After his evident disappointment with how things turned out last week in Australia, Lewis Hamilton was making a statement by topping both Friday practice sessions. read more »

They waited for the rain to come, but thankfully for the teams in Sepang it never made an appearance.  A dry three hours of running was gratefully received after wet weather... read more »

Balance problems, tyre degradation and another gearbox reliability issue frustrated Sauber's efforts during Friday's practice sessions in Malaysia. read more »

Combined times from both Friday sessions for the Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton made it two from two in Malaysia to set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions, once again proving McLaren are the read more »

After leading the way when Malaysian Grand Prix practice started at Sepang on Friday morning, Lewis Hamilton maintained his pack-leading advantage in the afternoon. Rain... read more »

A strong pre-season and opening practice sessions in Melbourne, have left the Mercedes drivers Schumacher and rosberg disappointed to have qualified just fourth and seventh. read more »

This was one of the most unpredictable qualifying sessions that we have seen since our Formula One debut. 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 »

Sahara Force India made the most of mixed weather conditions in Albert Park as the 2012 season got underway with free practice for the Australian Grand Prix. It will be waiting... read more »

Michael Schumacher: "Today was a nice start into a hopefully exciting season, and certainly two promising sessions for us. However, I would not go so read more »

Lotus F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen has conceded that his squad learned little in Melbourne on Friday, with changeable weather conditions affecting both 90-minute... read more »

Felipe Massa described Friday's practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix as "a rather difficult first day back" read more »

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of 2012 today, with variable weather affecting the opening day of the Australian Grand Prix... 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 »

HRT was not surprised by its assortment of problems in Australian Grand Prix practice on Friday afternoon. After delaying scrutineering to finish assembling Pedro de la... read more »

"Whilst the overall picture is still not clear, Michael and Nico seem quite happy with the cars at the end of today's two sessions," says Ross Brawn. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Red Bull needs to go "a lot quicker tomorrow" after a frustrating two practice sessions on Friday 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 »

Read what the drivers and teams had to say after Friday's practice sessions ahead of the Australian Grand Prix 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 »

Alexander Rossi has today been confirmed as Caterham F1 Team’s Test Driver, joining Race Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov, and Reserve Driver Giedo van der Garde in... read more »

Alexander Rossi has today been confirmed as Caterham F1 Team’s Test Driver, joining Race Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov, and Reserve Driver Giedo van der Garde in... read more »

Marussia has announced that Maria De Villota has joined the team as a test driver for the 2012 team. De Villota, 32, became the first woman to test a Formula One car last year... read more »

Despite missing the final pre-season test at Barcelona, HRT have managed to get their get in Spain at 1 o'clock on Monday, allowing the team to do a shakedown run as a... read more »