Lewis Hamilton says he would be happy to head to the 2018 F1 season opener after just one week of pre-season testing that was hit by poor weather conditions. read more »

Force India is likely to change its name before the first race of the 2018 Formula One season. read more »

Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer confirms the team is likely to change name ahead of the season opener in Australia next month. read more »

The covers have not even come off the MCL33 yet, but McLaren are hoping to introduce a "substantial" upgrade for the season opener in Melbourne next month. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has joined his fellow Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in revealing what helmet he will be wearing for the season opener: his home race in Melbourne. read more »

Felipe Massa has announced that he will make his debut at the Brazilian Stock Car Championship opener on March 10. read more »

Brendon Hartley taken by surprise after getting his first taste of a 2017-spec F1 car in US GP practice on Friday. read more »

Organisers of the Australian Grand Prix say that the 2018 event will return to a mid-March slot, and remain as Formula 1's season-opener. The 2017 event… read more »

Six points. That is the difference between the championship leader Sebastian Vettel and his hunter Lewis Hamilton after the Spanish GP which served as a showcase for the latest... read more »

SOCHI, Russia -- Felipe Massa says rookie Williams teammate Lance Stroll just needs to finish a race to get a confident feeling back after an unlucky start to 2017. After... read more »

Join Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Hulkenberg and Antonio Giovinazzi as they look back on Australia's season-opener and ahead to China. For more... read more »

Sebastian Vettel insists Mercedes must still be considered the favourite for the Chinese Grand Prix despite Ferrari's win at the season opener in Australia. Vettel beat... read more »

Jolyon Palmer says Renault traced his struggles in the Formula 1 season opener to a rear anti-roll bar problem and hopes the team can start afresh in China read more »

Kevin Magnussen has denied apologising to Marcus Ericsson for their collision at the start of the Formula 1 season opener in Australia read more »

Formula 1 moves on to China for the second round of the 2017 campaign, following Ferrari's impressive win at the season-opener. GPUpdate.net previews this… read more »

Esteban Ocon says he is still experiencing a "big learning curve" in Formula 1, despite scoring his first point at the recent season-opener in… read more »

Jolyon Palmer says Renault has found a solution to his brake problem which halted his charge at the 2017 Formula 1 opener in Australia read more »

Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein will be replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi for the second race in a row at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Wehrlein pulled out of the... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will skip the Chinese Grand Prix, and could miss the Bahrain race too, as he battles to regain fitness after pulling out of Formula 1's season-opener in... read more »

Jolyon Palmer wants Renault to check his car before the Chinese Grand Prix to ensure there is no lasting damage from his practice crash in the Formula 1 season opener read more »

Max Verstappen isn't coming away from the 2017 F1 opener feeling disappointed... because his expectations weren't high to start with. read more »

The 2017 Formula 1 season-opener in Australia featured a relative lack of overtaking, drawing complaints from some quarters, but GPUpdate.net argues that it's… read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr says Toro Rosso needs to address the handling of its Formula 1 car for the Chinese Grand Prix after lacking confidence in a "weird" Melbourne season... read more »

ESPN readers have voted Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel as the driver of day by a landslide margin following his victory at the 2017 Formula One season opener in Australia. The... read more »

FIA president's comments before season opener prove prophetic as Jean Todt seeks to improve competition. read more »