Lewis Hamilton is encouraged after his first test of the 2011 McLaren in the team's simulator. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has given McLaren’s 2011 challenger, the MP4-26, the thumbs up after ‘testing’ it in the Woking-based outfit’s simulator this week and he added that he... read more »

Sauber new boy Sergio Pérez got his first taste of an F1 car this week when he ran on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi as part of the Young Driver test. He ended the day sixth overall... read more »

Tonio Liuzzi believes Force India took a step forward with its qualifying performance in Abu Dhabi today and thinks he could have started higher than 16th had he not lost time... read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber declared themselves cautiously optimistic about Red Bull's chances at Interlagos after finishing first and second in both practice... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa says he's "encouraged" by Pirelli's progress after completing another two-day test at Paul Ricard... read more »

Vitaly Petrov was sorry for his race-ending crash at the Korean Grand Prix, but the Renault driver said he was at least encouraged to be running in the top ten. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button enjoy opening day at new Korea International Circuit, amid McLaren optimism for qualifying and race. read more »

Michael Schumacher was encouraged by his car's pace in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver admitting it was stronger than expected. read more »