Niki Lauda has said that the forthcoming Belgian and Italian GPs will be crucial for anyone hoping to overhaul Fernando Alonso's F1 points lead. read more »

Organisers of the Grand Prix of America are hoping to put on a show akin to the NFL's Super Bowl when next year's race in New Jersey goes ahead read more »

Mark Webber is hoping to bounce back from a couple of disappointing results at last two races to challenge for victory at the Belgian Grand Prix read more »

Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov head to Spa in a "very good mood", hoping to achieve some of the targets they set out at the start of the year... read more »

Romain Grosjean is hoping for a stronger season half of the season, confident the circuits coming up with suit Lotus starting with Spa... read more »

Pirelli is hoping that it's allocation of the hard and medium tyre compounds will allow drivers to push from start to finish without having to worry too much about tyre... read more »

Paul di Resta is hoping Force India can repeat last year's strong finish as the team looks to challenge Williams and Sauber in the standings... read more »

HRT drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan are hoping a return to Montreal levels of downforce can pay dividends in Belgium. read more »

Romain Grosjean is hoping that planned upgrades to the Lotus E20 will boost the team when F1 returns in Belgium next weekend. Grosjean sits eighth in the championship, level on... read more »

Michael Schumacher is hoping to mark his 300th grand prix start with a "strong race" at Spa... read more »

Sergio Perez reckons Spa-Francorchamps will play to the strengths of the Sauber C31 - and he is hoping he will at the very least come away with a few points. read more »

Marussia drivers Timo Glock and Charles Pic are hoping for improvements as the season resumes in Belgium next weekend. Neither driver has scored a point and the team sits 11th... read more »

Jenson Button is hoping that the back-to-back races in Spa and Monza will provide him with his first victory at a ‘classic’ event. The Brit finished on the... read more »

Marussia driver Timo Glock is hoping for greater consistency in the second half of the year as the team looks to chase down the coveted tenth place in the Constructors'... read more »

Romain Grosjean says winning with Lotus and returning the famous marque's name to the top step of the podium would make victory 'even more of a pleasure'. Lotus,... read more »

HRT are adamant there is much more to come from their F112 in the second half of the season, with team principal Luis Pérez-Sala insisting they've only... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is hoping the technical situation at his struggling Toro Rosso outfit becomes clearer over the summer break as speculation mounts over the future of Technical... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is under no illusions that Lotus, as of the last race, now have the quickest car in race trim. The McLaren driver doesn't doubt for a second that Lotus will... 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 »

Pirelli is hoping to find out this year whether Formula One wants it to continue as its tyre supplier beyond 2014 read more »

Technical boss James Allison has confirmed speculation Lotus intends to debut its so-called 'double DRS' system in Belgium next month. On British broadcaster... read more »

The financial-stricken Valencia government is in talks with Bernie Ecclestone as they are hoping to reduce the costs of hosting the European GP... read more »

Valencia's regional authority is hoping to negotiate a reduction in the amount the city pays to host F1 ahead of a potential race share with Barcelona. read more »

Williams reserve Valtteri Bottas has confirmed that he is hoping to join fellow Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen on the grid in 2013. read more »

As Bernie Ecclestone admits that the European Grand Prix is likely to be missing from the 2013 schedule, organizers at Valencia have revealed that they are hoping to get the F1... read more »