Lewis Hamilton described fifth place in the Australian Grand Prix as way above Mercedes' pre-season expectations, but also admitted he was surprised by the pace of some... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has converted a brilliantly working 2-stop strategy to a race wing for Lotus, immediately confirming the long run pace of the E21. Fernando Alonso finished in... read more »

An error in pre-season testing left McLaren with false hope after the opening day in Jerez. The all-new MP4-28 set the early pace but it has become clear in Australia that the... read more »

Jenson Button believes his wet Q2 performance may well be the high point of his Australian Grand Prix weekend after admitting his car has no pace in the dry read more »

The car performed well on both the full wet and the intermediate tyres. Unfortunately Esteban was caught out by one of the kerbs in the wet. However, he had a very good pace... read more »

Marussia believes that it is possible to get within striking distance of the back of the Formula1 midfield pack this season after showing promising pace during the Australian... read more »

Marussia driver Jules Bianchi says he is happy with his qualifying pace, even if he remained disappointed that wet weather hindered their progress. Bianchi qualified in... read more »

Romain Grosjean set the pace in Saturday's final practice having jumped ahead of the two Ferraris moments before the rain came down... read more »

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean set the pace during a rain-hit final practice session in Melbourne on Saturday, posting a time of 1:26.929 in the early dry phase. Ferrari duo... read more »

Fernando Alonso enjoyed a smooth start to the 2013 season at Albert Park on Friday, completing 51 trouble-free laps of the Melbourne venue. The Ferrari driver ended his day... read more »

Ferrari is happy with its race pace after Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix but says the relative qualifying pace of the top teams is still too close to call read more »

Toro Rosso drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne both admit the team need to find more pace if they are to avoid Q1 elimination tomorrow in Australia read more »

Two practice sessions of the new season have revealed some light in the pecking order, even if it is too early to conclude who’s going to be the champion. Red Bull Racing set... read more »

Jenson Button might have won last year's Australian GP, but on Friday he couldn't even crack the top ten at the end of Friday free practice. read more »

Martin Whitmarsh wasn't hiding his disappointment and frustration on Friday, with the new McLaren suffering from a lack of grip and pace in free practice in Australia. read more »

Sergio Perez was not expecting McLaren to be quite as far off the pace as it was after the first day of the F1 season in Australia read more »

Pastor Maldonado admitted that Williams are struggling for pace after a disappointing opening day of practice in Melbourne. read more »

Jenson Button said he would settle for a top ten grid position at the Australian Grand Prix after McLaren struggled for pace throughout free practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is "massively excited" by the performance of his Mercedes car at the season-opening Australian GP. read more »

Red Bull's rivals are unsurprised to see the reigning world champion team setting the pace in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Romain Grosjean has predicted a Red Bull lockout of the front row in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix after the ominous pace they showed in opening practice on Friday. read more »

Fernando Alonso said Friday practice in Melbourne confirmed his belief that while Ferrari is in much better shape than a year ago, beating Red Bull will still be a very tall order. read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits he "can't believe" how competitive Mercedes appears to be ahead of the Australian Grand Prix read more »

McLaren on Friday admitted it is now "worried" about the pace of the new MP4-28 car. Jenson Button was just ninth in opening practice in Melbourne, before lagging... read more »

A buoyant Lewis Hamilton hailed Mercedes' pace on the opening day of the new season as "hugely satisfying" and expressed delight that his new team are set to be... read more »