The best moments from Friday's practice sessions in Melbourne ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. McLaren's Jenson Button set the fastest time of a... read more »

Paul di Resta: "Difficult to say too much about the first or second session because the conditions were so inconsistent with the rain showers. Even read more »

Mark Webber admitted it was frustrating that Friday's practice sessions were compromised by rain but says he feels "confident" in the RB8 read more »

Lewis Hamilton says the Melbourne paddock is still in the dark about this year's possible pecking order after rain affected the running in Melbourne... read more »

The rain proved to be a great equaliser in Melbourne as Heikki Kovalainen recorded the eighth best time and Timo Glock was 12th... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: "I am pretty happy, and I think overall the day went smoothly for us. We used intermediate and rain tyres as well as read more »

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were both excited by Mercedes' form in the second free practice session in Australia, even if much of the running was lost due to the rain. read more »

During the break between FP1 and FP2, the Albert Park circuit was doused in a tropical storm as heavy rain lashed down on the track. This caused a very wet start to proceedings... read more »

Jenson Button and McLaren hold on to day one honours as rain affects opening day of Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Michael Schumacher takes fastest time in second practice at the Australian Grand Prix as rain continues to plague Melbourne. read more »

Michael Schumacher topped a relatively quiet session in Melbourne as the rain disrupted proceedings for the second time on Friday... read more »

Michael Schumacher was quickest after a dramatic pair of practice sessions to launch the 2012 F1 season in Australia on Friday. Following heavy rain, Melbourne’s... read more »

The first free practice session at the Albert Park circuit on Friday marked the official start to the Formula 1 World Championship, after a winter break of just over three... read more »

The opening practice session for the 2012 F1 season started at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Friday afternoon. There was rain before 12:30, but it was a large amount of... read more »

Mixed weather conditions appear to be a genuine possibility for the Australian Grand Prix weekend. For now, each weather forecaster is predicting a slightly different story,... read more »

FIA race director Charlie Whiting may not prohibit the use of DRS should he deem conditions to be too dangerous during a wet race... read more »

Sergio Perez edges out Jenson Button and Daniel Ricciardo at Barcelona as the rain finally makes an appearance and Red Bull causes a media frenzy. read more »

Lotus F1 Team had a curtailed day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona today. Power steering issues in the morning and rain in the afternoon limited track time... read more »

BARCELONA TEST – DAY THREE Driver: Mark Webber Car: RB8 Laps: 70 laps Best time: 1:22.662 Circuit length: 4.655km Fastest lap: S. Perez (1:22.094) Mark Webber returned to the... read more »

Driver: Bruno Senna Chassis / engine: FW34-02 / RS27-5281/1 Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 4.655km Objectives: Aero tests and race simulation Weather: Dry and sunny... read more »

Sergio Perez was assured of a P1 finish to Saturday's penultimate day of testing as the rain came down at Barcelona in the final hour... read more »

Perez quickest at Barcelona on penultimate day of pre-season testing as rain in the afternoon finally gives the teams the chance to run on 2012 wets and intermediates. read more »

Sergio Pérez topped the timesheets on the one but last day of testing in Barcelona. Button went second fastest, ahead of Ricciardo. All fast times of the day were set before... read more »

Sergio Pérez led the way on the penultimate day of testing in Barcelona. As the weather made a turn for the worse, with rain and even hail falling in the afternoon,... read more »

Rubens Barrichello, 14th: We thought it was going to rain today so we were running a long first gear. I started at the bottom of the read more »