Daniel Ricciardo accepts the performance gap between Renault and the leading three teams in F1 is greater than he hoped for. read more »

McLaren's Carlos Sainz has said that Haas are a cut above in the midfield battle, predicting their pace advantage to be "half a second" in qualifying. read more »

While encouraged by its first F1 podium finish in over a decade, Honda remains aware of the big gap that remains to Mercedes at the front of the pack. read more »

Clear performance gap to Mercedes still exists - Honda read more »

Haas expects F1 front-runners to increase gap to midfield read more »

Hopes of F1's midfield bridging the gap to the 'big three' front-running teams in 2019 are already fading. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner does not expect Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen to be as close to Ferrari as they were at the Australian Grand Prix throughout 2019.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has backed up Sebastian Vettel's claims that he didn't try all that hard in Melbourne, saying once Valtteri Bottas had the gap, he didn't see a... read more »

Honda has been "relaxed" by scoring its first Formula 1 podium in 11 years at the first attempt with Red Bull, but still sees a "clear" performance gap to... read more »

Asked if he was surprised by the deficit to Mercedes in qualifying, Sebastian Vettel couldn't hide his feelings. read more »

Sebastian Vettel seemed genuinely stunned by the gap to Mercedes in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix and said Ferrari had to find improvements. read more »

Toto Wolff moved to play down Mercedes' enormous advantage on the timesheets after Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix, joking that the likes of Ferrari and Red... read more »

Sebastian Vettel lacking confidence, but hopeful of closing gap read more »

Alfa Romeo team boss Fred Vasseur thinks Formula 1's top three teams will rapidly pull clear of the midfield again, despite the gap appearing to have closed over the winter read more »

Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull Racing has a good package, but not sure yet if they have closed the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari read more »

Toto Wolff says Mercedes can fight back in 2019, as they appear to start the season behind Ferrari and potentially Red Bull in terms of pace. However, the Silver Arrows chief... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes that defending world champions Mercedes have all the experience and talent to make up their speed deficit to Ferrari ahead of the 2019 Formula 1 season,... read more »

Adamant Red Bull have "definitely" closed the gap on Ferrari and Mercedes, Christian Horner says it is all down to the Honda effect "stimulating" the entire... read more »

Gap to Ferrari and Mercedes 'definitely closed' - Red Bull read more »

Red Bull is confident it has "definitely" closed the gap to F1 rivals Mercedes and Ferrari heading into the 2019 season.  read more »

Daniel Ricciardo thinks that Renault must develop their car quicker over the course of the season if they are to have any hope of potentially bridging the gap between... read more »

Lewis Hamilton reckons Formula 1's midfield has closed the gap to the top three teams, saying they are "within half a second or maybe less". read more »

Despite the headline-grabbing 0.003s gap between Ferrari and Mercedes on the final day of testing, a closer look at the data from pre-season still gives the Italian team a... read more »

Mercedes has ground to make up on Ferrari after pre-season testing, with Hamilton fearing the gap could be as big as half a second. read more »

Valtteri Bottas insists there is nothing "fundamentally wrong" with Mercedes' 2019 car, but says it is "a fact" that Ferrari are quicker. The Finn was... read more »