Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have escaped grid penalties despite being found guilty of impeding other cars during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado is upbeat heading into his first Formula 1 race in Melbourne on Saturday. Despite being out-qualified by Sergio Pérez, who he beat to the GP2... read more »

Team Lotus has said that it remains optimistic of a good result in the Australian GP despite a disappointing qualifying performance. read more »

Despite dominating qualifying in Melbourne, defending F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is keen to keep his expectations in-check ahead of a race that has rarely shone upon... read more »

Nico Rosberg was left to rue a costly error during the final part of qualifying at the Albert Park circuit on Saturday, with the Mercedes GP driver set to line up in seventh... read more »

Jenson Button has praised the improvements made to his MP4-26 in Melbourne this weekend, with the McLaren squad achieving a strong result in qualifying after a challenging... read more »

Timo Glock has admitted that it has been a ‘tough test’ for his Marussia Virgin Racing squad in Melbourne this weekend, with the German driver finishing Saturday’s... read more »

Mark Webber was left disappointed with his pace during qualifying, despite securing third on the grid for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix ahead of his home read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he would not get over-confident about his chances despite dominating qualifying for the opening grand prix of the 2011 season in Melbourne read more »

Jérôme d'Ambrosio is remaining confident over the potential of his Marussia Virgin Racing team in Melbourne this weekend, despite finishing a long way down the order... read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists he is happy staying on at Red Bull despite reports claiming there's an exit clause in his contract... read more »

Jenson Button says he is not getting carried away despite setting the quickest time on Friday, the Briton insisting today's times mean nothing. read more »

A solid day for the Lotus team as they began their second season in Formula One. The programes for both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen were completed as planned despite... read more »

A relieved Jenson Button, despite insisting that today was only the very start of the 2011 World Championship, has credited those at McLaren and particularly the development... read more »

Michael Schumacher reckons the Pirelli tyres "worked out pretty well" despite initial fears about their high wear... read more »

Mark Webber was quietly confident after comfortably topping the opening practice session of the season at Albert Park on Friday. Despite dropping to fifth in a rain-affected... read more »

Timo Glock thinks Virgin should still be able to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix despite being a long way off the pace in practice, but admits that the team is not in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was in a positive mood after the first two practice sessions of the season in Melbourne this afternoon, and despite remaining cautious ahead Sunday's... read more »

Despite fears of being woefully off the pace, McLaren dominated Practice Two in Melbourne with Jenson Button leading Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he remains fully committed to his future at McLaren - despite facing the prospect of starting another season on the backfoot after a troubled winter for the... read more »

World Champion Sebastian Vettel, despite being sure that Red Bull will comfortably challenge for victory as the new season begins in Melbourne this weekend, admits that a... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is confident that Team Lotus has put its reliability problems behind it despite a troubled pre-season with the T128 read more »

Can Toro Rosso arrest the slide that has seen it fail to capitalise on its 2008 spurt and slip down the F1 pecking order in 2009 and 2010? Despite a less-than-perfect driver... read more »

Jenson Button has reaffirmed his commitment to McLaren despite the team's new car looking off the pace. read more »

Mercedes GP is taking nothing for granted about its form heading into this weekend's season opener in Australia, despite an encouraging final test for the new W02. read more »