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 »

Honda is working on a significantly updated Formula 1 engine designed to raise power levels, having finally appeared to make reliability progress as the 2017 season began in... read more »

The team bosses had their say in the traditional Friday press conference in Melbourne. read more »

Half a second up on his nearest rival in FP2, Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' improvement between the final test and Friday's practice was "night and day." read more »

Fernando Alonso has said he is not the right person to ask about the future of McLaren and their engine supplier Honda. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said his focus is completely on Ferrari and not on a potential move to Mercedes in 2018. read more »