Daniel Ricciardo hopes Renault will try and take more risks through the shorter 2020 Formula 1 season, saying there is "less to lose" for the midfield teams read more »

While Renault intends to introduce a raft of upgrades in the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, its rival midfield team Haas has decided to hold fire on unveiling new parts to... read more »

McLaren team boss Zak Brown fears his outfit could easily slide down to sixth in the championship standings in what is predicted to be one of the tightest midfield battles […] read more »

McLaren team boss Zak Brown admits he "could see us sliding to sixth" in this year's Formula 1 World Championship, so tight is the midfield battle likely to prove. read more »

McLaren boss Zak Brown fears his team could slip as low as sixth place in the F1 world championship due to the midfield pack being "tighter than ever" in 2020. read more »

McLaren boss Zak Brown believes Formula 1's ever-competitive midfield will be "tighter than ever" in 2020, admitting that his team's progress could be... read more »

Even if the top three are unreachable this season, Daniel Ricciardo is predicting an intense fight amongst F1's midfield teams. read more »

Renault's pre-season testing data suggests that the leading midfield teams could all be "within a tenth" of each other when the 2020 F1 season begins.  read more »

Formula 1 believes its raft of changes will provide the smaller and midfield teams with the financial sustainability they have been desperately seeking. read more »

Ex-F1 driver Mark Webber doesn't think Fernando Alonso will return to Formula 1 because he won't want to race in the midfield. read more »

Mark Webber believes Fernando Alonso will not return to Formula 1 as the Spaniard has no interest in racing in the midfield. read more »

When Red Bull found its way out of F1's midfield and joined the hunt for wins, tensions between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel began to flare. The first of those... read more »

AlphaTauri technical director Jody Egginton expects the pecking order of the midfield teams to change throughout 2020. read more »

Formula 1's midfield battle could feature up to seven teams this year, with the fastest squad changing on a regular basis, according to AlphaTauri's Technical... read more »

Haas Formula 1 team boss Guenther Steiner has said there’s no point in him making an offer to sidelined Sebastian Vettel for 2021, because he can’t afford the German and he... read more »

Four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel will not take a career "risk" by signing for a midfield team in 2021, believes Haas boss Gunther Steiner. read more »

Franz Tost believes Sebastian Vettel is more likely to retire than join a midfield team just to stay in Formula 1. read more »

Renault Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul says the manufacturer's ambitions "remain unchanged" in the wake of Daniel Ricciardo's impending departure from the... read more »

The new format of prize money distribution should allow midfield teams to challenge for more podiums and wins, according to Ross Brawn read more »

Formula 1's managing director, Ross Brawn, has said the new vision for the sport should help the smaller teams make a profit every season. read more »

Formula 1's midfield teams should be able to make "a small profit" under Liberty Media's new prize-fund plans. read more »

For the next few weeks, as we await the return of racing, Motorsport Week will delve into the archives to search out the first time that our grid of 2020 F1 racers stepped into... read more »

McLaren driver Lando Norris believes Williams has produced a car which puts them "much closer" with the Formula 1 midfield. read more »

Lando Norris says McLaren will need to consider Williams in its strategy planning heading into each race through 2020, believing the team is now within the midfield battle read more »

Pierre Gasly doesn't believe that AlphaTauri are the benchmark in 2020 when it comes to the midfield runners in Formula 1. read more »