Official track action in 2012 has now begun, but the pecking order is still totally unclear. “The tea-leaf reading will go on until after the third practice session... read more »

Ross Brawn has moved to play down the hype surrounding Mercedes’ new so-called ‘F-duct’ solutions. The active F-ducts of 2010 are banned, but... read more »

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 »

Just like everybody else, both Red Bull drivers had to deal with a damp track at the beginning of both first session. The limited dry running they could do however proved that... 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 »

Catherham had a positive start to the season, with their first laps at Melbourne quickly showing a reasonable car balance and the expected performance. The team also claimed to... read more »

Red Bull Racing Mark Webber: “We did learn a little today – but after nine weeks of anxious waiting it was a shame with the weather. Mother Nature played a big role and it made... read more »

McLaren promised much in Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix, with the Woking cars heading the field in the opening session. Afterwards, both Jenson Button... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is 'massively excited' to see what Formula 1's first qualifying session of 2012 reveals, and is confident that McLaren will be in the mix... read more »

"The midfield group is going to be very tightly packed and I hope we can have a dry qualifying session tomorrow to find out just how competitive we can be," says Mike... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: The weather dominated both sessions, with each session being declared wet and thereby limiting the base programme. Both the drivers read more »

Michael Schumacher topped the second free practice session in Melbourne, but wasn't fast enough to depose Jenson Button on the overall timesheets. read more »

The new Toro Rosso duo was pleased with performances as the 2012 season was launched in Australia on Friday afternoon. Replacing Sébastien Buemi and Jaime... 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 »

Schumacher climbed to the top as he posted the quickest time as the second free practice session of the Australian GP. He had been third in the opening one, but was beaten by... read more »

Full times from today's second free practice session for the Qantas Australian Grand Prix. read more »

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

As in the opening session, running in FP2 was compromised by the damp conditions, drivers only getting to use slick tyres in the final 28 minutes. Schumacher quickest ahead of... 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 »

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton led the way in first practice at the Australian Grand Prix after a wet/dry session kicked off the season at Albert Park read more »

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the first practice session of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button led the first practice session in Australia on Friday giving McLaren a confidence boost ahead of the season opening race. The 2009 world champion read more »

Full times from today's first free practice session for the Qantas Australian Grand Prix.. read more »

Jenson Button led the way as mixed conditions spiced things up in the opening practice session of the 2012 Formula 1 season. As the action began at Melbourne’s Albert... read more »

Jenson Button tops the timesheets from Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher in FP1 at Melbourne, as damp track compromises first half of session. read more »