Jenson Button believes the Mercedes works team and its power unit customer, Williams, are the favourites for the opening race of the season in Australia. The McLaren driver,... read more »

Jenson Button says Mercedes and Williams are at the front of the Formula 1 pack ahead of next week's season-opener in Melbourne. read more »

Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo refused to be drawn when asked what he thought the pecking order might be in Melbourne. read more »

Mercedes have shown great pace and great reliability during all three pre-season tests and are odds on favourites to win in Melbourne, but Lewis Hamilton isn't getting... read more »

Lotus technical director Nick Chester points to Renault's energy recovery systems in his belief that Lotus will unlikely be a front runner at Melbourne in two weeks time. read more »

Fernando Alonso has tipped his departed Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa to be a "strong rival" in 2014. After eight years in red, Brazilian Massa's move to the... read more »

As the Formula One fraternity gathers itself before the long haul flight to Melbourne, some within the paddock believe not all is as it should be with regards to engines. read more »

Renault head into the opening race of the season in Australia with many unknowns; whether their power unit can complete a race distance; whether it meets the strict fuel... read more »

The 2014 F1 season opener in Australia is now very close and the third and final pre-season test has come and gone. It is just over ten days until first practice at... read more »

With F1 2014 pre-season testing now over, GPUpdate.net brings you all the stats in one easy to digest format so you can see who’s looking good and not so good ahead... read more »

Renault Sport F1's Rob White has conceded the 2014 F1 season opener in Australia will be an 'anxious' weekend for the French manufacturer. read more »

Renault's deputy managing director (technical) Rob White says that the French company is anticipating an 'anxious' opening round to the 2014 season.... read more »

Rob White says more issues encountered at the final test in Bahrain leaves a lot for Renault still to do and says "Melbourne will be an anxious... read more »

"We can't escape the fact that we did not complete the entire programme with all the teams and that some Melbourne preparations are incomplete," admits Renault... read more »

Tech director Nick Chester fears Lotus will "need a bit of luck" to even reach the chequered flag in Melbourne... read more »

That's it now. 12 days' of pre-season testing have gone in a flash as the Formula 1 teams now prepare for the first race of the new era. Some will head to Melbourne... read more »

The Australian Grand Prix is poised to remain in Melbourne beyond 2015, when its current contract is due to expire. read more »

Speaking exclusively to Crash.net, Force India's Bob Fernley believes pre-season testing has shown the team to be a podium contender come... read more »

Williams' former chief operations engineer Mark Gillan has tipped Mercedes for victory in Australia with a close battle between Williams and Ferrari for the podium.... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne gave the STR9 his and the team's last pre-Melbourne outing, as this was the twelfth and final day of winter testing. The Frenchman completed 74 laps with... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says it's no secret that Red Bull doesn't have the pace or the reliability to compete with the front-running teams at present. The German completed a... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has conceded that Red Bull aren't currently in a position to match the outright pace of the pre-season front-runners and in any case first have to solve... read more »

A series of problems on the final day of pre-season restricted McLaren's attempts to trial their new Melbourne-spec front-wing as the team's pre-season preparations... read more »

The final day of testing at Bahrain is the last chance for teams to verify reliability and detect further issues that can be resolved before Melbourne. Little time remains... read more »

The final day of pre-season testing has arrived, with just eight more hours of track time before the teams pack up and look towards Melbourne. GPUpdate.net has put together a... read more »