Valtteri Bottas recovered from a lowly 15th on the grid to take eighth place and four points, but the Finn was hoping for more in Melbourne. read more »

Fernando Alonso scores his best result in F1 since October 2016 by charging from 10th on the grid to P5 at the chequered flag in Australia. read more »

Amended starting grid for the Rolex Australian Grand Prix after penalties applied. read more »

The full, final starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2018 F1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne. read more »

The 2018 season has kicked off with a pole position for Lewis Hamilton and grid penalties for Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is already on the bubble for power unit grid penalties ahead of the 2018 Formula 1 season opener after his Australian Grand Prix qualifying crash read more »

The Frenchman will start his first Australian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after an error on his final quick lap in Q1 put paid to any chance of advancing into Q2. read more »

The Russian will start his maiden Grand Prix from the back row of the grid after struggling during Qualifying in Australia. read more »

The Monegasque debutant will start the Australian Grand Prix from eighteenth on the grid on Sunday. read more »

The New Zealander will start sixteenth on the grid for his first Australian Grand Prix with Toro Rosso. read more »

Lance Stroll is happy with fourteenth on the grid following a poor pre-season test, though admits the team aren't expecting points. read more »

The Mexican will start thirteenth on the grid on Sunday after a disappointing day for Force India in Australia. read more »

Max Verstappen wasn't the least bit surprised to see Lewis Hamilton emerge on top at the end of qualifying in Australia, nothing the team had expected them to be dominant.... read more »

Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will start fifth and sixth on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

The Spaniard will start from tenth in tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix after grid penalties take their course. read more »

Pierre Gasly said he was "too greedy" on his final lap in Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix qualifying, as a mistake consigned him to last on the grid read more »

Kevin Magnussen says Haas can stake a claim to be the fourth fastest team on the 2018 F1 grid after topping the midfield in qualifying for the Australian GP. read more »

The Honey Badger is gearing up for attack following his "unjust" grid penalty. read more »

Kevin Magnussen says Fernando Alonso's "replica Ferrari" comments about the Haas stem from frustration that McLaren is being outpaced by one of the smallest... read more »

Max Verstappen has suggested he would have qualified on the front row of the grid for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix but for a mistake on his final lap read more »

Valtteri Bottas is set to line up from at least P15 on the grid as his crashed W09 requires a new gearbox. read more »

Valtteri Bottas will join Daniel Ricciardo in taking a grid penalty for Sunday's season-opening Australian GP after his heavy shunt in qualifying. read more »

Max Verstappen thinks P2 on the grid was achievable after a mistake on his final lap in Q3 restricted him to a second-row start. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is set to drop a further five places down the Australian Grand Prix grid after Mercedes confirmed his qualifying crash has damaged his Formula 1 car's gearbox read more »

Overall, it's a disappointing set of grid positions because there was more in both the drivers and the car. read more »