While Sebastian Vettel appears to pick up where he left off in Brazil, Ferrari, in particular, Mercedes and Kimi Raikkonen, look set to make life difficult for him and Red Bull. read more »

Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel set the pace during the opening free practice session of the year in Melbourne, posting a personal best lap of 1:27.211 on his Medium... read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists team-mate Mark Webber still has the pace to compete at the front despite now being the oldest man on the grid. read more »

Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel says he has never begun a title campaign as unsure of Red Bull's position in the pecking order as he is in 2013 read more »

While fans and pundits alike ponder who really has the edge, heading into the first race weekend of the season Fernando Alonso tips Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull as the pace... read more »

Romain Grosjean says he feels 'much more comfortable' ahead of the 2013 Formula 1 campaign, with the Lotus driver eager to put a turbulent return to the sport... read more »

McLaren cannot be comfortable about its reliability going into the 2013 Formula 1 season, admits team boss Martin Whitmarsh, but it has no qualms about prioritising its new... read more »

Jenson Button says it is almost impossible to predict who will be the pace-setters during next weekend's Australian Grand Prix, with the McLaren driver describing... read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button says the whole of Formula 1 is in the dark as to who will be setting the pace this season. read more »

Dr Helmut Marko has played down suggestions a clampdown on Renault’s intended engine mapping solution for 2013 has hurt the performance of the new Red Bull.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton doesn't believe Mercedes are under pressure to compete for the title this season, considering their form last year, but instead it's on their rivals.... read more »

Mercedes backed up its pace-setting performance at the final Barcelona test by completing the most amount of mileage, with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton racking up 481 laps... read more »

Ferrari are expecting the first race of the 2013 season to provide some 'surprises' and some 'shocks' as the teams failed to fully understand the Pirelli... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he is confident in the pace shown by the new Lotus E21 despite a troubled end to his pre-season programme in Spain read more »

Nico Rosberg put Mercedes on top for the final day of pre-season testing ahead of the new season with a lap of 1:20.130. The German traded fastest laps with Ferrari's... read more »

Lotus are adopting a "wait and see" policy over Mercedes' pace following the Brackley squad's good showing during testing... read more »

Nico Rosberg has joined Lewis Hamilton in downplaying Mercedes' pace as the duo topped the times on the final two days of pre-season testing... read more »

Formula 1's winter testing programme came to a close at Barcelona on Sunday and Nico Rosberg used the ever-critical final day to provide further evidence of the pace... read more »

Nico Rosberg says Mercedes has yet to see the best its rivals have to offer and played down his quick time from the final morning of testing read more »

Nico Rosberg says that many of the front-runners have still to show their pace after he sets a blistering pace in Barcelona read more »

Having consistently played down his expectations for 2013, Lewis Hamilton is now predicting a win. Until this weekend, most pundits had been forecasting a Red Bull versus Lotus... read more »

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg sets the fastest time of the winter on the final day of the final pre-season test. read more »

Nico Rosberg topped the final morning of pre-season Formula 1 testing as Mercedes continued to set the pace at Barcelona read more »

Lotus team principal Eric Boullier is not worried by the pace Lewis Hamilton showed during Saturday's test, but says it's not surprise to see the Mercedes near the top read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes still has plenty of work to despite his impressive pace on his final pre-season outing ahead of the Australian Grand Prix read more »