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 »

McLaren have admitted they are off the pace and have "a lot of work to do" to become competitive. read more »

Pastor Maldonado admitted he has been surprised by the lack of performance from his Williams team in Melbourne, conceding the British squad is far from the leading cars read more »

Jenson Button believes that a top 10 finish in the Australian Grand Prix would be "very positive" for McLaren considering how far off the pace the team's 2013... read more »

Martin Whitmarsh concedes McLaren have cause for concern after neither driver made it into the top ten in Friday's practice in Melbourne... read more »

Sebastian Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 on the opening day timesheet as F1 2013 gets underway in Australia. read more »

Sebastian Vettel played down the importance of setting the pace in both Friday practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix but admitted it was "a very good day"... read more »

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have played down the team's dominant start to the Australian Grand Prix weekend in free practice. read more »

Red Bull sets pace throughout opening day of 2013 F1 season, with world champion Sebastian Vettel fastest of all in Melbourne. read more »

Sebastian Vettel continued his domination of the Australian Grand Prix weekend by topping the second practice session at Albert Park, leading an ominous Red Bull Racing 1-2 read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel set an ominous pace in his Red Bull on the first day of practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted that he was "worried about the pace" after a poor showing during the first day of practice in Melbourne read more »

Sebastian Vettel set an impressive pace during the second free practice session of the Australian Grand, while McLaren appeared to struggle once more read more »

Red Bull appear to have picked up where they left off at the end of 2012 as Sebastian Vettel completed a dominant start to the first Grand Prix of the new season in Practice... read more »

Sebastian Vettel increased his advantage over the rest of the field as practice continued in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, with the German producing a time of 1:25.908 on the... read more »