With Formula 1 heading to the high-speed Jeddah Corniche Circuit, followed by Abu Dhabi, Carlos Sainz expects the midfield to bunch up. read more »

While the fast sections of the new Jeddah track are expected to favour Mercedes in the fight at the front, the characteristics looks set to blow wide open the battle for best... read more »

Red Bull's Sergio Perez has expressed his amazement at Lewis Hamilton's straight-line speed during the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Starting from 10th on the grid with a... read more »

Ferrari and McLaren have spent much of 2021 fighting to lead the midfield teams and finish as best of the rest behind Red Bull and Mercedes in the constructors'... read more »

Aston Martin Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer has dismissed speculation linking him with a switch to midfield rivals Alpine. read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits that racing in the midfield battle is not what he's on the Formula 1 grid for. read more »

Leclerc entered the race weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez feeling optimistic given Ferrari's strength at high downforce tracks this year and the set-up... read more »

Lando Norris says McLaren is "a long way off the pace" in Mexico City following Friday practice but expressed confidence that the team can turn its situation around.... read more »

We're looking to bounce back in Austin. As we've seen in recent races, we have the pace to fight in the midfield, but it's such a close fight, and it's very... read more »

Sebastian Vettel does not deny that he has made mistakes during the 2021 campaign, but sees a strong future for Aston Martin. read more »

Dutch GP sporting director Jan Lammers says Red Bull have serious pace issues to fix if they want to stay out of the midfield. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff fears that Lewis Hamilton will struggle to make his way through the midfield at the Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

Esteban Ocon says he and Alpine has to thoroughly review his Russian Grand Prix after lacking performance throughout the course of the race. Ocon started from ninth position... read more »

Max Verstappen fears the tight F1 midfield could hinder his chances of recovering from a back-of-the-grid penalty after taking a fourth power unit for the season. read more »

Fernando Alonso believes Alpine's run of consistent points finishes shows why it is Formula 1's best midfield team. read more »

Fernando Alonso has backed Alpine as the "best team" in the midfield despite not having the fastest car. read more »

The French squad overtook both its rivals to move into fifth place in the constructors' championship after a sensational Hungarian GP, won by Alonso's teammate... read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has asserted that its fight with Ferrari over third in the standings will continue throughout 2021 in spite of its win in Italy. McLaren has been locked... read more »

Alpine may not be as quick as the AlphaTauri or even the Aston Martin, but Fernando Alonso says his team can hold onto P5 in the standings. read more »

While he's not worried about the pace of others yet, Lando Norris said McLaren have 'work to do' to get ahead of the midfield runners in qualifying at Spa. read more »

Battling Ferrari at the front of the midfield, McLaren boss, Zak Brown doesn't think the Woking outfit will be able to challenge for titles again until at least 2024. read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks it becomes harder to overhaul top cars when narrowly behind them in development, compared to moving through the midfield. read more »

Last season Racing Point caused a stir when it arrived in winter testing in Barcelona with a car that looked a lot like the Mercedes from 2019, the team it bought a gearbox,... read more »

For with it well entrenched in that ultra-close midfield pack, any small pace advantage that rivals gained as they pushed on with their current cars risked shuffling the... read more »

Haas chief Guenther Steiner believes the team are in a good place to be able to move up the field when the new regulations arrive in 2022. read more »