After a long winter break, the 2018 F1 season is nearly upon us. Crash.net previews the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, picking out five things to look out for in Melbourne. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. believes that driving a course car in the Rallye Monte-Carlo has helped him prepare for the 2018 season. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he is planning to make amends for a disappointing 2017 Australian Grand Prix by making a strong start to the 2018 Formula 1 season in Melbourne.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes Red Bull are going into the season opener in Melbourne next week with an upgrade worth between 0.2 seconds and 0.4 seconds. read more »

It seems it is only a matter of time before Lewis Hamilton re-signs with Mercedes, but the Brit hopes to have his new contract wrapped up before Melbourne. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that he hopes to agree a new deal with Mercedes before next weekend's season opener in Melbourne. read more »

Looking ahead to the season opener in Melbourne, Sebastian Vettel admits doubt at rivals test pace. read more »

Following a successful pre-season test, Sauber team boss Frederic Vasseur heads to Melbourne with renewed confidence, however he warns that a realistic move up the grid will... read more »

While Mercedes, in particular, have gone aggressive for the opening race of the season, taking nine sets of the ultrasoft tyres, Ferrari and Renault are only taking seven. read more »

Tyre selections from each team have been revealed by Pirelli as we close in on the season opener in Melbourne on March 25. read more »

Although Brendon Hartley concedes that this year's midfield battle will be tough, he sees no reason why Toro Rosso can't target points in Melbourne. read more »

'Pumped up' STR can aim for Melbourne F1 points - Brendon Hartley read more »

Mixed fortunes for a number of the F1 midfield runners leaves a clouded picture heading to Melbourne, writes Luke Smith. read more »

Formula 1 said farewell to pre-season testing and the Circuit de Catalunya on Friday, wrapping up the eighth and last day before heading to Melbourne. read more »

Despite blitzing the previous pre-season testing lap record, Sebastian Vettel is under no illusions making clear that Melbourne will be the true litmus test. read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne said that McLaren can enter the first race of 2018 with a "strong package" after a promising Thursday. read more »

The penultimate day of pre-season testing at Barcelona saw cooler conditions that the previous days, but it proved a very busy day nonetheless, as every meter counts before the... read more »

Fernando Alonso not worried by lost track time despite another set-back for McLaren. read more »

After setting a new Circuit de Catalunya track record on Wednesday Daniel Ricciardo predicted Red Bull will be hot on the heels of Mercedes and Ferrari at the Australian Grand... read more »

Renault's Bob Bell, has dismissed claims that there is an inherent issue with its batteries, insisting that it is better yesterday's faults happened in testing than... read more »

Teams turned up in Barcelona a week ago to prepare themselves for the first of the two test sessions before the field gathers together in Melbourne, Australia for the opening... read more »

Teams turned up in Barcelona a week ago to prepare themselves for the first of the two test sessions before the field gathers together in Melbourne, Australia for the opening... read more »

Barcelona this week hosted the first of only two four-day Formula 1 pre-season tests before the opening round in Melbourne on March 25 - but it was far from productive read more »

Formula One officially kicked off its preparation work for the 2018 season which starts on the 25th March in Melbourne, Australia. As usual, Barcelona serves as the venue for... read more »

Force India COO, Otmar Szafnauer, confirms that the plan is still to change the name of the team, hopefully before the season opening race in Melbourne. read more »