The pre-season favourite struggled in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, coming home fourth almost a minute behind race winner Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says his drivers ignored pre-race instructions to not chase the new bonus point for fastest lap in the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Robert Kubica says a pre-race grid panic, plus a mirror falling off his Williams early in the Australian Grand Prix, added to the dramas of his Formula 1 return read more »

The pre-weekend favourite for pole and victory ended more than seven-tenths of a second down on Lewis Hamilton during Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton converted Mercedes' dominance into pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, as pre-season favourites Ferrari were blown away by the reigning champions... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was "certainly surprised" with Mercedes' dominance in qualifying as he had to settle for a P3 start in Australia. read more »

Lewis Hamilton suggested that Mercedes' eye-catching performance in Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix was not a major improvement on their running during... read more »

CEO and Team Principal of Racing Point F1 Team Otmar Szafnauer is hoping their pre-season strategy will pay off in Australia read more »

We've had the long wait, the bluster of pre-season testing, but now the 2019 Formula 1 campaign is upon us. Just ahead of on-track action getting underway for 2019 at the... read more »

Go behind the scenes and inside the paddock as the F1 grid prepares for the opening race weekend of 2019... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on... read more »

The first pre-race conference of the 2019 season was centred on the sad loss of FIA race director Charlie Whiting, who passed in the early hours of Thursday morning. Listen in... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes has already made improvements to its 2019 Formula 1 car after declaring Ferrari to be the pre-season favourite during testing read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted 2019 will be his biggest challenge since joining Mercedes -- and it's not just because of the pre-season pace of Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Kimi Raikkonnen says Alfa Romeo's place in the Formula 1 pecking order is a "big mystery" after finding it tricky to explore his new car's potential in... read more »

Dave Robson says the team has working hard to ensure Robert Kubica and George Russell have enough parts to cover the Australian Grand Prix weekend after a distinct lack of... read more »

Max Verstappen is not ready to declare himself a real challenger for the 2019 title, despite Red Bull's outward confidence about the new partnership with Honda. After... read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has ordered extra pit-stop practice during pre-season in a bid to avoid a repeat of the double DNF which marred their Australian Grand Prix... read more »

Despite a sold pre-season in Barcelona, Kimi Raikkonen still remains unsure where Alfa Romeo stands heading to the opening round in Australia. read more »

A low-key pre-season dogged with niggling reliability problems and a lack of mileage would usually risk setting alarm bells ringing inside a team read more »

With just three-thousandths of a second splitting last year's title contenders as pre-season testing wrapped up in Barcelona last week, the scene is set for a titanic... read more »

Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko has warned Pierre Gasly to drive more cautiously after the Frenchman crashed twice during pre-season testing, effectively ruling out... read more »

Pre-season done; Australia is looming. Time to try and look very smart or very stupid with 10 predictions for the 2019 season. read more »

Praise for a new boss who has brought back the feel-good factor has been a fundamental part of the Ferrari Formula 1 team's pre-season read more »

Williams Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe appears to have departed the team following the troubled launch of their 2019 car which ended pre-season testing in Barcelona... read more »

Performance Engineering Director Tom McCullough says Racing Point F1 Team had a successful pre-season testing but that there's still work to be done read more »