Jules Bianchi has admitted that it has been 'a little bit difficult' over the winter break, with the Frenchman still waiting on a decision from Force India as... read more »

Following reports he was the favourite to secure the other Caterham race seat, Vitaly Petrov's manager actually sounds far from optimistic. German reports had suggested... read more »

Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has heaped praise on 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and defended Romain Grosjean ahead of the 2013 season read more »

Marussia are confident that the work carried out in McLaren's wind tunnel last season and over the winter will pay off in 2013 as they look to gain ground on the midfield.... read more »

Despite a poor finish to their campaign, Nico Rosberg insists Mercedes have taken massive strides in 2012 and that next year will be even better. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is cautiously optimistic Toro Rosso can move up the grid in 2013 with the arrival of James Key as technical director read more »

Fernando Alonso is optimistic over Ferrari's chances of making a stronger start to the 2013 campaign, having endured a difficult approach to the Melbourne season opener... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his aim next season will be to finish on the podium regularly with Mercedes. The Brackley outfit failed to secure a podium finish during the final 12 races... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is optimistic he and Lotus can be even stronger in next year's Formula 1 world championship read more »

Bruno Senna remains hopeful he will be on the Formula 1 grid next season despite having lost his seat at Williams read more »

McLaren Sporting Director Sam Michael is optimistic that the team will be able to fight at the front of the field from the very first race in Australia next season, with... read more »

Felipe Massa admits that he did not expect Ferrari to wait as long as it did before making a decision on his future - but had already changed his mindset anyway. read more »

Venezuelan racer Pastor Maldonado is optimistic of a competitive showing in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Maldonado crashed out of the race in Brazil last season but... read more »

Nico Rosberg is optimistic that Mercedes can end its 2012 Formula 1 campaign on a relative high in Brazil this weekend after being encouraged by his pace in Friday practice. read more »

Bruno Senna reveals that he remains optimistic about remaining in F1 next season, despite looking likely to lose his seat at Williams to Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Although he is highly optimistic of staying with Lotus for the 2013 F1 season, Romain Grosjean admits that he is yet to put pen to paper. The Franco-Swiss driver rejoined the... read more »

McLaren are optimistic they can close the gap to Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship at the final race of the season in Brazil this weekend. The team currently sit... read more »

With Pastor Maldonado starting from tenth place and his team mate Bruno Senna on the row behind him, Williams are optimistic they can get both cars home in the points in Texas. read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is increasingly optimistic that he will hang on to his Sauber seat for the 2013 Formula 1 season read more »

McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are optimistic the new United States GP track will be a success. read more »

Fernando Alonso has said that his sole aim is scoring fourteen more points than Sebastian Vettel in the final three races. Alonso qualified in seventh place in Abu Dhabi.... read more »

After final practice we were probably feeling quite optimistic of getting at least one car into Q3, but it seems that the cooler conditions this evening didn't play into... read more »

Nico Rosberg is in an optimistic mood despite admitted that his Mercedes team lacks pace. Mercedes has failed to score a point since the Singapore Grand Prix in September and... read more »

McLaren finished second and third quickest to Sebastian Vettel in Friday evening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were left feeling... read more »

McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe has said he is 'optimistic' the team won't have issues with the soft tyres in Abu Dhabi read more »