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 »

Toro Rosso believe Honda's engine is closer in performance to former supplier Renault's than has been believed and the Japanese firm could wipe out the gap as early... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg reckons if Renault can halve the gap to F1's leading trio, they will have a good shot at fourth place in this year's championship. read more »

Renault's Cyril Abiteboul has outlined the French manufacturer's goals for the 2018 F1 season heading into year three of its plan. read more »

The gap between Haas and Ferrari needs to reduce significantly if the American outfit wants to be truly competitive in 2018. read more »

Haas F1 Team becomes the first F1 team to reveal their 2018 Formula 1 car ahead of the season, the VF-18. The American team aims to close the gap on the top teams this year... read more »

Haas F1 team owner Gene Haas has tasked his outfit with closing the gap in performance it has to Ferrari to just 0.5 in 2018.  read more »

Gene Haas has tasked his Formula One team with closing its gap in performance to Ferrari to just 0.5s per lap this year. read more »

Although Sauber believe they could close the gap on F1's big teams if they had the same budget, team boss Fred Vasseur admits a cap could prove a potential... read more »

Although Fernando Alonso outscored Stoffel Vandoorne last season, Zak Brown reckons the car played a big role in that as McLaren-Honda often only had one update available. read more »

The gap between Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull compared to the rest of the Formula 1 field was down to them doing a better job in 2017, and was not down to the regulations,... read more »