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 »

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 »

Despite fears of being woefully off the pace, McLaren dominated Practice Two in Melbourne with Jenson Button leading Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Now is the time for the talking to stop and racing to start, claims Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. 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 »

The first 90-minute session at Melbourne's Albert Park was an eye-opening occasion, not least due to the new Pirelli tyres... read more »

Karun Chandhok’s early-season practice crash in Melbourne was caused by driver error rather than a mechanical failure, GPUpdate.net has learned.  read more »

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

Mark Webber has topped the timesheets in the first free practice session of the 2011 season in Melbourne, Austalia. His teammate Sebastian Vettel wasn't too far away... read more »

Mark Webber and Red Bull made the perfect start to the 2011 season by going fastest in opening free practice for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne 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 »

Mark Webber is quickest in free practice 1 in Melbourne, ahead of Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Barrichello, Button, Hamilton, Schumacher, Kobayashi and Petrov. read more »

Practice gets under way at Albert Park 0130 GMT for the opening grand prix of the 2011 season in Melbourne. read more »

Having picked itself up again from its pre-season turmoil, Lotus Renault GP has the podium in its sights in the F1 2011 curtain-raiser in Melbourne this weekend - only this... read more »

Fernando Alonso was called to appear in today’s FIA press conference at the Albert Park circuit, on the outskirts of Melbourne. Looking back at the winter months, the... read more »

After attending a promotional event in Melbourne for Shell this morning, Felipe Massa had his usual Thursday meeting with the media this afternoon in an unusually cold and... read more »