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Lando Norris could be a "surprise" of the 2021 season.

Mercedes' 2021 car has an "aerodynamic problem" that could be difficult to solve, according to former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher.

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl has played down the need to feel "sorry" for Sebastian Vettel.

Rebranding as Alpine justified the Renault group remaining in Formula 1, according to the Enstone based team's new CEO Laurent Rossi.

Nico Hulkenberg says becoming reserve driver at Red Bull this season was "never an option".

Sebastian Vettel has denied having an eye on Lewis Hamilton's works Mercedes seat for 2022.

Dr Helmut Marko has brushed off suggestions that Red Bull is clearly the favourite heading into the 2021 season.

Dr Helmut Marko does not think Red Bull newcomer Sergio Perez will need five races to start driving and racing his 2021 car at full speed.

Alfa Romeo has made "the biggest jump of any team" ahead of the 2021 season.

Williams' new CEO Jost Capito has admitted the British team could lose George Russell to Mercedes for 2022.

Ferrari has not made a "big step" with its 2021 engine, according to customer team Haas' boss Gunther Steiner.

Nikita Mazepin will not get preferential treatment at Haas this season, team boss Gunther Steiner insists.

Organisers of the grand prix at Sochi are pressing ahead with preparations for the race in September, despite Russia's anti-doping ban from international sport.

Sebastian Vettel left the pre-season test in Bahrain with the slowest lap time of all 20 race drivers that run in the desert island, as well as with the lowest number of laps achieved by those that will be taking part in the 2021 Formula One World Championship. A new experience for the four-times World Champion, who managed only 177 laps in the course of his thee half days of running, with a best time of 1m33,742s, almost four seconds off Max Verstappen's pace setting time.

Mercedes endured its toughest pre-season since the introduction of the Hybrid Power engines seven years ago and left Bahrain as the team with the least laps completed over the course of the three days of running – only 304 laps between Hamilton (154) and Bottas (150) – while AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari all completed over 400 laps in the same period of time.

Lance Stroll could be "a benchmark" for quadruple world champion and teammate Sebastian Vettel in 2021.

Max Verstappen was "much faster" than Mercedes' drivers at the Bahrain test.

Former F1 driver Christijan Albers has dismissed claims that Mercedes may be sandbagging ahead of the 2021 season.

Sharp-eyed observers have questioned rookie Yuki Tsunoda's pace in the pre-season Bahrain test.

McLaren is "surprised" to be the only team exploiting an early loophole in the tweaked aerodynamic rules for 2021.

Team boss Gunther Steiner admits it is "possible" Haas will finish dead last in the 2021 world championship.

Long-time F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander admits to feeling "nervous" about the 2021 season.

Formula 1 is hoping to race through the covid crisis by attending all 23 scheduled grands prix on the 2021 calendar.

Mercedes has made "a horrible start" to the 2021 season, according to team boss Toto Wolff.