Mercedes enjoyed an encouraging morning before Lewis Hamilton's crash, but Toto Wolff doesn't think the team has stolen an obvious march on its rivals over the... read more »

Caterham plays down talk that it has agreed terms with both Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson for the 2014 F1 season     read more »

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff has played down fears of Formula 1 testing chaos with new cars struggling to complete laps early on, but accepts there will be an unusual... read more »

Michael Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm has downplayed reports in the European media that quote her as saying the former world champion is no longer in immediate... read more »

The organisers of the F1 United States Grand Prix at Austin in Texas have attempted to downplay the fact that next year's third running of the event will clash with a... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh has downplayed suggestions that Mercedes' 2014 V6 engine is the best in the field... read more »

Marussia team boss John Booth says his team's 10th place in the Constructors' Championship is more of a morale boost than a financial one... read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel has downplayed his record ninth successive Formula 1 victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Vettel’s achievement matches that of double... read more »

Pirelli downplays a lack of running for its 2014 development tyre at Interlagos     read more »

Christian Horner plays down talk that he could one day be the man to replace Bernie Ecclestone at the head of F1     read more »

Ross Brawn has downplayed Lewis Hamilton's surely attitude on the radio last time out in Texas insisting it's "not a problem"... read more »

Ross Brawn has downplayed Lewis Hamilton's tetchy radio messages from the United States Grand Prix and insists there is no issue between the 2008 World Champion and Mercedes. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen has downplayed his impressive pace on his first day driving the Lotus E21 after ending the first day of practice for the United States Grand Prix fifth fastest. read more »

Jenson Button does not believe drivers will be forced to make radical changes in order to adapt to Formula 1's sweeping 2014 regulation changes. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has downplayed rumours that he's returning to Force India next season after being spotted with Otmar Szafnauer... read more »

Ross Brawn says he doesn't feel teams will be forced into fuel-saving mode during the 2014 F1 season     read more »

Renault has downplayed fears that Formula 1's 2014's engine rules could turn races into boring economy drives. read more »

Fernando Alonso insisted he had no problem with Felipe Massa appearing to ignore team orders in the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says his spin in FP2 in Japan is "not a big drama" as he knows the track pretty well... read more »

Romain Grosjean insisted there was no controversy over his battle with Lotus team-mate Kimi Raikkonen late in the Korean Grand Prix, despite fraught radio messages. read more »

Eric Boullier moves to downplay talk about the levels of debt at the Lotus team     read more »

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost believes Carlos Sainz jr needs to gain more experience before he is handed a race seat in F1... read more »

Fernando Alonso has downplayed comments he made over his radio to his team during today's qualifying session. read more »

Fernando Alonso downplays a radio message in which he appeared to criticise his team during Italian GP qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has downplayed his advantage in the Drivers' Championship after extending it to 46 points with his Belgian GP win... read more »