Mercedes' pre-season struggles led the team to hold an emergency meeting late on Friday, according to reports. read more »

After a series of quick laps on Pirelli's softer compounds, Charles Leclerc found himself on top of the board with a time of 1m31.024s, beating Mercedes racer George... read more »

With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead... read more »

Charles Leclerc ended the final morning session of pre-season testing from Bahrain on top of the timesheets. The Monegasque driver bested George Russell in the Mercedes, who... read more »

George Russell is braced for a slow Mercedes start to the year after a troublesome second day of testing. read more »

Should George Russell's on-track failure worry Mercedes? Or is their W14 set to take the fight back to Red Bull and Ferrari? Day 2 of F1's pre-season testing in... read more »

The German manufacturer enjoyed an encouraging first day of testing, but things went awry on Friday as it struggled to find a good balance with the W14.George Russell ended the... read more »

Zhou tops the timesheets and Russell suffers a hydraulics failure as Max Verstappen enjoys final outing in RB19 before the season opener. read more »

Mercedes has confirmed George Russell suffered a hydraulic failure during the second session of the second day of the Bahrain pre-season test. read more »

Mercedes has triggered the second red flag of F1's Bahrain pre-season test after George Russell stopped on track. read more »

George Russell has admitted he does not expect Mercedes to be able to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari for victory at the opening race of the 2023 Formula 1 season in Bahrain... read more »

George Russell says that competing for the race victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix next week will be "a bit of a stretch" for Mercedes. The... read more »

Mercedes has been under scrutiny during Bahrain testing as it seeks to recover from a 2022 campaign hurt by porpoising and drag that caused its fall to third in the... read more »

George Russell says he does not expect Mercedes to be competing for victory at the start of the Formula 1 season in Bahrain next week. read more »

Mercedes enjoyed a smooth first day of testing with the W14 and are confident that they will begin 2023 with a ‘calmer’ and ‘more stable’ platform than last season’s W13. The... read more »

Twelve months on from its troubled test in Bahrain, where the German car manufacturer was plagued by excessive porpoising, the team seemed in a much happier place with its... read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the fastest time on the opening session of Formula 1's 2023 pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday.  The... read more »

George Russell has a solution to fix Formula 1's short pre-season testing window. read more »

George Russell says he has "a lot more to come" as he looks to raise his game against Lewis Hamilton in his second F1 season with Mercedes.  read more »

F1 testing was reduced from six to three days for 2021, with just three test days in Bahrain instead of two three-day tests in Barcelona.For 2022, winter testing expanded to... read more »

Jenson Button expects Lewis Hamilton to put pressure on Mercedes team-mate George Russell by starting the 2023 Formula 1 season "flat out". read more »

At one stage last year Wolff suggested the 2022 car, which eventually won the Brazilian Grand Prix in the hands of George Russell, should be consigned to the "caves"... read more »

Vowles left Mercedes, where he was highly regarded as its strategy director, to head up Williams after the departure of former team principal Jost Capito.The move was endorsed... read more »

George Russell believes James Vowles "thoroughly deserves" his opportunity as Williams team principal. read more »

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button has backed Lewis Hamilton to start the 2023 campaign "flat-out" and apply pressure to team-mate George Russell. Hamilton... read more »