Valtteri Bottas hasn't scored a point in Formula 1. But he made his mark in Canada.

For one of the Toro Rosso drivers, 2014 could be their big chance. If that chance arises, who will it go to?

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says he is happy to have qualified on the front row for the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton will line up behind team mate Nico Rosberg but admits that he has been struggling with his Mercedes W04 throughout the weekend. "I’ve been struggling all weekend as you can see, my pace was sucking all weekend and just struggling with the car if I’m honest," he said. "It’s the first time I’ve ever had that experience here in Monaco, since 2005, every year, […]

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya admits that his team needs to find consistency to build on a positive start to the 2013 season. The Silverstone based squad sits in fifth place in the championship, but Adrian Sutil has not scored a point since the opening round in Australia. Both cars were affected by wheel nut errors in Malaysia, while Sutil suffered a delay of a minute in the pits in Spain. The German was also hit by rivals in China and Bahrain. "We’ve scored […]

Christian Horner was on Tuesday faced with rising speculation Red Bull is weighing up a choice between two drivers for Mark Webber's 2014 seat. Amid suggestions the team has decided to replace Australian Webber, team boss Horner admitted in Barcelona that the 36-year-old is in "the autumn of his career". On the front row of the grid for his place, according to the rumour mill, are Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo. When asked about the Finn, Horner told Austrian Servus TV: "Kimi is doing a […]

Jenson Button says a double points finish for McLaren is a step in the right direction. Button made a poor start from fourteenth but recovered to beat team-mate Sergio Perez to eighth. "The lap to the grid was very slow, which hurt us, and my start wasn’t great. I had no grip, so Turn One was a mess. I was unlucky to end up 17that the end of lap one," he said "We took the same approach as in China, adopting a different strategy from […]

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn has said his team remain focused on improving the long run pace of the W04. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg claimed pole position for the last two races but were unable to convert them into victory, with Hamilton third in China and Rosberg only ninth in Bahrain. "We've been working hard on improving our long runs and there are some signs of improvement today but we need to have a good look at the data this evening before making any […]

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya has praised lead driver Paul di Resta after a strong start to the 2013 campaign. Di Resta finished in fourth place in Bahrain, equalling his best ever Formula 1 result. "Overall the balance is extremely positive for Sahara Force India with our best ever start to a season," said Mallya. "In terms of points scored we are nine points up compared to last year and we’ve been up at the sharp end fighting with the big teams." "The performances […]

McLaren is refusing to write off the 2013 season, despite lagging a huge 86 points behind the lead of the constructors' championship after just four races. Having gambled on a radical new car for the new campaign, McLaren is now trailing its top-four rivals and even Force India, while leading driver Jenson Button is a mere tenth in the drivers' points. But even though the sweeping rules changes for 2014 are looming large, including the switch from V8 to V6 power, boss Martin Whitmarsh said […]

Despite a mixed start to the 2013 campaign for Ferrari, test driver Marc Gene insists the mood at Maranello is "calm". Spaniard Alonso won in China earlier this month, but before that he retired after a crash in Malaysia, whilst last weekend in Bahrain his victory hopes collapsed due to an ultra-rare DRS rear wing failure. "It's the first problem of its kind on this system seen in the three years during which it has been used," the Italian team revealed in a media statement. […]

The five rookies have yet to score a point in 2013, but this doesn't mean they're destined for the scrapheap.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has faith that he can be among the leading group this weekend in Bahrain. Alonso, who won in China last weekend, set the fourth fastest time in second practice. "It was a positive day and we are reasonably pleased with how the car behaved," he said. "We had no major problems and more importantly, we didn’t have to make any radical changes to the F138 to adapt it to this track and its long straights and slow corners". The Spaniard is unsure […]