Kamui Kobayashi thinks Sauber has reason to feel encouraged by the updates it brought to the Mugello test - even though the first day was effectively a washout. read more »

The key for this weekend's race will be making the tyres work in the heat and we're encouraged by our pace using both tyres with both cars on high fuel today. read more »

F1 veteran Timo Glock says that he is encouraged by the progress Marussia Racung has made relative to its rivals over the opening through rounds of 2012. read more »

Force India should be encouraged by its Chinese Grand Prix performance, despite failing to score a point at Shanghai, according to deputy team boss Robert Fernley. read more »

Michael Schumacher was encouraged by a "trouble-free day" for Mercedes after setting the fastest time of Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by the performance shown by Lotus in the first two rounds of F1 2012 - with confidence high that the E20 can be a front-runner read more »

Stefano Domenicali was cautiously encouraged after qualifying in Sepang, which saw Fernando Alonso up to ninth and Felipa Massa in 12th on the grid. read more »

Mark Webber says his recovery to fourth place in the Australian Grand Prix gives him confidence that Red Bull is in good shape this year, despite losing out to McLaren in the... read more »

Williams was buoyed by its much-improved pace in the Australian Grand Prix, with both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna having demonstrated strong capabilities over the race... read more »

After a below average qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, Mark Webber was encouraged by the progress he was able to make during the Australian Grand Prix. The Australian,... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is looking to become a regular in the top ten this season, starting with next weekend's Australian Grand Prix... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been encouraged with the in-roads Scuderia Toro Rosso is making on the low-speed grip of its new car in Barcelona read more »

Michael Schumacher is encouraged by the progress made by Mercedes as he wrapped up his running at the Circuit de Catalunya... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says the adaptability of Force India's VJM05 added to his feeling of optimism after topping the timesheets following the second day of pre-season testing... read more »

Wednesday in Barcelona saw another day in which Lewis Hamilton posted over a century of laps. Clocking up 121 tours of the Spanish venue following Tuesday's tally of... read more »

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg were full of optimism for Mercedes’ new F1 W03 as it was uncovered in Barcelona on Tuesday morning. Last week, both drivers... read more »

Vitaly Petrov says that he likes Caterham's ambition after joining the team for the 2012 season read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison says that his team was happy to run the most laps of anybody in the first pre-season Formula 1 test at Jerez last week. read more »

Sauber has been left encouraged by the performance of its car following the first pre-season test at Jerez, describing on-track results in the Andalusian region of Spain as... read more »

Felipe Massa believes that the F2012 Ferrari has hidden potential after driving it for two days in testing at Jerez - but even he agrees it's not exactly pretty... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is encouraged by the new McLaren, saying that the car "seems a lot better than last year's" read more »

Adrian Sutil was delighted with the performance of his car in Brazil on Saturday, having placed his car eighth on the grid for the season finale. The German comfortably... read more »

Nico Rosberg has revealed that his final Q3 outlap was ‘a little too slow’, leading to a less-than-optimum final flying effort. The German had to settle for... read more »

Bruno Senna enjoyed a largely positive opening day at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, with the Brazilian describing a drastic improvement in the afternoon... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli were both encouraged that the new rear wing was a step forward for Lotus at Interlagos read more »