After making his retirement U-turn Felipe Massa was thrilled to help Williams to a positive start to 2017 in the competitive midfield charge read more »

Carlos Sainz has conceded Williams has made a jump on its midfield rivals in 2017 but feels Toro Rosso are well placed to take its charge forward read more »

Williams' Felipe Massa labelled himself as "really happy" as he led the charge in Formula 1's midfield by placing sixth at the season-opening Australian Grand… read more »

The close midfield battle in Australia ensured a titanic battle to advance to Q3 on Saturday, with Nico Hülkenberg missing out by less than a tenth of a second. read more »

Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost expects the squad to be involved in a competitive midfield battle, but is wary that the STR12's key weakness is a lack of… read more »

Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr believes the midfield battle will be toughly contested as other teams have made "massive steps" from 2016. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg believes Renault have taken a step forward for 2017, but does not think it will be enough to be in the thick of the midfield battle. read more »

Kevin Magnussen is the ideal partner for Romain Grosjean in Haas' pursuit to ascend the midfield this season, according to Gene Haas. read more »

James Key is expecting a tight battle amongst the midfield teams during the 2017 season, and feels that both Haas and Renault have showed good pace so far in testing. read more »

Toro Rosso expects to be towards the front of the 2017 Formula 1 midfield pack, judging by the potential of its new STR12 in the first test read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has said he could never have settled for Formula 1's midfield at Toro Rosso. read more »

Following a difficult return to F1 as a manufacturer, Renault targets midfield dominance in second season of five-year plan. read more »

Sauber "realistic" as it eyes return to F1 midfield read more »

After financial problems hindered their 2016 Formula 1 season, Sauber F1 Team are focused on establishing themselves as a midfield team for 2017. read more »

Returning to Sauber as their technical director, Jorg Zander says the main objective is to see a "clear improvement" on last year's poor showing. read more »

Renault have "no excuse" not to run with the midfield teams this season; that's according to managing director Cyril Abiteboul. read more »

Renault has no excuse for not being solidly in the Formula 1 midfield in 2017, admits the team's managing director Cyril Abiteboul read more »

Sauber's new technical director Jorg Zander wants his team to be able to spring surprises on its opposition this year and re-establish itself in the midfield. Sauber... read more »

New Sauber Technical Director Jorg Zander is hopeful that the team can return to Formula 1's midfield this year but is wary that improving the structure of the… read more »

Renault: We won't leapfrog the F1 midfield in 2017 read more »

Despite their financial issues in 2016, the Sauber F1 Team will be pushing hard to improve performance next season. read more »

Renault is aiming higher in 2017 after a tough comeback campaign in 2016 but doesn't expect to leapfrog the midfield entirely. read more »

Sauber have been one of Formula One's perennial midfield teams but, a lack of investment in the last couple of seasons and loss of key personnel had seen them slip back... read more »

Fernando Alonso says that his exit from the second segment of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix means he will be able to attack midfield rivals during… read more »

With the midfield looking as tight as it is, qualifying well will be very important, so we need to make no mistakes. read more »