Nico Rosberg is hopeful his Mercedes team can enjoy a stronger weekend in China after claiming the outfit made a step forward in practice on Friday. read more »

The organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix remain hopeful that the event can still take place during the 2011 season following its cancellation in March read more »

Bahrain GP organisers are still hopeful the race can be staged this year, despite the ongoing crackdown on anti-government protesters...  read more »

Organisers of the postponed Bahrain Grand Prix are still hopeful the race can be rescheduled despite ongoing unrest in the country.  read more »

Nick Heidfeld is optimistic that Renault will be able to continue its strong run of form when the Formula 1 paddock swings back into action at the Shanghai International... read more »

Williams technical director Sam Michael is hopeful that his team will show stronger pace in today's Malaysian Grand Prix than it did in qualifying read more »

Vitaly Petrov is feeling bullish ahead of the Malaysian GP and while he is not underestimating Red Bull Racing or McLaren, he is hopeful Lotus Renault GP can 'keep pushing... read more »

Both drivers of Team Lotus were unable to show their true performance as they were struggling to get the tyres up to temperature. The team is hopeful though that with higher... read more »

Nico Rosberg (7th): "I'm disappointed as when I went to bed last night, I was hopeful of a good qualifying performance. In the morning, a read more »

Timo Glock is hopeful his Virgin Racing team can make progress this season following a disappointing start to the campaign in Australia. read more »

McLaren duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are optimistic that their revamped McLaren will be much better in Australia than it was in pre-season testing. read more »

Team Lotus man Jarno Trulli is hopeful the adjustable rear wing will help improve the spectacle this year. read more »

Hispania team boss Colin Kolles says he is hopeful that Spanish backmarkers can make progress when the new F111 debuts in Australia this weekend read more »

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is hopeful that "dramatic" changes to the team's new car will add over a second-per-lap's worth of performance at this... read more »

Nico Rosberg says he is hopeful that the improved Mercedes W02 will help him secure a maiden F1 victory during the 2011 season read more »

Michael Schumacher is hopeful that he and team-mate Nico Rosberg will be in a position to fight for races wins this season after getting a glimpse of Mercedes GP's true... read more »

Michael Schumacher has set his sights on podium finishes during the 2011 season, with the German also hopeful of fighting for occasional race victories. Mercedes GP... read more »

Mercedes Grand Prix team principal Ross Brawn admits that the early days of the new MGP W02 were not easy ones - but he is hopeful the Brackley-based outfit is now on the right... read more »

Formula One hopeful Dani Clos is set to bank €1 million of his budget towards making his grand prix debut next season read more »

Ross Brawn says he is hopeful that the updated Mercedes W02 can fight Red Bull during the 2011 F1 season read more »

Mercedes GP hit the track with its updated W02 at Barcelona on Friday, with the team hopeful that the updates will deliver the step forward in speed that they promise read more »

F1 hopeful Davide Rigon eventually got to make his F1 debut with Ferrari during a one-day session at Vairano. read more »

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is hopeful he will be stronger this season now he has won the world championship, although he knows it won't be easy to defend his crown. read more »

Mercedes GP is hopeful that it will be in 'reasonable' shape by the time the season starts in Australia - despite the struggles it has faced so far in early testing. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his McLaren car's main issue is a lack of downforce, although the Briton is hopeful the team will be able to sort some of its problems before the start... read more »