Jenson Button has admitted that McLaren is struggling to understand its 2013 car and extract consistent performance from it. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg said the performance of the Pirelli tyres in Barcelona was making "proper testing" difficult for the teams read more »

Valtteri Bottas said he "can really feel" the performance improvement on the new Williams FW35 and says the car is clearly better on traction read more »

Daniel Ricciardo said he is "pretty pleased" with the aerodynamic performance of the STR8 after the opening day at Barcelona read more »

Lotus technical director James Allison says the team will focus on performance and understanding tyres during the second test this week at Barcelona read more »

Tyre supplier Pirelli has announced which compounds will be used for the opening four races of 2013. Pirelli will bring the Super Soft compound tyre to the Australian Grand... read more »

Mika Hakkinen doesn't believe Mercedes, going by their Jerez pre-season form, will be a match for McLaren this season. The Finnish champion admitted it was too early to... read more »

The attention to detail in F1, including hours spent driving in a simulator, is astonishing, writes BBC commentator Ben Edwards read more »

Lotus head to the second pre-season test in Barcelona next week in high spirits, with technical director James Allison admitting he is so far happy with the E21's... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was pleased with his performance during his second day at the wheel of the E21, concluding an encouraging week for Lotus... read more »

Giedo van der Garde says Caterham has made a solid step forward with front-end performance this year, having tested the CT03 for the first time at Jerez this week. The... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen may well have topped the times on the final day of testing, but the Lotus driver admits it means nothing in terms of how competitive their car is. The Finn is... read more »

Sauber praised Esteban Gutierrez's performance in the first test of the new season as "excellent" read more »

Ross Brawn has described new recruit Lewis Hamilton as a key ‘part of the solution’ to Mercedes’s performance deficit, explaining that the former... read more »

Max Chilton is encouraged by the performance of his Marussia team's new Formula 1 car, despite limited running in Jerez read more »

Max Chilton said Marussia was pleasantly surprised by the MR02's potential after some performance runs on day three at Jerez read more »

Sebastian Vettel felt the new Red Bull was a step forward after his first Formula 1 test of the season at Jerez on Thursday, but warned against any 'getting excited'... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner doesn't expect any one team to dominate the season, much like 2012 which saw various winners. The opening seven races last... read more »

Nico Hülkenberg has been left encouraged by the high-speed handling of Sauber's new C32 chassis, with the German explaining that the performance... read more »

Romain Grosjean said the performance of the new Lotus E21 was "even better" than he'd been expecting on the opening day of the first test read more »

Sauber have unveiled their 2013 Formula 1 car with the ambition of improving on last year's performance. read more »

Mercedes debuted their 2013 car during a filming day at the Jerez circuit on Monday, a day before pre-season testing begins at the Spanish venue. The W04 was uncovered by Nico... read more »

After just under six months with Scuderia Toro Rosso, James Key looks at the technical challenges facing the team in the short and long-term and explains his role at the... read more »

Swiss team Sauber have unveiled their 2013 Formula 1 car with the ambition of improving on last year's performance. read more »

Q. In three days the Sauber C32-Ferrari will turn its first wheel out on the track. What are your feelings going into the roll-out? Monisha Kaltenborn: I’m very... read more »