Lance Stroll's Formula 1 career will begin with a grid penalty as Williams had to change his gearbox following his FP3 crash. read more »

McLaren's form is a "nightmare" and not just for the team but Formula 1 as a whole; that's according to Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle. read more »

Lap times tumbled in a red-flagged final practice for the Australian GP as Sebastian Vettel posted a new fastest ever lap time around the Albert Park circuit on his way to P1. read more »

As Formula 1 closed in on the fastest lap time set at the Albert Park circuit, Christian Horner says it F1 will only get faster as the season progresses. read more »

Lagging behind Lewis Hamilton in Friday's second practice in Melbourne, Valtteri Bottas admits it is a "big gap" but not one that has his worried. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will miss the rest of the Australian GP weekend after admitting he is not fit enough to complete a full race distance and will be replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi. read more »

Jolyon Palmer says he was caught "massively by surprise" when he lost the rear of his RS17 and hit the barrier at the Albert Park circuit. read more »

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner has confirmed that the American outfit was told to remove the T-wing ahead of Friday's second practice as it was flexing significantly. read more »

Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari will continue to follow their own programme and not become distracted after falling short of Mercedes' benchmark in Australia. read more »

Honda is working on a significantly updated Formula 1 engine designed to raise power levels, having finally appeared to make reliability progress as the 2017 season began in... read more »

The team bosses had their say in the traditional Friday press conference in Melbourne. read more »

Half a second up on his nearest rival in FP2, Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' improvement between the final test and Friday's practice was "night and day." read more »

Fernando Alonso has said he is not the right person to ask about the future of McLaren and their engine supplier Honda. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said his focus is completely on Ferrari and not on a potential move to Mercedes in 2018. read more »

Mercedes began their 2017 campaign with back-to-back P1s in Friday's practice in Melbourne, edging Ferrari and Red Bull. read more »

Despite insisting that Ferrari were the team to beat, it was Lewis Hamilton who dominated Friday's running in Melbourne, up by half a second in FP2. read more »

Ross Brawn has vowed to fight at "every level" should this year's Formula 1 fail to produce good racing. read more »

Even after a wretched pre-season, Stoffel Vandoorne insists he believes that McLaren-Honda can return to the sharp end of the grid. It is just a question of when. read more »

F1 delivered on its promise to up the pace as Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets in the first FP1 of the season in Melbourne, 5.5 seconds faster than last year's P1 time. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is adamant he is not thinking about this year's World title despite many predicting that Ferrari are the favourites heading into the new season. read more »

Honda admit they are still "worried" about reliability heading into the Australian Grand Prix despite work carried out in the wake of pre-season testing. read more »

Formula 1 is set to bid farewell to shark fins and T-wings come 2018, however, don't get expect beautiful cars as Halo is likely to be introduced. read more »

Max Verstappen has confirmed that Red Bull will race a different RB13 in Australia but says it is only a "little bit different" to the car they tested. read more »

Part 2 of the Thursday press conference in Melbourne included Valtteri Bottas and rookie driver Lance Stroll. read more »

In a new format, Thursday's FIA press conference was split into two parts with Lewis Hamilton in the first and his new team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, in the second. read more »