Fernando Alonso had to be satisfied with a reliable day of practice, though the true test will come on Sunday during the actual race. read more »

Jolyon Palmer had limited running during the practice sessions in Australia on Friday, as he was forced to sit out the majority of FP1 with a technical issue, before a crash... read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Melbourne paddock following Friday practice for the 2017 Australian Grand Prix. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton: "It's... read more »

Opening day of the season isn't as bad as feared for McLaren drivers Alonso and Vandoorne. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner has confirmed that the American outfit was told to remove the T-wing ahead of Friday's second practice as it was flexing significantly. read more »

Today's press conference with Maurizio Arrivabene, Eric Boullier, Christian Horner, Paddy Lowe and Toto Wolff. read more »

Max Verstappen was happy with where the team ended up after the two Friday practice sessions, but feels there is still room for improvement. read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- McLaren's executive director Zak Brown is not expecting a big step in performance form engine partner Honda and says the car's relatively... read more »

Ferrari finish the opening day of the 2017 Australian Grand Prix as best of the rest as Mercedes lead by more than half a second. read more »

The team bosses had their say in the traditional Friday press conference in Melbourne. read more »

Half a second up on his nearest rival in FP2, Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' improvement between the final test and Friday's practice was "night and day." read more »

Fernando Alonso says the only thing he and McLaren can hope for at the Australian Grand Prix is to "try and do miracles" after enduring a frustrating first Friday of... 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 »

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

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 »

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 »

Lewis Hamilton was pleased with the teams performance on Friday in Australia, after the Brit topped the times in FP2 by five tenths of a second. read more »

Sebastian Vettel downplayed Ferrari's underwhelming Friday practice in Australia, saying he is sure the team has plenty of performance to find before qualifying. Ferrari... 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 »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas believes he can still make a step forward in Australia after placing third overall during Friday practice for the season-opener at… read more »

Mercedes began their 2017 campaign with back-to-back P1s in Friday's practice in Melbourne, edging Ferrari and Red Bull. read more »