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 »

Jenson Button has put in the quickest time of the season opening practice session in Albert Park, with his teammate Lewis Hamilton in second place to make it a great start for... read more »

Jenson Button led a McLaren one-two in the first free practice session of the 2012 Formula 1 season in Melbourne 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 »

Sebastian Vettel stresses the clichéd F1 expression that nobody will be aware of the true pace throughout the field until the opening qualifying session of the... read more »

The talking is over. The buck stops here. Are you ready for the 2012 Formula 1 season? All of the action from every session can be followed in the interactive GPUpdate.net Live... read more »

Timo Glock has acknowledged his most frustrating pre-season period yet, having driven Marussia’s new car only once in a filming session on old Pirelli tyres. As the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is more eager than anybody to learn just how quick each team will be when the opening qualifying session of 2012 begins in Australia on Saturday. The double... read more »

The men and women from the Scuderia Ferrari can’t even pause for a second. The pre-Championship tests ended last night and the team met this morning in Maranello to quietly... read more »

HRT have finally introduced their 2012 challenger, with Narain Karthikeyan giving the F112 a run on old tyres during a filming session on Monday... read more »

Timo Glock has put the first miles on Marussia’s new MR01, which was unveiled privately at Silverstone on Monday morning. The German is now in action on-track as part... read more »

Lotus F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen concluded the pre-season tests by the topping the timesheets on the last day at the Barcelona circuit. Driving the Lotus E20, the Finn set his... read more »

HRT F1 has confirmed that it will be carrying out a 'promotional filming session' with its new car at the Circuit de Catalunya tomorrow, meaning the squad will... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is hoping for more running in the afternoon session of the final pre-season test of 2012 after being hindered by a gearbox problem in the morning. read more »