Romain Grosjean put Lotus on top of the times in final practice for the Australian Grand Prix as the rain hit the Albert Park circuit and Sebastian Vettel hit trouble. read more »

Formula 1 drivers will be left without in-cockpit warning lights in the Australian Grand Prix because of a telemetry problem. read more »

Pirelli is confident its super-soft compound will act as a qualifying-style tyre at the Australian Grand Prix and force teams on to two- or three-stop strategies in... read more »

Ferrari is happy with its race pace after Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix but says the relative qualifying pace of the top teams is still too close to call read more »

Thursday press conference at Australian Grand Prix withEric Boullier, Paul Hembery, Jean-Michel Jalinier, Martin Whitmarsh and Toto Wolff. read more »

The 2013 Formula One season got underway today for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton completing the first two practice sessions of the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean enjoyed successful 2013 season debuts in the E21 during the first day of the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park. Kimi ended the... read more »

After all the talking during winter testing, the season finally started with the first two free practice sessions of the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. The two Sauber F1... read more »

Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg says that his team should be able to aim for a top ten position in qualifying tomorrow. Hulkenberg was tenth in second practice ahead of the... read more »

Marussia rookie Jules Bianchi expressed his satisfaction after his first day of running at the Australian Grand Prix. Bianchi finished nineteenth in FP2, 3.7s shy of Sebastian... read more »

Dutch rookie Giedo van der Garde says rear locking on his Caterham CT03 was to blame for him sliding out of FP2 at the Australian Grand Prix. Van der Garde was on his eleventh... read more »

Jenson Button might have won last year's Australian GP, but on Friday he couldn't even crack the top ten at the end of Friday free practice. read more »

Friday's press conference with Eric Boullier (Lotus), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Jean-Michel Jalinier (Renault Sport F1), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren) and Toto Wolff (Mercedes). read more »

Fernando Alonso admits Ferrari have their work cut out ahead of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. read more »

We're very pleased with our opening day here in Melbourne and it really couldn't have gone any better for us with our new car, two new drivers and some good signs in... read more »

A typical day of Friday practice to start the season. The cars are working well and we were able to pick up where we left off in the Barcelona test. read more »

Friday's press conference - Australian GP read more »

We'll be running our FW35 launch aero package for the remainder of the weekend as it has proven better around the Albert Park circuit and in the conditions we have here. read more »

We had a very good day today until the last five minutes. Nico's car had a gearbox issue which we were aware of during the session, while Lewis had damage to the floor of... read more »

"Overall, it was pretty positive for us, but there are still areas to improve on," claims Mark Webber as he and teammate Sebastian Vettel dominate Friday practice. read more »

As expected, the competition is very tight in our part of the grid. Our work is therefore aimed not only at finding the best possible set-up for the rest of the weekend, but... read more »

Fernando Alonso said Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix confirmed that Ferrari is "not the quickest" read more »

Sebastian Vettel’s defence of his title got off to the ideal start after topping both practice sessions ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel’s time of... read more »

Jenson Button said he would settle for a top ten grid position at the Australian Grand Prix after McLaren struggled for pace throughout free practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is "massively excited" by the performance of his Mercedes car at the season-opening Australian GP. read more »