Sauber s technical director Mark Smith has split from the team on the eve of the 2016 F1 season opener in Australia for family reasons. read more »

There's been a huge effort to bring new parts to Australia and it'll be good to finally get to the track and see how we fare. read more »

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya is hopeful that the outfit can carry over its late-2015 form when the new campaign gets under way in Australia this… read more »

Kevin Magnussen says a points finish is his ambition as he prepares to make his full-time Formula 1 comeback with Renault in Australia this weekend. Magnussen finished second... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he wants to produce happier memories in Australia after missing the 2015 season opener through injury read more »

Felipe Massa says he is pretty optimistic heading to Australia for the F1 2016 season opener and is hopeful he can start the new season like he did twelve months ago read more »

Daniil Kvyat: We maximised everything [during winter testing] and we know what to do in Melbourne and that s the most important thing so there are no big question marks now read more »

Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner says the goal will be to get both cars to the finish on the team s debut in Australia read more »

Daniel Ricciardo feels better prepared for the new season than he did in 2015 ahead of his home Grand Prix in Australia. read more »

Kevin Magnussen is optimistic that Renault will be able to compete for the points-paying positions when both he and the team return to action in Australia next… read more »

Esteban Gutierrez aiming for points in Australia read more »

Romain Grosjean says the new Haas F1 team will be looking to score points as soon as possible , although he concedes it is a bit early to be setting goals for Australia read more »

Kevin Magnussen says he is hoping to prove many points next weekend in Australia when he makes his F1 race return read more »

Dave Ryan: It would be a foolish person to start making predictions [about where we will be in Australia]... read more »

Romain Grosjean starts the next chapter of his career with the Haas F1 Team in earnest when the season gets underway in Australia. read more »

It is a first for Haas as Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez look ahead to the team's inaugural F1 grand prix in Australia... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is itching to return to competitive racing and is hoping he "floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee" in Australia. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone wanted time penalties in qualifying to mix up the grid this year, but voted for the new system set to debut in Australia next weekend because F1 "needed... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has urged critics of Formula 1's new qualifying format to wait until the system has made its debut in Australia before passing judgment read more »

Pirelli has announced the choices made by each team and driver for the number of tyre sets and compounds for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed the tyre compound selections which drivers have made for next weekend's Australian Grand Prix, under revised 2016… read more »

McLaren-Honda will not run its complete 2016 package until the season opener in Australia, the team's Racing Director, Eric Boullier, has confirmed, after… read more »

As the first Formula One Grand Prix approaches in Australia later in the month, Manor driver Rio Haryanto has called upon his dedicated fans for support ahead of his first F1... read more »

Nico Rosberg insists Mercedes doesn't have a clear-cut advantage and speculates Ferrari could even be ahead when action gets underway in Australia read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr ended the final day of pre-season with the second fastest time and now feels ready to race in Australia later this month. read more »