Sauber are optimistic that the tyre problems which gave them quite a few headaches in India won't be an issue at next weekend's Abu Dhabi GP... read more »

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg are confident of another strong result as Mercedes heads to Abu Dhabi next weekend. The silver arrows enjoyed a promising afternoon last... read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is feeling positive ahead of the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, even if he will have to start from fifth place. read more »

Team Lotus drivers Kovalainen and Trulli qualified for 20th and 21st positions on tomorrow's grid for the Indian GP. The team is rather pleased about their performance... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes his chances of achieving the win in India are good despite his three-place grid-slot penalty... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said he remains optimistic about his Indian Grand Prix chances having gone second fastest in qualifying - which translates to fifth on the grid when his yellow... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes dust will be the 'story of the weekend' in India, although he is optimistic things will be better by race day. read more »

McLaren are optimistic of claiming the first non-Red Bull pole position of the 2011 Formula 1 season after heading the final practice session in Korea on Saturday morning.... read more »

Mercedes GP has the potential to turn the fight at the front of Formula 1 into a four-horse race next season, providing it can hit the ground running with its new car at the... read more »

Michael Schumacher enjoyed a strong race in last year’s inaugural Korean Grand Prix and the German, who is now only three points behind Mercedes team-mate Nico... read more »

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says he is optimistic that the Anglo-German team can achieve its 'ambitious' 2012 goals. The Mercedes outfit hasn't been in... read more »

Lotus Renault GP duo Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna go into the business end of the F1 2011 Japanese GP weekend confident of a top-ten performance after a strong showing during... read more »

Williams has made a breakthrough with understanding its troubled 2011 car, and hopes it can deliver an improved performance in Japan, says its new chief operations engineer... read more »

After producing a lap that he described as '120 per cent' and his 'best of the whole year' in qualifying, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is optimistic he... read more »

Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi has vowed to remain upbeat ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, despite being eliminated from the second stage of... read more »

Jarno Trulli has acknowledged that Team Lotus' hopes of contending for points in 2011 was a little too ambitious. read more »

Fernando Alonso is optimistic that Ferrari's gentle tyre use could give the team the edge over Red Bull in race conditions despite being outpaced by Sebastian Vettel... read more »

Felipe Massa says the combination of tyre compounds and circuit characteristics makes him optimistic for the Singapore Grand Prix read more »

Renault may have endured a challenging 2011 campaign after falling away from the podium-finishing pace that it started the season with, but team principal Eric Boullier says he... read more »

HRT team boss Colin Kolles is optimistic that his squad could be more of a threat to nearest rivals Virgin and Lotus in Singapore as it introduces upgrades read more »

Rubens Barrichello is remaining optimistic of salvaging points from a so far ‘difficult weekend’ for the Williams squad, admitting that his team has been... read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton remains 'optimistic' for the F1 2011 Italian Grand Prix, even though Sebastian Vettel blitzed the pack today in qualifying and was... read more »

Jenson Button is optimistic over his chances of challenging for victory at Monza tomorrow afternoon, despite explaining that third place will be a ‘tricky’... read more »

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi refuses to use the term 'slump' to describe the Swiss team's recent form, and is optimistic it can continue to battle Force India... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Saturday could see the first non-Red Bull pole position of the 2011 season after the McLaren driver set the quickest time in read more »