Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari back onto the top step of the podium as their pre-season form was realised at the Australian GP with the German winning ahead of Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Penalties for Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll mean the Red Bull driver will start Sunday's Australian GP P15 on the grid while the rookie is at the very back. read more »

Toto Wolff is predicting one "hell of a ride" after Ferrari took the fight to Mercedes in qualifying for the Australian GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed a sixth pole position in Australia, as Sebastian Vettel split the Mercs and Daniel Ricciardo crashed out in Q3. read more »

Romain Grosjean caught the eye in P6 for Haas, but Williams rookie Lance Stroll will start at the back of the grid. read more »

The top three on the grid sat down for their usual post-qualifying press conference. read more »

Former team-mates Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg fell short in Melbourne as they dropped out of qualifying in Q2 while Sauber were slowest of all. read more »

Fernando Alonso was struggling to be positive after qualifying 13th on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. read more »

Antonio Giovinazzi was delighted with his showing in qualifying after being a late substitute for Sauber following Pascal Wehrlein's withdrawal. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has said he is "obviously a little disappointed" to have crashed out of Q3 at his home Grand Prix in Australia. read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari can "do something" at the Australian Grand Prix, but conceded pole position was out of reach for him. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein has defended his decision to withdraw from this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, saying he was "not feeling comfortable" to race this weekend. read more »

Lance Stroll says it was "hard" to recover from his FP3 crash, resulting in an early end to his qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen believes the Australian Grand Prix will be "boring" for fans to watch while the drivers "have fun" in the new 2017 cars. read more »

Jolyon Palmer has blamed his "disaster" of a car after finishing slowest of all in qualifying the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton held off Sebastian Vettel to claim pole position in Australia in a qualifying that was red flagged when Daniel Ricciardo crashed. read more »

Lance Stroll's Formula 1 career will begin with a grid penalty as Williams had to change his gearbox following his FP3 crash. read more »

McLaren's form is a "nightmare" and not just for the team but Formula 1 as a whole; that's according to Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle. read more »

Lap times tumbled in a red-flagged final practice for the Australian GP as Sebastian Vettel posted a new fastest ever lap time around the Albert Park circuit on his way to P1. read more »

As Formula 1 closed in on the fastest lap time set at the Albert Park circuit, Christian Horner says it F1 will only get faster as the season progresses. read more »

Lagging behind Lewis Hamilton in Friday's second practice in Melbourne, Valtteri Bottas admits it is a "big gap" but not one that has his worried. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will miss the rest of the Australian GP weekend after admitting he is not fit enough to complete a full race distance and will be replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi. read more »

Jolyon Palmer says he was caught "massively by surprise" when he lost the rear of his RS17 and hit the barrier at the Albert Park circuit. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner has confirmed that the American outfit was told to remove the T-wing ahead of Friday's second practice as it was flexing significantly. read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari will continue to follow their own programme and not become distracted after falling short of Mercedes' benchmark in Australia. read more »