Valtteri Bottas says that he and Hamilton has "completely different cars" for qualifying, and that this led to his lack of pace compared to the Brit. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo jokes deficit to Max Verstappen a birthday gift read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left confused by his slump in the final phase of qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, as team-mate Lewis Hamilton claimed pole… read more »

Kimi Raikkonen expressed his disappointment at narrowly missing out on pole position to Lewis Hamilton during a thrilling finale to qualifying at the… read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes his deficit to Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton in recent grands prix is down to his driving style not suiting the car read more »

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel says he is "not too fussed" by his current deficit to title rival Lewis Hamilton, after falling adrift of the Mercedes driver in… read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted Mercedes have a pace deficit to overcome in Singapore, as the Finn struggled to even match his own team-mate in Friday free practice. read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits surprise at Ferrari's wet deficit read more »

Formula 1 title leader Sebastian Vettel admitted he was left surprised by his and Ferrari's deficit to its rivals in wet conditions as he qualified only eighth… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is looking forward to racing in Italy this weekend, where he hopes to pull off another strong result, despite Red Bull's power deficit. read more »

The Spaniard ran as high as seventh before the deficit in power became evident and he dropped further and further down the order before retiring with a power unit issue. read more »

The Belgian felt he was a sitting duck on the straights, with the pace deficit of his MCL32 making it impossible to attack or defend at Spa-Francorchamps. read more »

Fernando Alonso gets a dream start in the Belgian Grand Prix... but his afternoon soon turns to a familiar nightmare read more »

Lewis Hamilton cut his championship deficit to Sebastian Vettel to just seven points with a closely fought victory in the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- After another qualifying session ended by a loss of power, Fernando Alonso took a swipe at McLaren's engine partner Honda. With teammate... read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits he is "slightly confused" by his deficit to Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton after he qualified in third position for the Belgian Grand… read more »

Fernando Alonso believes the McLaren Formula 1 team could have topped the times in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying if not for the power deficit of its Honda engine read more »

Renault are planning to bring "software and hardware updates" to Spa and Monza as they attempt to narrow the pace deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari. read more »

Toro Rosso expects the next two races in the Formula 1 season at Spa and Monza to cause "problems" for the team read more »

Max Verstappen is downbeat about the possibility of Red Bull closing the pace deficit to Mercedes and Ferrari in the second half of the season. read more »

The Spaniard believes there is too large a deficit between the top three teams and the rest of the field. read more »

Lagging behind F1's leading cars by as much as "one to two seconds" per lap, Gene Haas says his team's deficit is "really depressing." read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he now feels "fully settled in" at Mercedes, and cannot attribute any potential performance deficit to his inexperience with the… read more »

Mercedes junior George Russell was left feeling encouraged by his relatively small deficit to Valtteri Bottas on the first day of the Hungaroring in-season… read more »

HUNGARORING -- Lewis Hamilton says it is unclear which setup direction Mercedes should take in order to overcome the deficit he faced to Daniel Ricciardo's fastest Friday... read more »