Valtteri Bottas left Melbourne on the back foot in 2018 - this year was very different and could impact the whole season, says Jolyon Palmer. read more »

Crash.net's Lewis Larkam reflects on an intriguing F1 season-opener in Melbourne and considers some of the main themes that arose. read more »

Mattia Binotto felt it was "wiser to take no chances" in Melbourne, leading to Ferrari's call to issue team orders for Charles Leclerc not to attack Sebastian... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has hinted he will take a different approach to the Australian Grand Prix build-up in 2020 after being left "drained" ahead of his Renault Formula 1... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has backed up Sebastian Vettel's claims that he didn't try all that hard in Melbourne, saying once Valtteri Bottas had the gap, he didn't see a... read more »

Sergio Perez felt running in traffic for the majority of the Australian Grand Prix denied him the chance to show the true potential of his Racing Point car. read more »

Scoring a podium on their first race with Red Bull, Honda's F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe admits that has taken some of the pressure off the engine supplier. read more »

James Allison and Mercedes are in good spirits after the perfect result in the first race at the Australian GP read more »

Reflecting on the highs, lows, stars and stragglers from a mystifying season opener in Melbourne... read more »

Ferrari went into the opening race of the 2019 Formula 1 season as favourites, but it failed to even get a car on the podium, as Mercedes and Red Bull beat the Prancing Horse... read more »

Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen moved to play down the importance of their late-race battle to secure the bonus point for fastest lap at the Australian Grand Prix, but both... read more »

Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul has called for amendments to be made to the Albert Park pit straight to avoid a repeat of the incident which cost Daniel Ricciardo his... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has backed new recruit Pierre Gasly after a difficult start to 2019 for the French driver. Promoted from Toro Rosso to replace Daniel... read more »

Haas F1 Team driver Kevin Magnussen finished sixth in Melbourne but felt for teammate Romain Grosjean who was forced to retire read more »

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen wins Honda their first podium as an engine supplier since 2008 read more »

Lewis Hamilton praised Valtteri Bottas for his win, as the Brit struggled to keep pace with his Mercedes-AMG Petronas teammate. read more »

Red Bull are setting their sights on championship leaders Mercedes, rather than Ferrari following the Australian Grand Prix, according to Dr Helmut Marko, who said Max... read more »

Among those most impressed by Max Verstappen's Honda-powered drive to a podium finish in Melbourne was Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Mattia Binotto says Ferrari is not panicking after a bad start to the 2019 season. The entire paddock, and particularly Italy's motorsport media, was stunned in Melbourne... read more »

Damaged floor or no damaged floor, Lewis Hamilton takes the blame for failure to convert Melbourne into victory. read more »

Though ecstatic at his podium finish in Melbourne with new engine partner, Honda, Max Verstappen admits there is still much work to be done. read more »

Guenther Steiner remains surprisingly philosophical in wake of Romain Grosjean's Melbourne misery. read more »

Ferrari insists that fear of unnecessary risk was the reason behind the decision not to allow Charles Leclerc to pass his teammate in Melbourne. read more »

Toto Wolff confirmed that Valtteri Bottas and his race engineer Riccardo Musconi directly disobeyed his instructions not to chase the bonus point for the fastest lap at the... read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner confirmed that Romain Grosjean's retirement from the Australian Grand Prix was a result of yet more pit-stop woe in Melbourne.... read more »