Pirelli's Paul Hembery expressed his pleasure that the 2013 tyre compounds were finally able to how what they were capable of in Australia on Friday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is "massively excited" by the performance of his Mercedes car at the season-opening Australian GP. read more »

Pastor Maldonado admitted he has been surprised by the lack of performance from his Williams team in Melbourne, conceding the British squad is far from the leading cars read more »

Martin Whitmarsh and Sam Michael have both admitted that McLaren are lacking pace as they struggle to understand how to get the best performance from their new car. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he cannot wait until the lights go out at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The Finnish rookie steps up to Formula One this season having... read more »

Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis expects exhaust technology to remain a key area in gaining performance this year read more »

Refusing to get carried away with his team's pre-season testing performance, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali also insists that while his team has taken a step... 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 »

Force India's owners, Vijay Mallya and Sahara, may be flying through turbulence at present but at least the road ahead looks clear for the team. 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 »

Caterham F1 Team has announced that Hari Roberts has joined its team as Head of Aerodynamics. As Head of Aerodynamics Hari will be working closely with Technical Director Mark... read more »

Caterham has announced that Hari Roberts has joined the team as Head of Aerodynamics and will be working closely with Technical Director Mark Smith and Performance Director... read more »

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was in high spirits after the conclusion of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday, explaining that he expects his team to be... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has played down his chart topping time on Saturday during the penultimate day of testing in Barcelona. The Mercedes driver posted a 1:20.558 to shoot to the top... read more »

Losing a contracted driver on the eve of the season is never a good thing, but by landing Jules Bianchi Marussia has ended up with a stronger line-up, in terms of on-track... read more »

Ross Brawn does not think the new Mercedes W04 is capable of challenging for the championship in its current state of competitiveness, but believes the gains in performance the... read more »

Felipe Massa is looking forward to a fresh start in 2013 and is aiming to maintain his level of performance from the end of 2012 throughout this year read more »

Mark Webber paid tribute to Red Bull for its efforts throughout the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya this week, with the Australian describing an... read more »

The very cold and damp conditions today made it difficult to do performance testing today, but it did enable Giede van der Garde to get to know a Formula One car in the wet, as... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has ended the first Barcelona test on top as he was fastest in the morning on a damp track. As ever, teams did not focus on performance that much in the... read more »

The alarm in the paddock about Pirelli's 2013 tyres is growing louder with every day. The latest shock is the performance of the new 'supersoft' tyre, which - to... read more »

The alarm in the paddock about Pirelli’s 2013 tyres is growing louder with every day. The latest shock is the performance of the new ‘supersoft’... read more »

Jenson Button says it has been ‘very tricky’ to understand the true performance of McLaren’s new MP4-28 chassis during pre-season testing so far,... read more »

Adrian Sutil believes he has done everything he can to secure the remaining Force India seat, but believes the team's decision is not wholly based on outright performance read more »

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