With upgrades from Honda in the pipeline, Christian Horner expects the top three teams to concertina more in coming races. read more »

Despite running 31 points clear of Vettel already, Hamilton is refusing to think about the buffer building up to his perennial title rival. read more »

Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says he just has "no race pace" after another difficult day in the Chinese Grand Prix read more »

In winter testing Christian Horner spoke of taking "at least five races" in 2019 but three races in, he now says Red Bull aren't chasing a number, they just want... read more »

Mercedes have admitted that they did not expect to be so far ahead of a high-powered Ferrari in Chinese GP qualifying. read more »

Max Verstappen says that Red Bull looks to have closed the performance gap to Formula 1 rivals Mercedes and Ferrari at the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen hopes Red Bull's work since the Bahrain GP will enable them to close the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari at the Chinese GP. read more »

Robert Kubica says the reduced gap between himself and rookie Williams team-mate George Russell in Bahrain qualifying means nothing considering the aerodynamic discrepancy... read more »

Max Verstappen has put down the shrinking performance gap between Red Bull and Haas to a strong effort from the US squad while his own team has struggled read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start third for the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix after trailing Ferrari all weekend. read more »

Red Bull Racing Team driver Max Verstappen was encouraged by long run pace but says he could have done more during Free Practice 1 and 2 read more »

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says Ferrari's domination over Mercedes in free practice for the Bahrain GP was due to differing engine modes. read more »

Mattia Binotto stresses the sixth-tenth of a second gap to Mercedes in Bahrain is "misleading". read more »

It looks like the issues Ferrari had in Melbourne have been resolved, they look fastest at the moment so we need to work to close that gap. read more »

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 »