Alpine's Esteban Ocon has what it takes to give Fernando Alonso a tough challenge in 2021, according to reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin. read more »

Former Formula 1 team owner turned television pundit, Eddie Jordan, reckons Mercedes must take a tough stance in negotiations with their star driver, Lewis Hamilton, amid... read more »

Esteban Ocon says pre-race chats filled with encouragement from Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul helped him battle through the tough times on his Formula 1 return last year read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr feels it will be a "tough thing" to make his Ferrari Formula 1 debut with limited testing in its new car, but is relishing the challenge read more »

Franz Tost says it will take Yuki Tsunoda time to adapt to life in Formula 1, but he doesn't foresee it being too long before the Japanese driver is up to speed. read more »

AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost expects Yuki Tsunoda to find it "very tough" to adapt to life in F1, despite his prodigious talent. read more »

AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has warned new driver Yuki Tsunoda will face a "very tough" start to life in Formula 1. read more »

Carlos Sainz has a challenge on his hands to hit the ground running when he starts the 2021 season with Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc. read more »

Guenther Steiner says Haas are likely to struggle again in 2021, but he hopes there are more reasons to cheer next year than there was in 2020. read more »

Yuki Tsunoda says that he's hoping to learn a lot from Pierre Gasly in their first year together, who he expects to be a tough team-mate. read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto expects Mick Schumacher to have a tough Formula One debut with Haas next year before getting more up to speed in 2022. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner described Mick Schumacher's performance in his maiden Formula 1 outing as a "good moment" after a "tough few weeks". read more »

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Mercedes F1 driver Valtteri Bottas says he purposely avoided social media and looking at news stories in the media following what he described as a "tough" Sakhir GP. read more »

Formula 1's managing director motorsports Ross Brawn believes Sebastian Vettel faces a tough ask stepping in for Sergio Perez when he joins Aston Martin next year. read more »

Contemplating the end of his F1 career, for now, Daniil Kvyat says Formula 1 is "tough sport" in which "politics are in play". read more »

Renault driver Esteban Ocon described his first Formula 1 podium as the "cherry on the cake" after finishing as runner-up to Sergio Perez in a chaotic Sakhir Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas did what was expected by taking pole for the Sakhir Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver faced tough competition on the high-speed Bahrain configuration, with Russel... read more »

Max Verstappen believes it will be "very tough" for Red Bull to beat Mercedes in Bahrain this weekend even in the absence of Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton read more »

Max Verstappen doesn't expect this weekend's Sakhir F1 Grand Prix to be any easier despite Lewis Hamilton being absent after testing positive for COVID-19. read more »

Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto has described Charles Leclerc as "a leader" in the wake of the Formula 1 squad's troubled 2020 campaign. Leclerc joined... read more »

Not the positions we wanted to start tomorrow's race from. It's tough going at the moment, but like always, we'll try to get the best out of Sunday. read more »

As expected, given how free practice went yesterday, this was a tough qualifying for us. read more »

We know the track is tough on tyres and so it is difficult to make them last, but it will be the same for everybody. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has conceded that being his team-mate "is not easy" and that Valterri Bottas deserves high praise for his efforts alongside him this year. read more »