Sebastian Vettel is under no illusions that Mercedes are the quickest team in Formula 1 and have a "three or four tenth" gap to Ferrari - but Lewis Hamilton disagrees. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it's too early to accurately provide a figure for the performance gap between Mercedes and Ferrari in 2018 read more »

Sebastian Vettel claims the gap to pace-setter Mercedes is around four-tenths of a second. read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits his early lead of the 2018 F1 world championship does not disguise the current pace supremacy Mercedes hold over Ferrari. read more »

Despite a double points haul in Melbourne, Nico Hulkenberg believes Renault are even further behind F1's leading trio than they were last season. read more »

Lewis Hamilton had the "extra tools" needed to keep clear of Sebastian Vettel had the Mercedes Formula 1 team not misjudged the gap it required during the Australian... read more »

The Finn will start the opening race of the new season from the front row, although he was more than six-tenths of a second shy of Pole Position. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has labelled Lewis Hamilton's pole position lap at the Australian Grand Prix as an "outlier", saying the gap his driver held over the... read more »

He may be starting the Australian Grand Prix from the front row of the grid but Kimi Raikkonen is far from satisfied with Ferrari's early season qualifying pace. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says despite the significant qualifying gap between Mercedes and Ferrari there are still plenty of unknowns he hopes to use as opportunities in the 2018 F1 opener. read more »

Valtteri Bottas recovered from technical problems in Free Practice 1 to close the gap to team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Lewis Hamilton finds it "exciting" that the field has closed up from first to second practice ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it is "exciting" that the gap separating Mercedes and its Formula 1 rivals shrunk between first and second Australian Grand Prix practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton remained top of the order in FP2 in Australia, but saw Max Verstappen and Red Bull close the gap considerably. read more »

An on-form Lewis Hamilton completed a fastest times double on F1 2018's opening day, but Mercedes' rivals narrowed the gap considerably in Practice Two to hint at an... read more »

Romain Grosjean reckons Gene Haas' target of his team being within half a second of Ferrari is achievable. read more »

Heading into the first race of the season Red Bull believes it is half-a-second off Mercedes pace. read more »

The Force India driver is ready for the first round of the 2018 F1 season. read more »

Red Bull believes a 0.5-second deficit to favourite Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix will be enough for it to be in the hunt in the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

Sergio Perez is convinced the gap to F1's leading three teams has shrunk heading into 2018.  read more »

Christian Horner believes that Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton are the favourites for the 2018 Formula 1 season, but hopes that Red Bull can close the gap. read more »

Max Verstappen reckons if Red Bull can close the gap to Mercedes to just "three tenths" in qualifying, they'll have a fighting chance in the grands prix. read more »

While Carlos Sainz concedes that Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull will be the pace-setter, he says it is up to Renault to close the gap and challenge for fourth. read more »

Max Verstappen says closing the qualifying gap to Mercedes is key to Red Bull's chances of beating the world champions to race wins in 2018. read more »

Renault driver Carlos Sainz says he would put money on the times between Formula One's teams opening up in the remaining three days of testing despite a tight spread on... read more »