A cheer went up in the press room in Melbourne this afternoon when the troubled Hispania Racing F111 pulled out of the garage in the dying stages of the second free practice... read more »

Fernando Alonso insists the true F1 2011 pecking order cannot be discerned from opening practice in Melbourne today, as Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa is disappointed by his... read more »

Video: Pre-Melbourne McLaren feelings read more »

Fernando Alonso insists teams are none the wiser about where they stand as Friday Practice in Melbourne didn't reveal much... read more »

Few expected McLaren to lock out second free practice at Albert Park on Friday afternoon. We catch up with the pair of British World Champions ahead of this weekend's... read more »

World Champion Sebastian Vettel headed the bill at Friday's FIA press conference in Melbourne... read more »

Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel refuses to predict the outcome of the upcoming season as he will start defending his title this weekend in Melbourne. read more »

Although Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were knocked off the top of the timesheets in FP2 in Melbourne, a confident Adrian Newey says the Red Bull RB7 is comfortably the car... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez are hoping to make balance improvements to their cars ahead of qualifying in Melbourne on Saturday, with the pair on the lookout for more pace... read more »

Sebastian Vettel reckons Red Bull have a "good" understanding of where they are in the pecking order after running in Melbourne on Friday... read more »

Lotus is adamant that it did not show its true pace in free practice in Melbourne and will be more competitive over the rest of the weekend read more »

Karun Chandhok admitted he was totally to blame for his crash right at the start of opening practice in Melbourne this morning read more »

Williams ran KERS without issues throughout Friday practice in Melbourne, as it reintroduced the device following the problems it had suffered in testing read more »

A round-up of comment after Friday's practice sessions at Albert Park read more »

Sebastian Vettel was in a positive mood after the first two practice sessions of the season in Melbourne this afternoon, and despite remaining cautious ahead Sunday's... read more »

The Sauber F1 Team had a positive first day of free practice for the Australian GP with both drivers completing a huge programme of set-up work and tyre evaluation. While Kamui... read more »

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 »

Michael Schumacher was pleased after completing his opening day of practice in Melbourne, with the German finishing the second session in sixth place well-ahead of team-mate... read more »

The Red Bull drivers were cautiously satisfied with their form in free practice in Melbourne, as the champion team started 2011 with a one-two in the opening session 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 »

Nico Rosberg was pleased but somewhat apprehensive following Mercedes’ first in-season day on-track in Melbourne. Having achieved fourth place in the afternoon’s first... 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 »

The much-anticipated 2011 Formula One season got underway today at Albert Park in Melbourne as the cars took to the track for the first two practice sessions of the Australian... read more »

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

McLaren dominated second practice in Melbourne to take a 1-2, the only two men to dip below 1:26, seemingly shrugging off any pre-season pace worries read more »