After a relatively competitive day for the McLaren team, Stoffel Vandoorne hopes they can continue this form into Saturday's sessions. read more »

Honda plan to race their upgraded engine for the first time at this weekend's Austrian GP, leaving McLaren hopeful of a more competitive showing in F1's midfield. read more »

Sauber have only one points finish to their name in 2017 so far, but are aiming to join the intense midfield battle when they introduce their next upgrade package. read more »

Sauber says the update package it will introduce at the Austrian and British Grands Prix should deliver a 'major' step forward that could make it a regular midfield... read more »

Haas' Romain Grosjean says the closely-contested nature of Formula 1's midfield means teams have to extract "100 per cent" from their packages at every... read more »

The Toro Rosso drivers will start eleventh and thirteenth in the Canadian Grand Prix after difficult Q2's for both Carlos Sainz Jr and Daniil Kvyat. read more »

Concerned at the gap from the leading teams to the midfield, FOM is working with the FIA to improve racing in F1. read more »

With such a closely contested midfield, Guenther Steiner concedes it won't be easy for Haas to always finish inside the top ten but he thinks they can achieve it. read more »

Vijay Mallya is unimpressed that fellow midfield team Haas have urged Formula 1 not to adopt a "socialistic-type structure" when it comes to prize money distribution. read more »

Jorg Zander believes Sauber now have the strength and stability to fight in the midfield pack this year. read more »

Toro Rosso were the best of the midfield teams during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, with Carlos Sainz Jr finishing an excellent sixth on Sunday. read more »

Renault driver Nico Hulkenberg says the gap between the midfield teams and leading Formula 1 squads Mercedes and Ferrari in 2017 is "a bit scary" read more »

Not quite up there with the leaders, and ahead of the midfield, Christian Horner admits Red Bull is in no man's land. read more »

Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn seeks to move up the midfield as she reveals reason for using 2016 Ferrari engine. read more »

Felipe Massa says it's painful for Williams to fail to secure a point in Spain coupled with its midfield rivals scoring heavily read more »

Despite taking Renault's best result since returning to F1, Nico Hulkenberg has repeated his call for development gains to catch its midfield rivals read more »

It was a tough session and very close across the whole midfield with tenths of a second making differences of five or ten places. read more »

Renault will bring an updated rear wing, along with new barge boards, to the Spanish Grand Prix as it attempts to move itself to the front of the midfield… read more »

With the first raft of car updates set to arrive in Spain, Carlos Sainz Jr. feels there is a big chance for Toro Rosso to make gains on its midfield rivals. read more »

The Dane is hopeful of a return to the front of the midfield battle this weekend in Spain, which would hopefully lead to a second top-ten finish of 2017. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said there is "quite a lot of things" coming to the team as they look to get into the thick of the midfield battle. read more »

Guenther Steiner is hoping that Haas will be able to pull away from the tight midfield with their new upgrades due in Barcelona. read more »

Gnther Steiner hopes Haas' first big update package of the 2017 F1 season can give it an edge against its midfield rivals in Barcelona. read more »

Monisha Kaltenborn says Sauber would embrace a "franchise system", one that ensured the midfield teams could "survive" and be "competitive." read more »

Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn says a franchise system would "make sense" for Formula 1, and would remove an element of "fear" for midfield teams read more »