Pascal Wehrlein feels that Sauber has exceeded its early-season expectations with five points, capitalising on opportunities arising. read more »

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has confessed the start of Stoffel Vandoorne's first full season of F1 has fallen short of expectations, though he believes some of... read more »

Red Bull is continuing to make gains in the Formula 1 development race after starting the 2017 season below the high expectations it was tipped to achieve under the new rules... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has impressed his Mercedes team after taking one win, one pole position and three further podium finishes in the opening seven races of 2017. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said Valtteri Bottas has so far "exceeded expectations" since joining in the off-season from Williams. read more »

While seeking to play down expectations of an F1 comeback, Robert Kubica insists he's fitter, as fast and fully focussed. read more »

Max Verstappen beats Daniel Ricciardo to fifth as Red Bull once more locks out the third row in Canada. read more »

Fernando Alonso insists he doesn't have any "clear expectations" ahead of his Indianapolis 500 debut but won't be playing it safe at the start. read more »

After a winter of high hopes that Red Bull could be the team to take the fight to Mercedes in Formula 1 this year, the team has fallen short of those expectations so far read more »

Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey had been working "night and day" on an update set to debut at the Spanish Grand Prix next month, according to... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen admits he has fallen short of his own expectations this year, but says he is not worrying about his Formula One future at this stage. Raikkonen has got his... read more »

Red Bull went into the 2017 Formula 1 season as favourite to take the fight to Mercedes, and the latest Autosport Podcast explains why it has failed to live up to expectations read more »

Red Bull expects to make a "significant step forward" with a "massive" upgrade due for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Red Bull has fallen short of... read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- After three races and a day of in-season testing, Daniel Ricciardo says the Red Bull chassis is still not where it should be. Red Bull had high expectations... read more »

Contrary to the team's own expectations on Friday, Max Verstappen put Red Bull on top in the final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.... read more »

SHANGHAI, China -- Daniel Ricciardo says the Red Bull's lack of rear downforce is visible when comparing on-board footage of his laps with those of the Ferrari and... read more »

McLaren executive director Zak Brown has ruled out the possibility of the team building its own Formula One engines as a solution to its problematic relationship with Honda.... read more »

Renault says it is delivering on expectations with its 2017 power unit, but will only bring further updates once it can guarantee reliability. The French manufacturer was... read more »

McLaren is expecting this week's Chinese Grand Prix to expose the weaknesses of its 2017 car much more than the opening round of the season in Australia. After two... read more »

Max Verstappen isn't coming away from the 2017 F1 opener feeling disappointed... because his expectations weren't high to start with. read more »

Last-minute Sauber Formula 1 call-up Antonio Giovinazzi said his performance in Australian Grand Prix qualifying exceeded his expectations ahead of his surprise debut read more »

Sebastian Vettel says it is impossible to predict a Ferrari title challenge in March, continuing the Italian team's careful management of expectations going into 2017.... read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne speaks about his expectations ahead of the 2017 Formula One season. read more »

Renault says its new Formula 1 engine has exceeded performance targets, despite its pre-season testing programme being impacted by reliability troubles read more »

Niki Lauda has said he is "not entirely happy" with how the second test has worked out for Mercedes, with updates failing to live up to expectations. read more »