Australia Sunday quotes: Mercedes read more »

Paul di Resta, 10th: "It’s always nice to start the season with a point, but it was not looking too promising until the last few read more »

Australia Sunday quotes: Force India read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 9th: "I don’t really know how that happened on the last lap. I saw blue flags and a lot of cars in front and read more »

Championship standings following the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, round 1 out of 20 in the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, retired: “Both Vitaly and I had to avoid the problems in turn one at the start and then I lost a bit of read more »

Australia Sunday quotes: Caterham read more »

Jenson Button took victory in the first race of the new season to get his title challenge off to the best possible start in Australia. The read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button dominates the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finishes third. read more »

"We arrived in Australia without a winning car," admits Fernando Alonso. "It's something that maybe we knew, or expected, after winter testing. Today we... read more »

Fernando Alonso has said there is 'no point getting angry', despite a bitterly disappointing qualifying session today in Australia for the Scuderia. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has blamed a mistake and a communication issue for his failure to progress beyond the opening qualifying session today in Australia. read more »

Timo Glock, 21st: “Free Practice 3 was my first chance to drive the car in stable conditions and it was clear that we had a lot read more »

Pedro de la Rosa, 23rd: “We did all we could today. The team put in a great shift and just making it to today was read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 10th: “That was nice! The ambition at the start of the weekend, as far as qualifying was concerned, was to get into Q3 and read more »

Nico Hulkenberg, 9th: “I’m very happy with today’s result because I was not sure we would be able to make Q3. We did a good job read more »

Michael Schumacher, 4th: “The first qualifying session of the year proved to be as tight a competition as we had all hoped for. I am certainly read more »

Fernando Alonso, 12th: “It went like this: I got a bit on the grass under braking, the car took off on its own and I read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "It has been a very satisfying day for the team with Pastor qualifying in a very creditable eighth position and read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 1st: "I’m massively proud of my team. We’ve been working incredibly hard throughout the winter: we’ve never given up, and... read more »

Romain Grosjean, 3rd: "Today is like a dream come true. I only really discovered the Albert Park circuit in the dry this morning and I read more »

Mark Webber, 5th: "We knew there were some quick guys out there - McLaren and Mercedes especially and Roman did well too. Everyone always thinks read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 13th: “This is obviously disappointing. In Q1 I was really happy with the car and the grip and, of course, it felt great to read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 19th: “I'm reasonably positive about today. We didn't get everything we could out of the car in Q1 but it felt better this read more »

For the second year running HRT will contest the Australian GP after both cars failed to qualify and the stewards refused to grant an exemption... read more »