Daniel Ricciardo finally got off the mark for Renault in China, but was left surprised by the pace shown by its midfield rivals.  read more »

Nico Hülkenberg says that Renault has shown that it can lead the midfield battle, having lost a double points finish in Bahrain through reliability. read more »

McLaren may not have the fastest car in the midfield right now, but Lando Norris feels the team is doing a better job than its rivals. read more »

Sergio Perez believes Racing Point have fallen behind their midfield rivals despite scoring points in Australia and Bahrain. read more »

F1’s closely-packed midfield pack features even more teams than last year and will remain tough to call from race to race, according to Haas chief Guenther Steiner. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner expects a fluid fight to lead the midfield in F1 this year. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo hasn't had the smoothest of starts to life outside of Red Bull in the 2019 Formula 1 season, with his new Renault team showing little sign of breaking... read more »

McLaren has made a positive start to the 2019 Formula 1 season, exceeding its own expectations in the first couple of races. Its results have been flattered by the... read more »

Fernando Alonso says McLaren's 2019 Formula 1 car is "a step forward in every aspect" compared to 2019 and believes the team can lead the midfield this season read more »

F1's midfield teams have been left encouraged by a "good step forward" over the future of the sport's landscape.  read more »

McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr fears Haas could at least half a second clear of the midfield pack in 2019, based on its strong form in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix read more »

McLaren's Carlos Sainz has said that Haas are a cut above in the midfield battle, predicting their pace advantage to be "half a second" in qualifying. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr estimates Haas has produced a half-second pace advantage over its Formula 1 midfield rivals including McLaren  read more »

Renault will be bringing upgrades to the Bahrain GP and are "determined to show more" as they look to top the midfield battle. read more »

Guenther Steiner says that if the midfield battle was at the front of the field, it would mean a less predictable top three than currently seen in Formula 1. read more »

Renault F1 Team driver Daniel Ricciardo is ready to bounce back from Melbourne and challenge the midfield in Bahrain read more »

Disappointed Renault accepts work needed to clear F1 midfield read more »

Haas expects F1 front-runners to increase gap to midfield read more »

Hopes of F1's midfield bridging the gap to the 'big three' front-running teams in 2019 are already fading. read more »

Racing in F1's closely-contested midfield, Lance Stroll throughly enjoyed the "wheel-to-wheel" racing as he scored his first points for Racing Point in Australia. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo will need to develop a "harder skin" and "more patience" if he wants to triumph in this year's midfield battle, says Cyril Abiteboul. read more »

Lance Stroll and Racing Point used a long first stint to their advantage at the Australian Grand Prix to take ninth position. read more »

Mercedes kicked off the 2019 Formula 1 season with a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, but it was Valtteri Bottas rather than a troubled Lewis Hamilton that took... read more »

Kevin Magnussen sees Haas' qualifying performance in Australia as the US squad proving "clearly" it has established itself at the front of the F1 midfield. read more »

The first answers about the F1 2019 pecking order are in, and Mercedes was in a league of its own at the front of the pack. As our experts Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell explain... read more »