Charles Pic is optimistic he will be able to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix despite the lack of significant running on Friday. read more »

Fernando Alonso is expecting no miracles from Ferrari on Saturday, predicting the team will be in a similar position to where it finished testing. Friday was a difficult start... read more »

Mark Webber admitted it was frustrating that Friday's practice sessions were compromised by rain but says he feels "confident" in the RB8 read more »

HRT was not surprised by its assortment of problems in Australian Grand Prix practice on Friday afternoon. After delaying scrutineering to finish assembling Pedro de la... read more »

HRT team boss Luis Perez-Sala somehow found positives from Friday, which saw his drivers cover 20 laps with a best time that was 13s off the pace... read more »

Despite rolling back the years on Friday and bagging the first practice P1 of his comeback, Michael Schumacher has urged caution... read more »

Nico Rosberg is not reading anything into the times during Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix, despite a promising showing from Mercedes read more »

Australia Friday quotes: HRT read more »

Nico Hulkenberg insists that neither he nor his Force India team see his top two finish in second practice as a realistic reflection of their current pace. read more »

Jenson Button says that McLaren's car is "still working well" on the Albert Park circuit after setting the fastest time of Friday practice read more »

McLaren promised much in Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix, with the Woking cars heading the field in the opening session. Afterwards, both Jenson Button... read more »

Although the Australian Grand Prix may be the first race for the Caterham brand, Friday practice marked a continuation from testing as Heikki Kovalainen trialled a new front... read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Marussia read more »

Michael Schumacher topped the timesheets in Australia on Friday, signalling a promising start to Mercedes’ 2012 Formula 1 season. This year, the Brackley squad has... read more »

Australia Friday quotes: McLaren read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Red Bull needs to go "a lot quicker tomorrow" after a frustrating two practice sessions on Friday read more »

Red Bull hoped for an all-dry start to the Australian Grand Prix weekend, having installed several exhaust updates for Friday practice. As a result, the car sounded somewhat... read more »

Mark Webber: “We did learn a little today – but after nine weeks of anxious waiting it was a shame with the weather. Mother Nature read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: The weather dominated both sessions, with each session being declared wet and thereby limiting the base programme. Both the drivers read more »

Daniel Ricciardo believes he has made a good start to his home grand prix weekend after the first track action of the season in Australia on Friday. read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Williams read more »

Sebastian Vettel's title defense got off to a slow start in Australia on Friday with the Red Bull racer admitting he "wasn't happy" with his RB8... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi raised more than a few cheers in Melbourne on Friday, having narrowly escaped a large accident as his Sauber became out of shape exiting the final corner. The... read more »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Friday's practice sessions ahead of the Australian Grand Prix read more »

The new Toro Rosso duo was pleased with performances as the 2012 season was launched in Australia on Friday afternoon. Replacing Sébastien Buemi and Jaime... read more »