Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes pair of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have all escaped penalties ahead of Sunday’s season-opening race in Melbourne, with the trio being... read more »

Nick Heidfeld thinks that the problems of traffic in Q1 could become a major worry throughout 2011, after a mix-up with backmarkers put him out of qualifying early on in Australia. read more »

Christian Horner has admitted that both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber opted not to use KERS during qualifying, but failed to explain why. The Red Bull Team Principal... read more »

Today’s inaugural qualifying of the 2011 season concluded in Q2 for both AT&T Williams drivers. Pastor Maldonado was rather unfortunate when setting his quick laps,... read more »

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali and assistant technical director Pat Fry admit Red Bull Racing's pace during qualifying in Melbourne took them somewhat by... read more »

There was a collective sigh of relief after the first phase of qualifying when Virgin Racing learned it would be on the grid come Sunday afternoon. read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

A phlegmatic Nick Heidfeld has quipped that whilst 18th place in qualifying on his Renault debut is 'disappointing', at least now he'll have chance to try out... read more »

While admitting that nerves played a role in his qualifying performance, Paul di Resta insists he¿ll be on top of his emotions on Sunday... read more »

Ferrari received a nasty wake-up call in qualifying for the F1 2011 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix, acknowledges Fernando Alonso - but the Spaniard is confident of a... read more »

Jenson Button is confident that even though he personally didn't get the best out of McLaren's much-improved MP4-26 during qualifying in Melbourne, its potential is... read more »

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has refused to be drawn on speculation that his team has a start-only KERS on its car - but insists there is a good explanation... read more »

Not content with qualifying ninth on the grid for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Kamui Kobayashi believes sixth spot was in his reach... read more »

The HRT team is already looking ahead to the Malaysian Grand Prix after missing the reinstated 107 per cent qualifying cut in Australia. read more »

Paul di Resta said his 14th place in Melbourne qualifying was better than he had expected for his first grand prix, and believes a return to the top 10 is not far away for... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have all escaped grid demotions, despite the FIA deeming that they blocked other drivers during qualifying. The race stewards read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have escaped grid penalties despite being found guilty of impeding other cars during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes is closer to the pace than its pace in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix suggests, according to Nico Rosberg. read more »

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber face the press after Saturday's Australian GP qualifying... read more »

Pirelli looks back at today's qualifying session  read more »

Sauber was delighted with the performance of both Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez in Australian GP qualifying, although the drivers felt more was possible. read more »

A 'mystified' Mark Webber has lamented 'the biggest gap that's ever existed' between himself and Sebastian Vettel in Melbourne qualifying, admitting he... read more »

The FIA have refused to allow HRT to race in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after both cars recorded times outside the 107% qualifying time. read more »

Post-qualifying press conference read more »

Australian GP: Post Qualifying press conference read more »