On the up side Lotus managed a few practice starts in Melbourne, on the down side that's about all they really did... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admits it was a "big relief" to have such a productive day in Melbourne after Red Bull's difficult pre-season... read more »

A new deal to extend the Australian GP beyond 2015 has been negotiated and only needs to be signed by the Victorian state government, organisers said... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was disappointed after completing just one lap in Melbourne on Friday despite having reliability during pre-season testing... read more »

A swap to soft tyres saw Lewis Hamilton come to the fore in Melbourne while Nico Rosberg was FP2's early pace-setter... read more »

As the Formula One 2014 Championship season finally roared to life today at Melbourne Park with the first free practice session of the Australian GP, Ferrari's... read more »

Opening practice for world title favourite Lewis Hamilton lasted less than five minutes before reliability problems intervened in Melbourne on Friday. read more »

Fernando Alonso was first on track and fastest at the end of the opening practice session of the 2014 f1 season in Australia.     read more »

Alonso heads Button and the Williams duo in FP1 as pre-season favourite Hamilton fails to complete a lap. read more »

Fernando Alonso's 2014 season got off to the perfect start as he set the pace in Friday's opening practice in Melbourne while others struggled... read more »

Fernando Alonso set the standard during Friday's first free practice session for the Australian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver clocked a best time of 1:31.840 to lead... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been backed to claim victory in this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, with the Mercedes driver picking up a majority 30 percent share... read more »

New rules, new cars and new driver line-ups. The cool Melbourne breeze heralds a season of change ahead of Australian GP. read more »

Romain Grosjean admits Lotus' pre-season has "been a disaster" but says he won't get overly emotional with the team or Renault as he targets a competitive... read more »

McLaren is to run a special one-off car livery at this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel still believes he has a good chance of retaining the drivers' championship despite expecting Red Bull to struggle in... read more »

Video: Melbourne memories: Alesi runs out of fuel, 1997 read more »

Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel says that Red Bull Racing will enter the 2014 Australian Grand Prix opener "not the favourites", as the performance order... read more »

Williams enter the season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne full of optimism at a circuit enjoyed by its drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, who aim to back up... read more »

Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo admits he is already brimming with excitement prior to the start of a new Formula 1 campaign this weekend, as he prepares to entertain... read more »

Melbourne has always been a very tough circuit for Formula 1 cars, but this year the challenge will be even greater with the new Power Units making their race debut. Not in the... read more »

In the first episode of his 2014 Grand Prix preview series, Nico Rosberg shares his thoughts on Melbourne, the Albert Park circuit and the prospect of a fascinating season ahead. read more »

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso are both hoping to secure, at the very least, a podium finish as they head into the opening race of the season. Whilst Ferrari... read more »

Romain Grosjean believes Lotus still has a chance of scoring points in Melbourne and says that a poor weekend "doesn't mean that it's game... read more »

Defending champion Seb Vettel and perennial challengers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton will kick off the 2014 press conferences in Melbourne... read more »