Ross Brawn has explained that his team need to make progress with its new MGP W02 chassis, after the final day of the opening pre-season test concluded in Valencia on Thursday... read more »

Jarno Trulli has left Valencia in a positive mood after getting his first taste of Lotus’ 2011 contender today. Despite not setting any ‘meaningful laptimes’ due to a... read more »

Group Lotus CEO Danny Bahar is optimistic that the current Lotus name row will be resolved before both parties engage in a court battle. The argument erupted after the 2010... read more »

Jérôme d'Ambrosio believes he has what it takes to challenge fellow Virgin Racing driver Timo Glock during his debut Formula 1 season. The 25-year-old Belgian is... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan is optimistic that his long absence from Formula 1 will not hamper him when he returns with Hispania this season read more »

Marussia Virgin Racing is optimistic ahead of the 2011 season, with the team expecting a significant performance gain from their new challenger. After announcing an enhanced... read more »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn is optimistic Michael Schumacher will go "decidedly better" this year after his struggles in 2010... read more »

Mike Gascoyne is optimistic that Lotus Racing's future looks strong, despite the ongoing row with Proton and Group Lotus. read more »

McLaren have enjoyed a good qualifying session at Abu Dhabi with their drivers starting tomorrow's race in second and fourth positions. Hamilton was extremely happy... read more »

Fernando Alonso is optimistic that his Ferrari team can get closer to Red Bull during Saturday's all important qualifying session than it has managed before this season... read more »

Mercedes is optimistic after a positive showing in the first two practice sessions for the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic that the race win he needs in Abu Dhabi is achievable even though he suspects the McLaren will not quite have the pace of rivals Red Bull and... read more »

Ross Brawn and Norbert Haug both believe that with a stronger Michael Schumacher and a faster car, 2011 can be a very good year for Mercedes Grand Prix indeed. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is optimistic about his chances of securing a maiden F1 title in Abu Dhabi after closing the gap to Fernando Alonso in Brazil... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he remains optimistic that he can clinch the drivers' title after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is remaining cautiously optimistic, insisting it was too soon to declare Red Bull the favourites for Sunday's Brazilian GP... read more »

Renault again had a mixed Friday as Robert Kubica was fairly happy with his car, although he is convinced they still need to do a lot of work on the car. Vitaly Petrov had... read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber declared themselves cautiously optimistic about Red Bull's chances at Interlagos after finishing first and second in both practice... read more »

Jan Paul ten Hoopen, manager of GP2 driver Giedo van der Garde, is hopeful that the Dutchman will be able to sign up for a full-time Formula 1 race seat with Virgin Racing for... read more »

F1 2010 team-mates and countrymen Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher believe Mercedes Grand Prix has every reason to be optimistic ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. read more »

McLaren might have 'only the third-fastest car' as the F1 2010 title battle nears its conclusion, but Lewis Hamilton is optimistic the team can outwit arch-rivals Red... read more »

"We have had a run of strong results recently, considering our relative performance position, and I am optimistic that we can continue the recent trend at the last two... read more »

Nick Heidfeld is still optimistic about securing a race seat with one of the more established teams next year... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic that he is still in the world championship hunt thanks to his second place in the Korean Grand Prix, although he admitted that McLaren needed to... read more »

Michael Schumacher believes that the Korean Grand Prix has a good chance of restarting after red flags flew just seven minutes into the Safety Car-started race on Sunday... read more »