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February 28, 2013: Lewis Hamilton says there is more focus on the driver's needs at Mercedes than there was at his old team McLaren

February 28, 2013: Romain Grosjean says there is no reason to think Lotus will not be among the teams fighting at the front of the pack at the opening round of the season, but said he still needs time in the car to refine his set-up

February 28, 2013: Esteban Gutierrez admitted that the intermediate tyres are "the most difficult ones" for Sauber

February 28, 2013: Max Chilton declared himself pleased with Marussia's lap total on day one of the final test in Barcelona

February 28, 2013: Marussia sporting director Graeme Lowdon says the team will "make the right decision" on Luiz Razia's future

February 28, 2013: Sergio Perez has admitted he has a lot of set-up work to do on his final day of testing at Barcelona if he is to arrive at the Australian Grand Prix fully prepared for his McLaren debut

February 28, 2013: Felipe Massa admits that while he's "confident" Ferrari has a strong car he is still uncertain if it is among the frontrunners

February 28, 2013: Lewis Hamilton declared himself "really happy" that Mercedes is making progress with its W04 in pre-season testing

February 28, 2013: Mark Webber says Red Bull will not be quicker than the rest of the field at the start of the season in Melbourne

February 28, 2013: Pirelli wants a new tyre-supply deal as sooner rather than later and has made clear that it can't wait until the summer to find out whether it will continue in 2014

February 28, 2013: Adrian Sutil says he deserves his second chance in Formula One and that his year on the fringes of the sport helped him to deepen his resolve to succeed

February 28, 2013: ESPN previews the final pre-season test at Barcelona, with the teams set to struggle with the weather and Pirelli tyres once again

February 28, 2013: Force India has confirmed Adrian Sutil as its second race driver alongside Paul di Resta, completing the line-up of the 2013 grid.

February 27, 2013: Romain Grosjean has a "long-term future" at Lotus according to the team's owner Gerard Lopez

February 27, 2013: McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale says Mercedes is offering "telephone number salaries" to bring in personnel as Paddy Lowe looks set to join the team

February 27, 2013: Jenson Button says he is unconcerned by the departure of McLaren's technical director Paddy Lowe

February 26, 2013: Renault Sport's deputy managing director Rob White says the engine manufacturer needs to maintain its standards with the current V8 engines in order to facilitate work on next year's V6's

February 26, 2013: Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali doubts that the team will have the quickest car by the Australian Grand Prix

February 26, 2013: Hotel operators in Austin have priced themselves out of the market for Formula One fans, according to tour operators who are boycotting the city ahead of the 2013 US Grand Prix