Pascal Wehrlein has defended his decision to withdraw from this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, saying he was "not feeling comfortable" to race this weekend. read more »

Lance Stroll says it was "hard" to recover from his FP3 crash, resulting in an early end to his qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen believes the Australian Grand Prix will be "boring" for fans to watch while the drivers "have fun" in the new 2017 cars. read more »

Jolyon Palmer has blamed his "disaster" of a car after finishing slowest of all in qualifying the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton held off Sebastian Vettel to claim pole position in Australia in a qualifying that was red flagged when Daniel Ricciardo crashed. read more »

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 »

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 »