To bring both cars home in their third consecutive race is very encouraging, as is the pace of the cars, which is improving with every race. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg insists Force India is still carrying momentum from the end of last season despite a less encouraging start to 2012 read more »

Although frustrated by a few early-season hiccups, Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus can take plenty of positives out of their start to the 2012 campaign... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has mixed emotions after two races with Lotus, admitting that on one hand the start has been encouraging, but on the other it's read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The wet-dry race required the team to think on its feet and react to the track conditions, which it... read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The wet-dry race required the team to think on its feet and react to the track conditions, which it... read more »

Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in Malaysia. Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan reflects on an encouraging race weekend for his team. read more »

It is extremely encouraging that we are seeing progress in every area, the most significant of which is in terms of performance. read more »

Red Bull is down but not out, according to Christian Horner. Second place for Sebastian Vettel encouraging the team after a missed opportunity in qualifying. read more »

"After a very encouraging weekend, today was not a good result for us," admits Ross Brawn. read more »

While still getting better from a minor food poisoning yeserday, Heikki Kovalainen got in the car and worked off the entire scheduled programme for the day. The team is... read more »

Sahara Force India was back in action today for the start of a second week of testing in Barcelona with Paul Di Resta behind the wheel of the VJM05. The team got through the... read more »

Mark Webber says that Red Bull is making progress with the new RB8 after an encouraging first day of the final test in Barcelona read more »

Martin Whitmarsh admits it's encouraging for McLaren that one team has not emerged as dominant during pre-season testing so far read more »

Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. The Venezuelan’s lap of 1.22.391 was almost a second clear... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has been pleasantly surprised how well-balanced his new Force India has felt around the Barcelona circuit, after an encouraging first day's running this week. read more »

Force India's technical director, Andrew Green has said the Silverstone-based outfit left the first pre-season test at Jerez last week feeling 'positive'. read more »

Pirelli believes its tyres are on course to deliver more exciting racing in 2012, following some encouraging results from this week's test at Jerez in Spain. read more »

Paul di Resta will go in to the new season with his "sights set high" after an encouraging winter so far for Force India read more »

HR provider Randstad extends and upgrades sponsorship deal with F1's fallen giant. read more »

Michael Schumacher is hopeful of being able to take the fight to Ferrari during the Brazilian Grand Prix after an encouraging start to the weekend read more »

Despite another pointless weekend, Williams Rubens Barrichello found much to be happy with after a strong drive to twelfth in Abu Dhabi, the penultimate round of the F1 2011... read more »

"It's too early to accurately predict the pace of the teams around us, but it's encouraging to have set the benchmark time in both P1 and P2," says Martin... read more »

Our race performances in Korea, Japan and India have been very encouraging, both in the cockpit and in the garages, and they are a pointer to where we can build on for next season. read more »

After an encouraging last two races in Japan and Korea, McLaren is looking to further close the gap to rivals Red Bull by introducing further upgrades in India, particularly... read more »