Mark Webber was quietly confident after comfortably topping the opening practice session of the season at Albert Park on Friday. Despite dropping to fifth in a rain-affected... 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 »

Mark Webber hits back at Lewis Hamilton's dismissal of Red Bull as merely 'a drinks company', revealing that sustained success for the company in F1 is very much... read more »

After finding themselves some way off the pace at the start of pre-season testing Mercedes rebounded to end the final test in Barcelona in much stronger form. The change in... read more »

McLaren duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are optimistic that their revamped McLaren will be much better in Australia than it was in pre-season testing. read more »

Jenson Button is hoping to capitalise on the high levels of tyre degradation at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, which he thinks will lead to much more overtaking read more »

According to F1's boss Bernie Ecclestone; "Jean Todt is a poor man's Max (Mosley)" who "has been travelling around the world doing what Max didn't... read more »

Michael Schumacher begins the 2011 world championship season in buoyant mood after a positive end to pre-season testing for the much-improved Mercedes W02. read more »

McLaren have dropped a radical exhaust system which they had hoped would bring significant downforce to the car, opting instead for a much simpler solution, says read more »

Later than planned, due to the problems in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Formula One season will officially begin this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren... read more »

Doctors at the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure where Robert Kubica is being treated for his rallying injuries, predict that the Pole will be back on his feet before very... read more »

Nobody really knows just how much of a step forward Mercedes' upgrade in Barcelona brought to the MGP W02 - but given just a sniff of victory, and Schumacher and Rosberg... read more »

Lotus Renault GP managing director Eric Boullier reveals that Nick Heidfeld is already very much at home inside the team - as the German senses an opportunity to finally break... read more »

2009 World Champion Jenson Button heads to Melbourne next weekend with the statistical chance of equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of three consecutive Grand Prix wins at... read more »

Formula 1 drivers will have a much larger role in managing tyre use and strategy in their efforts to win races than they have done before, reckons former Pirelli test driver... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that the Australian Grand Prix is 'as important' for F1 as Monaco - as he proposes an alternative solution to retaining the... read more »

Fernando Alonso thinks it is much too early to write rivals McLaren off - despite both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button being pessimistic about their chances for 2011. read more »

Rubens Barrichello has set his sights on a points finish in Melbourne, saying Williams are better prepared this year than they were in 2010... read more »

Fernando Alonso has said he does not believe McLaren will struggle as much as some are making out and will be competitive in 2011 read more »

Rubens Barrichello forecasts a better season ahead for Williams than was 2010, revealing that 'everything has been prepared well' ahead of the Melbourne curtain-raiser. read more »

Q: How has the preseason build up been for you?Rubens Barrichello: This is my second year with the team and we are in much better read more »

Nico Rosberg put his Mercedes at the top of the timesheets as pre-season running for the 2011 season came to an end at the Ciruit de Catalunya on Saturday. The German driver... read more »

The final day of pre-season has got under way in torrential conditions, with standing water pretty much covering the entire length of the Circuit de Catalunya read more »

Hispania Racing has announced that it will be unable to debut its 2011 contender in Barcelona on Saturday, with customs failing to release car components that were en route to... read more »

HRT management are confident the newly-launched F111 can 'bring much joy' to the struggling Spanish outfit over the F1 2011 campaign by dint of its 'innovative... read more »