Having out-developed most teams last season, Cyril Abiteboul admits Renault are again lagging behind after failing to produce a car "at the level of our expectations." read more »

Lewis Hamilton says understanding the 2018 Mercedes car will be just as important as the development race if he is to overturn the performance deficit to Ferrari. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is relieved Mercedes has managed to cut the deficit to Ferrari after struggling through much of practice in Baku. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull are confident they have a race-winning car at the Azerbaijan GP, even if Mercedes and Ferrari close their deficit in Saturday's qualifying... read more »

McLaren will try a "different philosophy" in Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice to try to reduce its top speed deficit at one of Formula 1's fastest circuits,... read more »

Mercedes is leading the Constructor's Championship of the 2018 Formula One Championship by only one point in front of Ferrari while Lewis Hamilton is trailing by a deficit... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr says his deficit to Nico Hulkenberg is partly because he is still learning his Renault Formula 1 team-mate's "little tricks" read more »

The Belgian was more than half a second down on challenging for a top ten starting position, and feels work needs to be done to address McLaren's pace deficit in Qualifying. read more »

Max Verstappen says Red Bull's engine power deficit to the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes in China is at the core of his qualifying frustrations read more »

Valtteri Bottas: Tyre usage doesn't explain half-second deficit read more »

Mercedes has been left "surprised" by the 0.5s deficit to F1 rivals Ferrari during Chinese Grand Prix qualifying, concedes Valtteri Bottas.  read more »

Toto Wolff pins Mercedes deficit on tyres read more »

This weekend's Chinese Grand Prix offers Lewis Hamilton the perfect opportunity to end Sebastian Vettel's winning streak before the deficit becomes too great. But... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes the Mercedes Formula 1 team has an advantage of "three, four tenths" over Ferrari, despite the Scuderia's victory in the Australian... read more »

Max Verstappen is still wary of a potential straight-line speed deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari as Red Bull look to emerge as a major title contender. read more »

Max Verstappen fears Red Bull will continue to suffer "painful" loses on the straights compared to F1 rivals Mercedes and Ferrari in 2018. read more »

Red Bull believes a 0.5-second deficit to favourite Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix will be enough for it to be in the hunt in the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

Max Verstappen says closing the qualifying gap to Mercedes is key to Red Bull's chances of beating the world champions to race wins in 2018. read more »

Helmut Marko remains concerned that a power deficit could prove critical for Red Bull's 2018 title hopes, amid fears that Mercedes could actually extend its power unit... read more »

Of the three Renault powered teams racing in the 2018 championship, Cyril Abiteboul reckons it is Renault with the disadvantage as they have a "substantial deficit"... read more »

Renault expects its chassis' performance deficit is too "substantial" to beat its Formula 1 customer teams Red Bull and McLaren this season, but wants to match... read more »

Following a delayed engine decision, the two-week deficit on McLaren's 2018 car has almost been recovered, according to Eric Boullier. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says the "fair beating" Ferrari got in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shows just how much work the Formula 1 team has to do ahead of 2018 read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has ruled out using “artificial” performance levellers to close the gap between the teams but did highlight his growing concern about the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is hopeful that Ferrari can still challenge Mercedes for victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, despite a sizeable deficit in… read more »