Friday pacesetter Lewis Hamilton says he is relieved Mercedes was able to start the 2018 F1 season on the "right foot". read more »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES -Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE A question to all of you to start with, what... read more »

Formula 1 could be poised for a genuine three-way fight at the front in 2018 with Mercedes and Red Bull closely matched in Friday practice for the Australian GP and Ferrari not... read more »

The opening round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship began on Friday at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit as teams prepared for the Australian Grand Prix on... read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes there is "a lot" more performance to come from Ferrari, having not felt comfortable in Friday practice for the Formula 1 season-opening... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo may have had his best lap of Friday ruined by an untimely red flag but the Australian says he has a "good feel for the car" ahead of his home race. read more »

Despite showing impressive pace in the dry in Friday practice at Albert Park, Max Verstappen says he would welcome rain in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton edged out Max Verstappen to complete a clean sweep of Friday's practice sessions for the 2018 Formula 1 season's curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix read more »

Waking up? F1 Friday Practice digest read more »

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

Hamilton sweeps Friday's practice running in Australia by leading second practice at Albert Park ahead of Verstappen and Bottas. read more »

The Formula One season is less than 48 hours old but it didn't stop things getting heated between Ferrari and Red Bull when Laurent Mekies' name was mentioned in... read more »

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

Any suggestions that Mercedes may not be the top team this season were quashed on Friday as Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 in practice for the Australian GP. read more »

Charles Leclerc ended a difficult first F1 pre-season with another spin off the circuit on Friday, leaving the Sauber driver frustrated. read more »

The New Zealander completed more significant running during the final day of pre-season testing on Friday, and set the seventh best time of the day. read more »

The rookie suffered a clash with the barriers in the morning, before recovering to set the ninth fastest time on Friday. read more »

The Frenchman completed a day-high one hundred and eighty-one laps on Friday, and has confidence heading into the first Grand Prix of the season. read more »

The Spaniard only completed forty-five laps on the final day of pre-season testing on Friday after his mechanics were forced to change the gearbox on his R.S.18. read more »

McLaren's racing director was pleased with the recovery made by the team on Friday after Fernando Alonso lost around five hours of track time as they changed his engine. read more »

The Finn led the way on the final day of pre-season testing on Friday, and the former World Champion now cannot wait for the season to get underway. read more »

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen ended the final day of Barcelona Formula 1 testing with the fastest time, as McLaren and Renault both made up for lost ground on Friday afternoon read more »

Kimi Raikkonen made it back-to-back P1s for Ferrari as he wrapped up pre-season testing at the Barcelona circuit on Friday while Fernando Alonso recovered to finish second. read more »

Full testing times from the fourth day of the second F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Friday - FINAL]. read more »

The Pole took it upon himself to step down from his driving duties on the final day of pre-season testing on Friday to allow Lance Stroll some additional time in the FW41. read more »