Valtteri Bottas: 'Fine details' separating Mercedes duo in 2018 F1 season read more »

With little over a tenth-of-a-second separating the top four in today's second practice session, Bottas predicts another tight fight between F1's top two teams. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it is "exciting" that the gap separating Mercedes and its Formula 1 rivals shrunk between first and second Australian Grand Prix practice read more »

Haas team principal Gunther Steiner hasn’t given up on a late Formula 1 charge with just six points separating it from Toro Rosso in sixth place ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

With 20 points separating Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton and 15 between the Brit and his Mercedes team-mate, Formula 1's title race has just become a three-driver tussle. read more »

With such fine margins separating the leading teams, Kimi Raikkonen is looking to be 100 per cent perfect to improve his F1 qualifying results. read more »

With just nine points separating Williams from fourth place in the standings, Felipe Massa says the team need to "knuckle down" despite the emotions of competing in... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his drivers are pushing each other to "new heights" this year as they battle for the championship. Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are... read more »

Eight races remain, with just nine points separating our drivers now. read more »

Formula 1 arrives in Hungary with just one point separating Mercedes team-mates and championship rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. GPUpdate.net previews… read more »

Sebastian Vettel appeared more concerned by the margin separating him from Baku pace-setter Lewis Hamilton than the potential for technical trouble that saw him end his day in... read more »

Jenson Button thinks McLaren can be encouraged by how close it came to making it through to Q3 in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. Button fell 0.09s shy of progressing on... read more »

This year F1 is set for a very close battle in the midfield with Bob Fernley saying there is a "cigarette paper" separating those vying for best of the rest... read more »

Williams Formula 1 team technical director Pat Symonds has been impressed by the performances of Felipe Massa since the Brazilian joined the team. Massa ended his seven-year... read more »

Both drivers have done a really good job today, with a mere 0.024s separating them. read more »

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has been hit with a reprimand for crossing the white line which denotes the entry to the pit lane, during practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. The... read more »

Lewis Hamilton edged Nico Rosberg in second practice on Friday afternoon in Abu Dhabi under the setting sun to go quickest once again. The pair were fairly evenly matched with... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is frustrated to qualify in eighth for the Italian Grand Prix behind the two McLarens and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with just over a tenth... read more »

Mercedes is bracing itself for some more 'hard' times in trying to manage Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg now that there is little separating them in the Formula 1... read more »

Rapax’s Stefano Coletti has taken the early lead in the GP2 championship after setting the fastest time in qualifying in Malaysia. Coletti’s time edged out... read more »

Romain Grosjean went fifth fastest and Kimi Raikkonen set the sixth quickest time - with just 0.032secs separating them - at the end of Friday's two practice sessions... read more »

McLaren are ready and prepared for a "long and hard" fought battle for the championship, says managing director Jonathan Neale. Neale also added that they're not... read more »

Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery: “With Pastor Maldonado starting from the front and Lewis Hamilton starting from the back, this was always going... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 5th: "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the... read more »

Fernando Alonso thinks there is little separating the top teams in Formula 1 at the end of pre-season testing - as he predicts that it will be small details that will decide... read more »