A strong pre-season and opening practice sessions in Melbourne, have left the Mercedes drivers Schumacher and rosberg disappointed to have qualified just fourth and seventh. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is confident that Williams's improved qualifying pace will carry forward into race day in Australia, after taking eighth on the grid for the Melbourne... read more »

Narain Karthikeyan insists HRT could have qualified in Melbourne but that it will be equally hard for the team to do so in Malaysia next week read more »

Red Bull's qualifying pace today was far from what it was last year at Melbourne, with Mark Webber now setting the 5th fastest time, albeit partly due to a KERS... read more »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Saturday's qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari must react quickly if it is to stand a chance in the championship following a very disappointing first qualifying of the year in Melbourne read more »

Although Ferrari by no means arrived in Melbourne full of confidence, qualifying on Saturday proved to be worse than even they had expected... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and the surprise package of Romain Grosjean attended Saturday's post-qualifying press conf in Melbourne... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo thrilled Australian Formula 1 fans by sealing a top ten qualifying position in his first Melbourne qualifying session on Saturday. The Australian Toro Rosso... read more »

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualified in fourth and seventh places respectively at the end of an exciting qualifying hour for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen’s Formula 1 comeback begins with 18th position on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix. The Finn, who insists that he did not... read more »

Sahara Force India enjoyed a productive day in Melbourne as Nico Hulkenberg qualified in ninth place for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Teammate Paul Di Resta will line up... read more »

Mclaren's Lewis Hamilton will start in pole position for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

There was a mixture of positive and negative surprise in the Force India garage following qualifying in Melbourne on Saturday. As race team debutant Nico Hülkenberg... read more »

Eric Boullier has not given up on the idea of protesting the Mercedes rear wing, despite the Brackley team being out-qualified by Lotus in Melbourne on Saturday. Prior to the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel did not claim to be surprised by Red Bull’s below-par qualifying performance for the Australian Grand Prix. The double World Champion will start... read more »

The McLaren drivers and beaming returnee Romain Grosjean on Saturday looked to have knocked Red Bull from its dominant perch. “McLaren had an upgrade at the last test... read more »

Jenson Button has conceded that his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton did a better job in Melbourne on Saturday, the latter claiming pole position for the opening race of the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button lock out front row as Red Bull and Mercedes stumble in Melbourne qualifying. read more »

A superb qualifying session in Melbourne sees Hamilton take pole as Grosjean shines, Rosberg rues, Alonso argues, Ferrari fail, Raikkonen disappoints and Red Bull falls short. read more »

Lewis Hamilton got McLaren's bid to topple Red Bull in the 2012 Formula 1 title race off to a flying start as he took a commanding pole position for the Australian Grand... read more »

Mercedes' rumoured rear wing F-duct could be the subject of official complaints from rival teams in Melbourne. read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended the third and final test before qualifying in Melbourne quickest with a lap of 1:25.681, some two seconds slower than 2011's pole read more »

McLaren back on top in dry final practice, but questions remain unanswered ahead of qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton topped the final practice session in Melbourne on a morning when Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher put it in the gravel... read more »