A scrappy lap when it mattered left Romain Grosjean just eight on the grid, though the Frenchman conceded that even with his best lap he couldn't have hoped for much more. read more »

After being competitive in FP1, 2 and 3, third and seventh is a strong result here, but perhaps not as strong as we would have hoped for. read more »

Michael Schumacher has admitted that he had set his sights on a podium finish in the Italian Grand Prix, for which he started fourth on the grid. Mercedes eventually finished... read more »

Overall, we've seen even further improvement today, however the race was not without its disappointments, as we were unable to finish in the positions that we had hoped for. read more »

Michael Schumacher, 6th: It was a fun race today - although I must admit that, following our performance on Friday, I had secretly hoped we would be able to move up the field.... read more »

Lotus substitute driver Jerome d'Ambrosio admitted he had hoped for better after qualifying 16th for the Italian Grand Prix read more »

Lotus's double-DRS concept won't make its race debut until the Japanese Grand Prix at the very earliest, technical director James Allison has confirmed. The team had... read more »

We hoped for a bit more than that today. Kimi didn't quite get a perfect lap and Romain wasn't happy with the setup of his car. read more »

The appalling conditions of Friday came as a particular disappointment to Lotus. Having hoped to race its ‘Double DRS’ concept for the first time at the... read more »

Pirelli is hoping to extend its current three-year contract, which expires next season, to supply Formula 1 with tyres. The Italian company returned to the sport in 2011 and... read more »

When Mark Webber pitted for a third time in Budapest on Sunday, the Australian hoped those ahead would soon start to suffer with major tyre problems. As it happened, he lost... read more »

If not for a moment in the final phase of qualifying Nico Hulkenberg believes his Saturday could have delivered more. read more »

PURE, a company set up by Craig Pollock to supply new 1.6 litre V6 turbo engines from 2014, has suspended operations after running in to financial difficulties. The company had... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says he had hoped for more points at the mid-way point of the F1 season read more »

Paul di Resta Paul, we’re now at the halfway point of the season – how do you look back on the first ten races? As a team we have to be pleased with the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 2nd: "We had a decent race today although there wasn't enough pace when we got close to Fernando and we also lost a position to Jenson who had a... read more »

Michael Schumacher said seventh place was the maximum he could have hoped for in the German Grand Prix after saying he had "squeezed everything" out of his car read more »

Caterham has suffered from the lack of dry time running in order to properly understand the car's drastic aerodynamic upgrades introduced at Silverstone. As a result,... read more »

Pirelli will now wait until the Japanese Grand Prix before they supply the experimental hard tyres during a practice session after two failed tests. The tyre supplier had hoped... read more »

Lotus grabbed most headlines in Germany on Friday, becoming the first team to run a Mercedes-like Super DRS concept. However, the Enstone-based team was unable to make full use... read more »

The weather prevented McLaren from enjoying a smooth practice session in Germany on Friday, as it did with the entire Formula 1 field, although the Woking team had been in... read more »

Despite not getting the qualifying performance they'd hoped for, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are still positive about their chances in an unpredictable... read more »

Clearly, eighth and 18th isn't where we'd hoped to qualify for our home grand prix, and to do so is therefore very disappointing. read more »

We had hoped for a bit better than what we eventually achieved, as we believe Daniel would have made the cut into Q3, if it had not been for the yellow flag on his final lap. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says eighth represented the maximum he could have hoped for in qualifying for the British Grand Prix given his lack of grip on the intermediate compounds. read more »