Lifting some of the restrictions on the Formula 1 engine freeze is now up to Mercedes, following a meeting of the Strategy Group ahead of this weekend's Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Today's press conference with Graeme Lowdon, Eric Boullier, Christian Horner, Marco Mattiacci, Monisha Kaltenborn and Franz Tost. read more »

Nico Hülkenberg is set to incur a five-place grid drop for the Russian Grand Prix after a gearbox change. read more »

Marussia CEO Graeme Lowdon says running one car in the Russian Grand Prix felt like the right thing to do to pay tribute to injured driver Jules Bianchi read more »

Friday press conference for the Russian Grand Prix, with Eric Boullier, Monisha Kaltenborn, Franz Tost, Marco Mattiacci, Graeme Lowdon, Christian Horner read more »

Sergio Perez returns his attention to the Russian Grand Prix and says he will be supporting Jules Bianchi the best way he can. read more »

Jenson Button reckons the McLaren Formula 1 team can fight for a podium behind Mercedes in the inaugural Russian Grand Prix, after setting an impressive pace in free practice read more »

All in all it was a good day as we were able to complete our programme. read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from around the paddock after Friday practice for the Russian Grand Prix read more »

A tough day in which Jules has continued to be uppermost in our thoughts. read more »

From what we can see of the first day of action in Russia we're happy with our choices. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have hailed the challenge posed by the Sochi Autodrom after their first experience of the circuit during practice for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix read more »

As always on a new track, the first day of practice was particularly demanding, both for the drivers and the mechanics. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he was surprised by just how much grip there was on Friday in opening practice for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 drivers have praised Sochi Autodrom after the first day of practice for the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

This morning's and this afternoon's sessions went more or less as planned, and we're satisfied with the progress we made. read more »

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen complains of handling problems again after opening practice for the 2014 F1 Russian Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says he still does not feel comfortable with the front end of the Ferrari F14 T, following Friday's practice session for the Russian Grand Prix. Raikkonen... read more »

There is still plenty of work to do but it's positive to see that both Nico and Checo were getting happier and happier about the car as the day progressed. read more »

A very interesting day. Both drivers settled in to the new track pretty well, so overall we are quite happy. read more »

It's very much a low speed track, with no real high speed corners and our primary focus was to get the set-up of the cars right. read more »

Lewis Hamilton moved clear of the F1 field during second practice by some margin. The Briton's 1:39.630 meant he was the only driver to dip below the 1:40 mark. FP2 Full... read more »

Formula One's drivers have reacted with surprise about the technical nature of the Sochi Autodrom circuit after the first practice sessions of the Russian Grand Prix on Friday read more »

There were no big issues today and we were able to work pretty smoothly across both sessions. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has insisted a tyre blanket failure during opening practice for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix hasn t hurt him too much. read more »