Lewis Hamilton says the way his Mercedes Formula 1 car felt in practice for the Australian Grand Prix was almost a "night and day" difference compared to pre-season... read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Any concerns Lewis Hamilton had about the competitiveness of his Mercedes were put to rest by two practice sessions at the Australian Grand Prix on... read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can make significant gains to Mercedes' early pace before qualifying for the season-opening Australian Grand... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is surprised how good his Mercedes felt during Friday practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

It's unfortunate Jo had a shunt in FP2. There's a reasonable amount of work to do to his car but nothing too drastic. read more »

We looked pretty strong this morning and then we tried a few things this afternoon but I don't think they worked in our favour. read more »

As Fridays go, it was a fairly routine start with a brake system problem on Esteban's car the only significant issue at the start of FP1. read more »

James Allison believes Mercedes have a strong package for the Australian Grand Prix, and is confident of a top result on Sunday. read more »

Overall it's been a positive day for us. read more »

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff described Lewis Hamilton as being "in a league of his own", at the Australian Grand Prix after the Briton led the way during both… read more »

Valtteri Bottas was pleased with his first day of running during practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, despite being half a second off the pace of team-mate Lewis... read more »

Williams has confirmed that an electrical issue was the cause of Felipe Massa's stoppage during second practice for the Australian Grand Prix, which prematurely… read more »

Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton is "in a league of his own" after the Mercedes driver dominated both Friday practice sessions for the Australian GP. read more »

Romain, had a good session. He learned a lot, did a lot of running and seemed to be competitive. With Kevin, we had a few issues. read more »

It was a day of two halves! read more »

Lewis Hamilton remained in charge in the second 90-minute free practice session of the Australian Grand Prix weekend. As today's running came to an end, he edged... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes Ferrari can be pleased with its showing during Friday practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, but admits the team still has improvements... read more »

Max Verstappen says Red Bull is not on the pace of Mercedes and Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix after finishing Friday practice in fifth and sixth. Verstappen was nearly... read more »

So far, there is a performance difference of around 0.7 seconds per lap between the soft and supersoft, as well as the supersoft and ultrasoft. read more »

Renault Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer said he was caught "massively by surprise" by the spin that caused his heavy crash in second practice for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Everyone will be looking to progress overnight and we will do the same. read more »

Our long run pace looked decent but it's harder to tell where we stand at this stage in terms of single lap pace. We'll find out tomorrow. read more »

Kevin Magnussen labelled his first official running with Haas as "frustrating" after a couple of issues hindered his progress during practice for the Australian… read more »

Sebastian Vettel has blamed poor car balance for Ferrari's disappointing performance during Friday practice for the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix read more »

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can 'reel in' some of Formula 1 rival Mercedes' advantage during the Australian Grand Prix weekend after it made set-up errors... read more »