following a clash with Esteban Ocon at the restart and then having run into the back of... read more »

Christian Horner was encouraged by Red Bull's performance in Friday practice for Formula 1's inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Despite being beaten by Ricciardo to McLaren's only win of the campaign so far at the Italian Grand Prix, Norris has shone against him in their first season paired... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes has found answers to the high-speed deficit to Red Bull that plagued the team's start of the season. read more »

Andreas Seidl expected a Ferrari fightback in 2021, but he's still pleased to see how much McLaren have progressed of late. read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton dominated the Qatar GP weekend to take a second consecutive win, which brought the championship gap with Red Bull's Max Verstappen down to... read more »

Mercedes Lewis Hamilton lead every lap of the Qatar Grand Prix en route to his sixth race win of the 2021 Formula 1 season. As a result, Hamilton has closed the deficit to Max... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed the win at F1's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver taking the chequered flag ahead of Max Verstappen. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is hoping to figure out why he's off the pace in Qatar before the business end of the weekend. read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says it would be "wrong" to blame Daniel Ricciardo for McLaren's current deficit to the Italian outfit. Following the... read more »

Since scoring a 1-2 finish in the Italian Grand Prix in September, McLaren has seen its grip on third place in the standings loosen as Ferrari has fought back.Boosted by an... read more »