Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton says Formula One needs to focus on encouraging wheel-to-wheel racing above all else if it is to improve the sport next year. Hamilton... read more »

Manor Racing Director Dave Ryan says the outfit's performance in Australia was encouraging, but is wary that progress needs to be made to compete in the… read more »

Sauber anticipates season opener following "encouraging debut" at Barcelona read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the team is "as ready as you can be" for its first F1 race despite completing the fewest amount of laps in winter testing. After a... read more »

Coming off a disappointing 2015 Formula One season due to poor reliability, Renault F1 engine technical director Remi Taffin has said that their results from pre-season testing... read more »

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier believes that the outfit can still make progress, as it did not run its full 2016 specification during pre-season testing at the Circuit... read more »

A 'very excited' Carlos Sainz targets Q3 and points at the Australian Grand Prix following an encouraging pre-season test for Toro Rosso. read more »

Max Verstappen says that the reliability of the STR11 is a boon for the team as he concluded his pre-season testing programme in Spain on Thursday. Verstappen racked up 159... read more »

The first day of the second pre-season test at Barcelona has brought some encouraging results to several teams, even though Mercedes has proved by using Pirelli's soft... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg was happy with his first experience of the Sahara Force India VJM09 after setting the pace on day three of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo thinks Red Bull is already in a stronger position than it was this time last winter after an encouraging opening day with the RB12 in Barcelona. Ricciardo... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has described Mercedes start in pre-season testing as "very encouraging" after instantly feeling familiar with his new car. read more »

To go from being made redundant on his birthday to securing a seat with a manufacturer committed to achieving long-term Formula 1 success in the space of less than four months... read more »

It's very encouraging to find both cars in the top 10 at the end of a difficult day's practice. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull look more competitive than they’d anticipated after an encouraging opening day of practice at the Mexican GP. read more »

Daniil Kvyat is hopeful that Red Bull will be able to translate its Friday practice pace into a strong qualifying result at the Mexican Grand Prix, following an encouraging... read more »

Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat is hopeful of "spicing things up" at the Mexican Grand Prix after an encouraging practice performance. Kvyat and team-mate… read more »

Jenson Button says it was about time luck favoured McLaren this season and is hoping it continues heading into the US Grand Prix read more »

Both cars ran completely reliably to the finish, which is encouraging. read more »

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has confirmed "positive and encouraging" talks have been held with Ferrari regarding a Formula 1 engine supply from next season read more »

Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo played down Red Bull's pace during practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, after an encouraging second session for the team. Kvyat set the... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg is confident that Force India can improve further despite posting encouraging pace during Friday practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg and team-mate... read more »

Hopefully, we can take the fight to Ferrari with both our drivers, because our long run pace certainly looked encouraging. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull can fight to be second-best at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after an encouraging first day of practice. Ricciardo finished… read more »

Red Bull aren't expecting any progress from engine supplier Renault for at least 'two or three months' according to team principal Christian Horner. The Milton... read more »