a solid start to 2011 for Toro Rosso, although all involved were left to rue first lap contact between Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari. read more »

Mechanical failures on both AT&T Williams race cars retired Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado from today’s opening Grand Prix in Australia. Prior to retiring on... read more »

Jenson Button was left frustrated at the end of the 58-lap Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, as the McLaren driver had endured a tough fight back up to sixth after a move on... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen has revealed that his retirement from Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was forced by a water leak., with the Finn withdrawing from the race on Lap 22. After a... read more »

Michael Schumacher retired from the Australian Grand Prix for safety reasons after sustaining damage in a collision with Jaime Alguersuari on the first lap of the race in... read more »

Michael Schumacher had a premature end to his time at the wheel on Sunday afternoon, with the Mercedes GP driver retiring as a result of contact with Jaime Alguersuari’s Toro... read more »

Paul di Resta will make his grand prix debut from 14th on the grid in Australia, whle his team-mate regrets a flying lap that got away... read more »

Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s Motorsport Director: “We've had a thrilling qualifying session and set the quickest lap ever seen here, which has... read more »

Nick Heidfeld blamed his disastrous qualifying performance at the Australian Grand Prix on a malfunctioning KERS unit, which cost him lap time and restricted his running read more »

Video: Video: Sebastian Vettel's pole lap read more »

Jenson Button has revealed his Q3 qualifying lap was hindered by traffic after he qualified fourth and over a second off Sebastian Vettel on pole read more »

Adrian Sutil (16th): During qualifying itself our speed was ok and better than expected. On my flying lap in Q2 I was only a few hundred read more »

Lewis Hamilton (2nd): “I was really happy with my lap today. The car felt fantastic, and I owe it all to the guys back at the read more »

Nico Rosberg was left to rue a costly error during the final part of qualifying at the Albert Park circuit on Saturday, with the Mercedes GP driver set to line up in seventh... read more »

Sebastian Vettel dominated qualifying, setting the quickest lap in all three sessions, his fastest coming when it mattered in Q3. A 1:23.529 put him P1 read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of the final practice session for the Australian Grand Prix as Red Bull finally showed their hand. read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the quickest time of the session on Saturday in Australia. A lap of 1:24.507 put him ahead of his team-mate, Mark Webber, read more »

Vitantonio Liuzzi: "Even though we only did one lap today, it is very important for us to have put the F111 into action. It's been read more »

Tonio Liuzzi completed just a single lap of Albert Park after HRT suffered another tough day at the track. read more »

The Hispania-Cosworth F111 finally made its track debut on Friday, with Vitantonio Liuzzi managing to complete a single installation lap with the Spanish team’s new car... read more »

After a long day of work, the new F111 managed to get onto the Albert Park track. Engineers and mechanics saw their long hours of work rewarded when the car made it out towards... read more »

Virgin Racing drivers Timo Glock and Jérôme d’Ambrosio had varying stories to tell following Friday’s first three hours of practice time at Albert Park. Although fuel... read more »

Newly-labelled Team Lotus enduring a trying start to the 2011 campaign on Friday, with reserve driver Karun Chandhok’s first-lap spin only overshadowing what was a generally... read more »

A Red Bull 1-2 was replaced by a McLaren 1-2 as practice continued in Melbourne on Friday afternoon. While rain prevented any lap time improvements in the final minutes, Jenson... read more »

Mark Webber produced a late lap to deny F1 world champion - and Red Bull team-mate - Sebastian Vettel in the first practice session of the new season. read more »