Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel began his quest for a fourth successive Formula One world title by setting the quickest time in first free practice for the season-opening... read more »

Sebastian Vettel leads the way as F1 2013 finally gets underway for real in Australia. read more »

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

As most might have expected, the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel has run the quickest lap on Friday morning during FP1, with the German followed by two Ferrari's of... read more »

Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel assumed his habitual position at the top of the timing screens right from opening practice for Australian Grand Prix as the new season... read more »

Live coverage and commentary from the Friday at the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Williams will run back-to-back tests of its new sidepod design during Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix before its commits to racing it. read more »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will write for the BBC Sport website on the Friday before every grand prix this season. read more »

It turns out sporting champion and 4 x Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie is a bit of a petrolhead! When he called in at the MTC on Friday to meet the brains behind McLaren... read more »

With two strong aero packages, each with their own benefits, the nature of the Albert Park circuit and temperatures will dictate which package Williams uses. Friday is aero... read more »

Nigel Mansell has been named as part of the new Drivers' Commission, the FIA confirmed on Friday following the latest World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva read more »

The FIA has confirmed there will only be 19 races this season after the World Motor Sport Council met on Friday read more »

The 2013 Formula 1 calendar will feature 19 races, with the 21 July slot being removed at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Geneva on Friday. read more »

Romain Grosjean believes Lotus are running near the front of the pack after topping the timesheet at Barcelona on Friday... read more »

Fernando Alonso was pleased with his and Ferrari's progress on Friday in Barcelona after he completed 102 trouble-free laps. The Spaniard is certain their car, the F138,... read more »

Adrian Sutil believes Friday's changeable conditions at Barcelona made for the perfect preparation ahead of his Formula 1 grand prix return in Australia. read more »

The second day of the final test saw drier conditions in the morning, which Lotus's Romain Grosjean capitalised on fully to go quickest with a 1:22.716. The Frenchman had... read more »

Lotus enjoyed another good day at the office at Barcelona on Friday as Romain Grosjean claimed P1, while Fernando Alonso ended bottom of the list... read more »

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean topped the timing screens at the Circuit de Catalunya on Friday, making full use of the day’s dry spell to deliver a 1:22.716 on a set of... read more »

Jenson Button stays quickest as testing resumes on Friday afternoon after the lunch break at Catalunya read more »

After a wet and windy start, conditions at the Circuitde Catalunya improve as Jenson Button tops the morning session ahead of Adrian Sutil and Nico Hulkenberg. read more »

Jenson Button put McLaren at the head of the field on the second morning of Formula 1's final pre-season test at Barcelona on Friday. read more »

Felipe Massa’s day at the wheel of the F138 started the way last Friday had ended, with bad weather again affecting work at the Catalunya Circuit. The track, on the outskirts... read more »

The Formula One teams completed the second of 3 pre-season tests at Barcelona, with Friday the last of 4 day running on Circuit de Catalunya. Pirelli enjoyed seeing all... read more »

The second pre-season test of the year is already behind us, with McLaren's Sergio Pérez setting the pace at a largely dry gathering - tarnished by... read more »