Sauber used 'safety' as its defence for preventing Giedo van der Garde from driving in the Australian GP... but, as Max Yamabiko explains, it was a weak comeback read more »

Embattled Sauber sat out the entire first practice session at the Australian GP amid the escalation of their legal dispute with Giedo van der Garde. read more »

Mercedes started the 2015 season as they finished 2014, holding a significant advantage over the rest of the field during the first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Nico Rosberg leads a Mercedes 1-2 in the opening practice session of the 2015 F1 world championship in Melbourne, Australia. read more »

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton led the way for Mercedes during the first free practice session for the Australian Grand Prix, and indeed the 2015 season. The pair were... read more »

Full times from today's first free practice session for the Rolex Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lawyers representing Dutch Formula 1 driver Giedo van der Garde have asked the Supreme Court of Victoria to imprison Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn. There is an... read more »

Giedo van der Garde is present at Albert Park and has had a seat fitting, but it remains unclear what Sauber will proceed ahead of Australian Grand Prix read more »

McLaren stand-in driver Kevin Magnussen says that the squad's expectations for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix are low after a difficult pre-season.... read more »

Sauber's appeal against a court verdict that Giedo van der Garde should race for the squad in 2015 has been dismissed. Van der Garde took his case to court and claimed... read more »

Jenson Button remains confident McLaren can reach the end of the Australian Grand Prix despite persistent reliability problems throughout testing read more »

The transcript from the Thursday Press Conference ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. read more »

The first FIA press conference of the 2015 F1 season brings together drivers young and, ahem, not quite so young... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says that, this year, Red Bull Racing 'has a plan' for the Australian GP, rather than simply keeping its fingers crossed for the F1 season-opener. read more »

Sauber's appeal against Wednesday's Supreme Court judgement has been dismissed, therefore Giedo van der Garde's right to race has been upheld. Sauber had hoped... read more »

Jenson Button believes the McLaren MP4-30 has the basis to be the best McLaren he has driven since joining the team in 2010 but admits it will not get close to its full... read more »

The Checkered Flag looks ahead to this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, round 1 of the 2015 Formula 1 season. read more »

Kevin Magnussen says McLaren-Honda heads into the Australian Grand Prix with low expectations, after a challenging pre-season. read more »

Today's press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Jenson Button says McLaren's aim in this weekend's Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix is simply getting more mileage after poor reliability hampered its... read more »

Sauber's preparations ahead of the new Formula 1 season take a big hit after an Australian court dismisses their appeal of Giedo van der Garde taking a 2015 race seat. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he and Red Bull enter the Australian Grand Prix with far greater confidence than last year despite a rather indifferent winter testing campaign read more »

Daniil Kvyat says he has “no expectations” ahead of his Red Bull debut at the Australian GP although he thinks his new team's latest car “is looking promising”. read more »

Giedo van der Garde officially becomes third driver in race for two Sauber F1 seats at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix after courts again rule in his favour. read more »

Sauber will have to name Giedo van der Garde as one of their two drivers for the Australian GP after losing their appeal on Thursday... read more »