Praising the team for its sizeable step forward, Lewis Hamilton concedes that whilst McLaren may not be quite ready to win yet, he will give Sebastian Vettel 'the race of... read more »

Paul di Resta said his 14th place in Melbourne qualifying was better than he had expected for his first grand prix, and believes a return to the top 10 is not far away for... read more »

Hispania Racing drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan will be forced to sit out tomorrow’s season-opening Grand Prix in Melbourne, with the FIA failing to accept a... read more »

Former Red Bull driver turned television commenter David Coulthard has sprung to the defence of the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

A 'mystified' Mark Webber has lamented 'the biggest gap that's ever existed' between himself and Sebastian Vettel in Melbourne qualifying, admitting he... read more »

Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado is upbeat heading into his first Formula 1 race in Melbourne on Saturday. Despite being out-qualified by Sergio Pérez, who he beat to the GP2... read more »

Michael Schumacher has refused to blame technical issues for his failure to make the Q2 cut in Melbourne. read more »

A round-up of comment after Saturday's qualifying session at Albert Park read more »

Despite dominating qualifying in Melbourne, defending F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is keen to keep his expectations in-check ahead of a race that has rarely shone upon... read more »

Jenson Button has praised the improvements made to his MP4-26 in Melbourne this weekend, with the McLaren squad achieving a strong result in qualifying after a challenging... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes a place in the top six on the Melbourne grid would have been achievable had he been able to save some new soft tyres for Q3 read more »

Having failed to make the top ten shoot-out at all in 2010, Sébastien Buemi gave Scuderia Toro Rosso reason for cheer with a Q3 appearance first time out in F1 2011 in Melbourne. read more »

Fernando Alonso does not believe Ferrari's qualifying pace in Melbourne was really representative of what its car can do, as he lapped 1.4 seconds off Sebastian... read more »

Timo Glock has admitted that it has been a ‘tough test’ for his Marussia Virgin Racing squad in Melbourne this weekend, with the German driver finishing Saturday’s... read more »

There was much surprise in Melbourne as Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who topped the first practice session on Friday, was toppled off a front row starting position by McLaren’s... read more »

Mark Webber was not a happy Aussie after being soundly trounced by his Red Bull team-mate in qualifying in Melbourne... read more »

Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were able to convert their promising winter testing form into a strong result during the opening qualifying session of the season in... read more »

Sebastien Buemi reckoned he got the absolute maximum out of the Toro Rosso after taking 10th on the Melbourne grid - his first Q3 appearance since the end of the 2009 season read more »

Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to his McLaren team after finishing the first qualifying session of the year in second place, edging out Red Bull’s Mark Webber to start... read more »

Sebastian Vettel takes pole position for the opening race of the season read more »

Sebastian Vettel dominates to claim pole position for season-opening Australian GP. read more »

He had threatened to dominate, but perhaps nobody expected Sebastian Vettel to rule Melbourne qualifying in quite the manner that he did - least of all Red Bull team-mate Mark... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was left delighted after storming to pole position in Melbourne on Saturday, leaving the competition far behind en route to setting the fastest time of the... read more »

Lotus drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli are adamant that they will be much more competitive in race conditions tomorrow when they can generate some tyre temperature,... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he would not get over-confident about his chances despite dominating qualifying for the opening grand prix of the 2011 season in Melbourne read more »