Lotus said it was very satisfied with its race pace in Melbourne, even though it did not achieve its aim of catching the more established midfield teams in the season opener read more »

Reigning Champion Sebastian Vettel was delighted with his performance during the opening race of the season in Melbourne on Sunday, as the Red Bull driver got his 2011 campaign... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner revealed after Sebastian Vettel's season opening victory in Melbourne that the team did not have KERS on its RB7s from qualifying... read more »

Sebastian Vettel today won the opening race of the season in Melbourne, Australia, in a controlled and imposing manner. The German was blindingly quick from start to finish,... read more »

Sebastian Vettel wins in Melbourne, his third successive lights to flag victory, ahead of Hamilton, Petrov, Alonso, Webber, Button, Perez, Kobayashi, Massa, Buemi, Sutil, di... read more »

Sebastian Vettel wins Australian GP by 22secs, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov. read more »

Sebastian Vettel confirms Red Bull pace by taking comfortable win in Melbourne. read more »

Champion Sebastian Vettel comfortably triumphed in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, leading from pole position as Lewis Hamilton confirmed a surprise second... read more »

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix with a comfortable lights-to-flag victory in Melbourne read more »

Michael Schumacher retired from the Australian Grand Prix for safety reasons after sustaining damage in a collision with Jaime Alguersuari on the first lap of the race in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has admitted that the key to repeating his championship success is to rack up finishes - something he's not yet managed in Australia. read more »

6.45am Hello and welcome to Forumula1.com’s live coverage of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia. The drivers have just observed a minute’s... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes pair of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have all escaped penalties ahead of Sunday’s season-opening race in Melbourne, with the trio being... read more »

David Hunt has leant his support to Team Lotus, less than a week after it was reported he would sue team principal Tony Fernandes. read more »

Red Bull world champion Sebastian Vettel starts on pole ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton for the opening race of the 2011 season in Melbourne. read more »

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali and assistant technical director Pat Fry admit Red Bull Racing's pace during qualifying in Melbourne took them somewhat by... read more »

Fifteenth and 17th on the grid may not look like much for Williams following a 'troublesome' day in Melbourne, but Rubens Barrichello admits he is encouraged by the... read more »

Unsurprisingly, FIA stewards have ruled that Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan will not start the Australian GP after failing to get to within 107 per cent of pole... read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

Jenson Button is confident that even though he personally didn't get the best out of McLaren's much-improved MP4-26 during qualifying in Melbourne, its potential is... read more »

Praising the team for its sizeable step forward, Lewis Hamilton concedes that whilst McLaren may not be quite ready to win yet, he will give Sebastian Vettel 'the race of... read more »

Paul di Resta said his 14th place in Melbourne qualifying was better than he had expected for his first grand prix, and believes a return to the top 10 is not far away for... read more »

Hispania Racing drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan will be forced to sit out tomorrow’s season-opening Grand Prix in Melbourne, with the FIA failing to accept a... read more »

Former Red Bull driver turned television commenter David Coulthard has sprung to the defence of the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

A 'mystified' Mark Webber has lamented 'the biggest gap that's ever existed' between himself and Sebastian Vettel in Melbourne qualifying, admitting he... read more »