“We knew our car would struggle on this type of circuit.”
Means: “Our car would struggle on any type of circuit made up of a tarmac road surface laid out with straights and corners.”
 
“I have a very good relationship with my team-mate.”
Means: “I am comfortably quicker than my team-mate.”
 
“I have a good working relationship with my team-mate.”
Means: “I hate my team-mate. I call him my ‘team-hate.’  He can’t even remember the names of his mechanics, he does hardly any testing, and yet he just turns up and drives the car and is quicker than me. He also has a much prettier girlfriend.”
 
“A difficult first day of practice which saw us struggle to find the right balance on the car. We still need to complete our tyre comparison programme.”
Means: “The car is a complete pig and the only balance I’m ever likely to find is the one in my bank account. As for the tyre choice, we’ll toss a coin in the hotel bar tonight to decide which one to use.” 
 
“Next year, we should be able to challenge for race wins on a regular basis.”
Means: “We said exactly the same thing last year, but hope no one will notice that we are repeating ourselves.”
 
Of course, none of these comments refer to Red Bull Racing or Toro Rosso press releases, which are always honest, decent and truthful.