From what we saw last year, there will be plenty of scope for different race strategies, which can even allow drivers who have not qualified as well as they hoped to recover... read more »

New Sauber reserve driver Robin Frijns will get back on track this weekend in Bahrain. Earlier, the highly rated 21-year-old Dutchman said he would focus solely on his new... read more »

Caterham was content that their Chinese GP had been as good as they could have hoped for, even if both cars still finished a lap down from the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists that his fourth-place finish in Shanghai was the best he could have hoped for. read more »

After Friday practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, Jenson Button says McLaren has not made the step forward it had hoped for this weekend read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted after the opening day of practice for the Chinese Grand Prix that tenth place on the timesheets was not the position he had hoped for. read more »

We evaluated some aerodynamic parts, including a modified rear wing and some other small parts, and they seem to be working as we hoped they would. read more »

Felipe Massa is positive that he, team-mate Fernando Alonso and Ferrari are capable of fighting at the top this season after a positive start to 2013. He says the Italian... read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits he had hoped for better at the start of his F1 career as Williams have once again found themselves outside the points... read more »

Toto Wolff has declared himself "happy" with Mercedes start to the season, but added that they cannot get "carried away" despite massive improvements. The... read more »

Ferrari did not have the success it hoped for after a strong qualifying performance. Fernando Alonso's race was over after little more than one lap following a broken... read more »

Mercedes was not Lewis Hamilton's first choice when fleeing the McLaren nest. Instead he had hoped to drive alongside Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull. read more »

Williams went into the Malaysian GP weekend hoping to find more pace in the FW35. The team targeted set-up work, tyre testing and longer runs, but at the end of the day... read more »

We haven't made the progress we had hoped for today. We need to look at the data we have from both sessions to maximise the package we have. read more »

Jenson Button is under no illusions about the task McLaren faces to make its car competitive after admitting ninth place was the best the team could have hoped for in the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is optimistic Lotus can have a strong start to the Formula 1 season in Australia this weekend despite admitting testing was not as smooth as the team had hoped for read more »

Ferrari Chief Designer Nick Tombazis says the team is in much better shape for the coming season than it was 12 months ago, with the Melbourne upgrade package applied to the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he's thrilled to see former friend Adrian Sutil back in Formula 1 with Force India. The pair were close friends before they fell out following... read more »

Several drivers are lining up to replace Luiz Razia at Marussia if he loses the seat due to contractual issues. We reported earlier this week that the Brazilian has run into... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is leaving the Circuito de Jerez in a positive frame of mind following his first official test as a Mercedes driver. The Briton, who has moved from rivals... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes is exactly where he had hoped it would be right now, after getting his first proper experience of the new W04. read more »

Felipe Massa is hoping for a quick fix to the overheating issues that Ferrari’s new F138 chassis suffered on the opening day of pre-season testing at Jerez. The... read more »

The 2013 calendar will feature just 19 races, rather than the 20 featured on last year's record breaking schedule, according to F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The... read more »

BRDC president Derek Warwick admits that talks to find an investor to help develop Silverstone are going slower than hoped but says financial backers will be found read more »

Jenson Button's 2012 Formula 1 season started and finished with victories in Australia and Brazil respectively, but in between things didn't go quite as he had hoped read more »