Esteban Ocon says he has been encouraged by his recent performance after accepting that it has been a "long process" to get back into the rhythm of racing in Formula... read more »

Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto left the Portimao circuit encouraged after the team delivered its arguably best performance at today's Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Fourth fastest and on the medium tyres at Portimao, Charles Leclerc says he's hoping for a good qualifying but cannot say how the race will go. read more »

Haas are encouraged by their prospects for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after how they coped with a reduced running programme at the Nurburgring. read more »

Mattia Binotto believes Ferrari is finally heading in the right direction with its SF1000, saying the latest update was a "positive" one. read more »

Williams drivers George Russell and Nicholas Latifi say they have been encouraged that no sudden decisions have been taken since the Formula 1 team changed ownership earlier... read more »

Ferrari says its latest updates have been “a step in the right direction” and that it is encouraged with the development path it now has for 2021 and beyond. The Italian marque... read more »

Fernando Alonso was left encouraged for his Formula 1 return after stepping up his preparations for 2021 by completing a filming day with Renault at Barcelona. read more »

Ex-Renault boss, Bob Bell, is encouraged by Formula 1's direction and thinks it is heading towards "being the best it has ever been". read more »

Renault drivers Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo have been encouraged by a recent upturn in results that has seen the team close to just seven points off third in the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen's recent points finish and qualifying performance is a welcome boost ahead of the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he's encouraged by the progress Renault is making on high downforce tracks after a strong showing at Mugello. read more »

Max Verstappen was pleased with the progress Red Bull has made since last weekend's Italian Grand Prix as it enjoyed its strongest Formula 1 qualifying performance of the... read more »

Max Verstappen expressed encouragement at Red Bull’s pace, off the back of a troubled weekend at Monza, as he finished close to Mercedes during second practice for Formula 1’s... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is anticipating his impending switch from Renault to McLaren for F1 2021 as the British team continues its impressive upswing in form  read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has conceded to being impressed by McLaren's biggest result for almost seven years that has whetted his appetite ahead of joining his future employers. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says McLaren’s Italian Grand Prix performance is “encouraging” ahead of his switch to the British squad for the 2021 season. McLaren weren’t just ‘best of the... read more »

Haas are encouraged by the challenge racing at Spa will present them with this weekend. read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has been encouraged by the strong early results of 2020 but admits the team has a long way to go to return to where it wants to be at the... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says information gleaned from the tyres of Valtteri Bottas encouraged it to let Lewis Hamilton run a longer middle stint in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is encouraged that they are "making progress in the right direction" after securing a points finish in the opening two races of... read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner said he was encouraged to see Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean fight for position at the Styrian Grand Prix without incident. read more »

Williams says it has been buoyed by discussions that it has held with "high quality" parties that are interested in investing in the organisation. Williams revealed... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel says his SF1000 was "unrecognisable" in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix compared to earlier in the weekend when he was... read more »

Red Bull neither "encouraged" nor gave Sebastian Vettel "hope" about a possible 2021 deal says Helmut Marko. read more »