Toto Wolff is refusing to get carried away about Mercedes' pre-season form ahead of the 2015 F1 season, but admits he is 'optimistic'. read more »

Nico Rosberg focuses on set-up work on the medium tyres, but remains the quickest driver of all as F1 pre-season testing comes to a conclusion. read more »

A happy Nico Rosberg says he is optimistic about Mercedes’ 2015 prospects after setting the fastest laps of the two Barcelona tests. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg was the busiest driver on day three in Spain, completing 158 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya in his new VJM08. read more »

Romain Grosjean says he is pleased with Lotus' progress after setting the quickest time on the final day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he has reason to be optimistic about the season ahead, despite McLaren's troubles during pre-season testing. Although racing director Eric Boullier... read more »

McLaren's pre-season troubles are an expected consequence of the extreme design philosophy used by designer Peter Prodromou according to Ron Dennis. The MP4-30 has been... read more »

Toto Wolff says that he is hopeful Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton can thrash out a new deal before the first round of the season begins in Australia next month. Hamilton's... read more »

McLaren's racing director Eric Boullier proved relieved to have seen the MP4-30 more than 30 laps today and is optimistic that when things go well, the team will be... read more »

Pastor Maldonado is optimistic that the Lotus F1 team will be able to banish the memories of last season after an initial run in the new E23 at Jerez. read more »

Pastor Maldonado says he is optimistic over Lotus' potential after he enjoyed his first day of running in the squad's new E23 Hybrid. Maldonado endured a difficult... read more »

Nico Rosberg isn't ruling out Ferrari entirely, but he seems confident that the Italian outfit won't be challenging Mercedes often during the 2015 season. The German,... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone is hopeful that a deal to secure Marussia's future will go ahead after he held discussions with the mystery investor himself. A planned sale of the teams... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg says he is expecting 'spectacular' things from his 2015 F1 season as he looks to build on what he claims was his best R1 season yet. read more »

Mercedes would look to sign Fernando Alonso for the 2016 season if they fail to agree new terms with current driver and champion Lewis Hamilton. The Briton has yet to agree to... read more »

Caterham F1's administrators have not given up hope that the team can be saved and make it to the first race of 2015 in Australia... read more »

Fernando Alonso insists he will be in for the long haul with his new team and is optimistic they will be able to "challenge Mercedes soon"... read more »

Despite not having fate in his own hands, F1 title hopeful Nico Rosberg remains optimistic as he looks forward to the Abu Dhabi finale. read more »

Nico Rosberg insists he is not feeling extra pressure as he looks to complete a perfect weekend in Brazil, adding that he has "learned from Austin"... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits Friday's practice at Interlagos "wasn't the best", but he is optimistic things will improve for qualifying... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is optimistic about Red Bull's chances in Brazil after a "pretty good start" to the weekend... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Williams could be able to challenge Mercedes for pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix read more »

Nico Rosberg has admitted that he needs a problem or bad luck to strike team-mate Lewis Hamilton if he's to win the 2014 championship. The German sits 24 points adrift of... read more »

Nico Rosberg says he remains "very optimistic" he can win the 2014 F1 Drivers' title, even though he now needs to rely on a little bit of luck to beat Lewis... read more »

Esteban Gutierrez is optimistic about his future in Formula 1, revealing he has "several alternatives" on the cards for next season... read more »