Hurting Bottas under big pressure, and Alonso picking fights already - get in the know before Sunday's season opener. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says despite the significant qualifying gap between Mercedes and Ferrari there are still plenty of unknowns he hopes to use as opportunities in the 2018 F1 opener. read more »

World champion Lewis Hamilton leaves Ferrari and Red Bull rivals for dust as he storms his way to pole for season opener. read more »

Force India knows it will be tough to maintain its place as best of the rest behind the big three teams in Formula 1 this season read more »

Mercedes has started Australia F1 opener 'on the right foot' - Lewis Hamilton read more »

Carlos Sainz fears Haas has produced a small performance jump on the rest of the F1 midfield as he looks to reel in the US team at the 2018 opener. read more »

The addition of a third DRS zone to Melbourne's Australian Grand Prix circuit will improve the 2018 Formula 1 season opener "a lot" say drivers who have widely... read more »

Fernando Alonso has set his sights high up the leaderboard as he prepares for his first McLaren race with Renault power. read more »

After being tipped to impress by the paddock in 2018, Haas team boss Günther Steiner admits he feels "cautiously optimistic" ahead of the season-opener in Australia. read more »

The Belgian thinks his 2017 season has prepared him well for the F1 2018 season opener this weekend. read more »

Days ahead of the 2018 season opener, Formula One's new theme tune is revealed. read more »

Niki Lauda reckons Ferrari are currently third in the pecking order ahead of the 2018 season opener in Melbourne this weekend. read more »

The FIA has added a third DRS zone to the Australian Grand Prix circuit in an effort to boost overtaking in Sunday's opening race of the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

Preview: Formula 1 2018 set for Melbourne opener read more »

Ahead of the season opener, Toto Wolff warns F1 bosses not to be dismissive of Ferrari's quit threat. read more »

The Haas F1 team is "cautiously optimistic" heading into the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, according to boss Günther Steiner. read more »

Ahead of the season opener, McLaren claims the various issues that appeared in pre-season testing have been "addressed". read more »

As he looks ahead to the season opener, Mercedes Toto Wolff admits the start of a new season is like climbing Everest... again. 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 »

The 2007 world champion has some ominous news for his rivals regarding his team's pace as the F1 season opener looms. read more »

Renault's Bob Bell says performance differences between Pirelli's three compounds for the 2018 F1 opener in Australia is minimal, 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 »

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

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton fears an upgrade for the Australian Grand Prix could mean Red Bull ends up with the fastest car for the season opener read more »