Toro Rosso Franz Tost believes the competitive nature of Formula 1's midfield means his outfit must be "fully concentrated" in order to rack up the maximum… read more »

Today we saw the midfield is very close - it's a fight between Williams, Force India, Haas, ourselves and McLaren. read more »

Haas has been hailed as the shot in the arm Formula 1 needed - even by its midfield rivals - after its impressive start to its maiden grand prix season read more »

Guenther Steiner says Haas F1 is aiming to be in the ballpark with all the other midfield teams this season in terms of development read more »

Pascal Wehrlein hailed the progress made by Manor after he was able to sustain a race-long fight in the midfield and collect 13th place at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Wehrlein... read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne believes he showed his capabilities as he claimed a world championship point on his Formula 1 debut with McLaren. Vandoorne started the race from 12th place... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein admits there is still a lot of improvements needed before Manor Racing can be called a genuine midfield runner in 2016. read more »

Manor racing director Dave Ryan admits the team expected to start 2016 slightly further up the Formula 1 field, but insists it has the resources to leave the back row read more »

Force India Team Principal Vijay Mallya says he is expecting a competitive midfield battle across the course of 2016, based on the evidence of the… read more »

This year F1 is set for a very close battle in the midfield with Bob Fernley saying there is a "cigarette paper" separating those vying for best of the rest... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted the hotly-contested midfield pack is closer to Williams than the team predicted after pre-season testing read more »

New team Haas is already attaining its aims of fighting in the hotly-contested midfield according to team principal Gunther Steiner read more »

Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel covered by just 0.228s in FP3, with midfield equally competitive. read more »

Renault s chief technical officer Bob Bell says he is already enthralled by the prospect of a competitive midfield pack for 2016 read more »

Ferrari have closed the gap on Mercedes, Williams may get swallowed up in a packed midfield and McLaren 'probably hid' behind Honda last year. read more »

Sauber has released images of its 2016 Formula 1 challenger ahead of its track debut on Tuesday, with team boss Monisha Kaltenborn aiming to become a regular midfield runner read more »

Dave Ryan is unconcerned about Rio Haryanto's incidents during the first pre-season test in Spain as they continue their work to make the jump into the midfield battle in... read more »

Felipe Nasr expects the Haas F1 Team to be a competitive midfield team in 2016 while feeling the first pre-season test was worthwhile despite Sauber running its 2015 car. read more »

Manor Racing has launched its Mercedes-powered MRT05 as it bids to move away from the back of the pack, following its revival in 2015. Manor, formerly Marussia, returned to... read more »

Toto Wolff is backing new Mercedes customer Manor to challenge the Formula One midfield this season. Manor heads into 2016 with a new supply of Mercedes engines, a technical... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Manor Racing should make a substantial step forwards in 2016 and emerge as a "solid midfield" contender. Manor has never… read more »

Toto Wolff expects Manor Racing to jump into the midfield in 2016, and not just because they are using Mercedes power. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Susie Wolff would have been good enough to race in Formula 1 if she had the chance. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says the outfit is hoping to finish inside the top 10 when it makes its Formula 1 debut in Australia. Haas will join the sport this year after... read more »

Having covered the top five teams last week, GPUpdate.net moves further down the grid and continues by reflecting on Lotus' 2015 campaign, in which progress was… read more »