Fernando Alonso revelled in an unexpectedly bright start to his time with Aston Martin after securing third place in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen has sent a warning to Red Bull's rivals that it will be even stronger in the race after the reigning champion was "surprised" by his pole position... read more »

After Red Bull appeared to be the strongest team by some margin during pre-season testing last week, Verstappen had to persevere with more understeer during Friday practice as... read more »

Lando Norris' decision to pen a new contract to commit his future to McLaren surprised Jenson Button, who questioned if he would receive "a winning... read more »

Former F1 world champion Jenson Button has conceded he was surprised by Lando Norris' long-term commitment to McLaren. read more »

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button admits he's surprised that Lando Norris opted to sign a long-term contract with the McLaren team. Norris joined the... read more »

2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button says he is "surprised" Mercedes did not change their 'zero sidepod' concept during the off-season.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton has conceded he was 'not surprised' by the FIA's decision to restrict F1 drivers' freedom of speech, but has vowed that "nothing will... read more »

After Mercedes revealed its W14 F1 car at Silverstone, viewers were surprised but pleased to see the return of the black silver arrow, albeit with a lot more "naked... read more »

Porsche's head of motorsport Thomas Laudenbach says he was "surprised as anyone" over the recent social media frenzy that tied the German manufacturer to the... read more »

Rumours ran riot on F1 social media that Porsche was about to announce a grand prix partnership on January 16 with a Gulf-backed Williams team.The theories had been triggered... read more »

Mercedes were "surprised" their rivals did not find the loophole that enabled them to come up with their radical sidepod concept for F1 2022.  read more »

Max Verstappen admitted to being surprised by how big a gap he had to Charles Leclerc in the Drivers' Championship come the end of the 2022 season. read more »

The head of Formula One's governing body on Sunday strongly supported a proposed new Andretti Cadillac all-American team and said he was surprised by "adverse... read more »

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem says he is "surprised" by the "adverse reaction" to Andretti's proposed Formula 1 entry with Cadillac. read more »

After Ben Sulayem revealed at the start of this week he wanted the FIA to explore starting the process to get a new team on the grid, Andretti announced a new partnership with... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has conceded to being surprised by Mercedes' ability to fight back to the front in 2022 in F1's budget cap era. read more »

In honour of Riki's final weekend with the race team, George surprised him with a hot lap around the Abu Dhabi Circuit. It did take some convincing to get him in the car... read more »

Andreas Seidl says lucky podiums are rare now in Formula 1 due to the infrastructure in place at Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes that made it difficult for the other teams to... read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Mattia Binotto's Ferrari exit came as no surprise to him despite their "great car" in 2022, and insists he was never tempted... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner admits that he wasn't surprised by Mattia Binotto's resignation from the Ferrari Formula 1 squad. Following the season-ending Abu... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted he was surprised by Mercedes' lack of pace as he and team-mate George Russell were unable to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari at the final... read more »

The incident happened on the first flying lap after a safety car period triggered by a clash between Kevin Magnussen and Daniel Ricciardo just after the original start. Norris... read more »

Lewis Hamilton surprised Sir Jim Ratcliffe as he ran the rule over the Mercedes F1 investor's £52,000 Ineos Grenadier 4X4. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has surprised many by not choosing fellow German and childhood idol Michael Schumacher as the best driver in F1 history. read more »