With the lead Mercedes over a second slower than Max Verstappen in pre-season testing, Valtteri Bottas has cheekily declared Mercedes must be "sandbagging". read more »

Mercedes admits it has its "work cut out" after data from F1 pre-season testing suggests it is currently slower than chief rivals Red Bull. read more »

Reigning Formula 1 World Champions Mercedes believes its rival Red Bull has a stronger car following the end of pre-season testing in Bahrain, as it raised concerns over both... read more »

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo headed the timesheets as Formula 1 testing reached its midway point on Saturday lunchtime, while World Champion Lewis Hamilton spun into the... read more »

Vettel made his official Aston Martin debut on Friday morning in the Mercedes-powered AMR21, setting 51 laps at the Bahrain International Circuit before handing over the car to... read more »

Pirelli's simulations suggest that their new tyre compounds will be four tenths to half-a-second slower per lap than the old rubber. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks there is no chance Formula 1 teams will be able to produce faster cars next year in the wake of downforce cuts read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes the 2021 cars will start the season slower than the 2020 versions due to aero and tyre changes. read more »

Max Verstappen didn't record a single best sector, but put together the best overall lap to beat both Mercedes for the first time this year. Just a few hundredths slower... read more »

George Russell believes the lap times after Friday in Bahrain are "deceiving", suggesting he is one and a half tenths slower than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Haas' Romain Grosjean has been taken to the medical centre for a check-up in the wake of a horrific opening lap accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Amid jostling on the... read more »

Formula 1 drivers say their concerns about Pirelli's 2021 tyres go beyond them just being slower, as debate rages about whether the championship should stick with the... read more »

Formula 1 will not be stopped by rain on Istanbul Park's treacherous 'ice track' if bad weather strikes, but Red Bull's Alex Albon has quipped the cars... read more »

Formula 1's return to Turkey turned into an embarrassment due to a recently-laid new track that left lap times slower than on the sport's last visit in 2011. read more »

Max Verstappen went fastest in first practice for Formula 1's 2020 Turkish Grand Prix, with a time 10.028 seconds slower than the 2011 pole lap on Istanbul Park's new... read more »

Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher doesn't see how Sebastian Vettel's claims that Ferrari gave him a slower car in Portugal can be true. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen was left confused by qualifying after progressively getting slower throughout the session on his way to third on the grid for the Portuguese... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has conceded he made the wrong decision to only complete a single hot lap at the end of Q3 at Portimao, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton taking his... read more »

Williams driver George Russell believes that Formula 1 should have chosen the slower hairpin loop layout at the Algarve circuit's Turn 1 for the Portuguese Grand Prix read more »

Haas driver Romain Grosjean believes the privilege of driving in Formula 1 "has got no price" despite being two seconds per lap slower than Mercedes. read more »

George Russell isn't in favour of reverse-grids, feeling that they'd make those in the slower cars on the grid look stupid. read more »

Mercedes has already prepared for life with a less powerful power unit at Monza by running six to seven tenths a lap down at the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari is struggling to understand the cause of its one-lap pace issues at Spa-Francorchamps, as its troubled 2020 campaign continued. Neither Leclerc nor... read more »

Williams lapped Spa-Francorchamps four seconds faster year-on-year, while of the 10 teams only Ferrari was unable to improve its times. Williams struggled last season and was... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto has blamed a lack of understanding of the Pirelli tyres this weekend as the cause of its woeful showing on Friday, which saw Charles... read more »