GP2 Champion Pastor Maldonado rounded out his first Formula 1 practice day with 18th place in Melbourne on Friday, 2.1 seconds down on more experienced team-mate Rubens... read more »

Jenson Button and McLaren set Friday pace at Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Mercedes read more »

Sergio Pérez: “I am happy with how my first day went. The second session especially was really good. I had no difficulties at all learning read more »

Michael Schumacher said he was pleased with how Friday practice went for Mercedes, citing the Pirelli tyres as a clear improvement on testing. read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Red Bull read more »

Rubens Barrichello: That was quite a straight forward day. We were able to run KERS throughout, which is only the second time that I’ve had read more »

Mark Webber: “We had some Melbourne showers at the end of P2, which are always pretty tricky round here, but in general it was a pretty read more »

Toro Rosso race drivers Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi were content on Friday evening, with the duo having finished opening Australian Grand Prix practice 11th and 14th... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo completed his first laps during an official Formula 1 event on Friday, with the Australian driver replacing Jaime Alguersuari for the opening practice session... read more »

McLaren shows potential by posting fastest times of opening day in Melbourne, but Red Bull and Ferrari lurk... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo: “All week I was trying to prepare myself, to have the least amount of nerves and pressure as possible. Even though it was just read more »

Australia Friday quotes: Toro Rosso read more »

Jenson Button and McLaren led the way at the end of the first day of practice at the Australian Grand Prix, as the car's upgrade package appeared to pay off read more »

Australian GP: Friday Free 2 - Times read more »

Jenson Button heads McLaren 1-2 in second practice for Australian Grand Prix. read more »

A Red Bull 1-2 was replaced by a McLaren 1-2 as practice continued in Melbourne on Friday afternoon. While rain prevented any lap time improvements in the final minutes, Jenson... read more »

Jenson Button is quickest in second Friday session, ahead of Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Schumacher, Massa, Perez, Barrichello and Rosberg. read more »

Hamilton regrets "long" hairstyle, Ferrari hire stunt pilot, plus more read more »

Telecommunications company AT&T has shown its support for The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF) at Melbourne on Friday, and has enabled the charity to... read more »

Sauber will be making changes to the bodywork of its car following an unusual incident for Kamui Kobayashi in Melbourne’s first free practice on Friday afternoon.  read more »

Mark Webber sets the early pace in front of his home fans on the streets of Albert Park. read more »

Australian GP: Friday Free 1 - Times read more »

Local favourite Mark Webber led a Red Bull 1-2 in the opening practice session of the 2011 Formula 1 season on Friday afternoon. Behind the Milton Keynes cars, Fernando Alonso... read more »

World Champion Sebastian Vettel will face the press on Friday but before that rookie Pastor Maldonado will get a go on Thursday... read more »