Lewis Hamilton denies a special 'party' mode on his Mercedes Formula 1 engine was key to the 0.887-second lap time improvement that earned him pole for the Australian... read more »

ESPN rounds up the main talking points from qualifying at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix where Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton claimed his seventh pole position Down Under. read more »

Lewis Hamilton took a seventh pole position at the Australian Grand Prix with a new all-time lap record. Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel took second and third for Ferrari. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo hits back at the stewards' decision to award him a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow enough for a red flag in FP2 on Friday. read more »

The Belgian finished tenth in both free practice sessions on Friday and feels McLaren has a good base to work with this weekend in Australia. read more »

Despite topping both Free Practice sessions on Friday in Australia, Lewis Hamilton has said he's excited about the prospect of competition. read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident McLaren "managed to recover everything" after he was kept in the garage for a large part of FP1 in Australia. read more »

Mercedes has started Australia F1 opener 'on the right foot' - Lewis Hamilton read more »

Lance Stroll's car "got too close to the power unit limits" as the FW41 was left out on track following the conclusion of the second practice session in Australia. read more »

Lewis Hamilton was again quickest in Australia as many drivers used their second practice session to work on race simulations. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says tight performance gaps between Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull would be a positive for him to maximise any opportunities in Australia. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo may have had his best lap of Friday ruined by an untimely red flag but the Australian says he has a "good feel for the car" ahead of his home race. read more »

Lewis Hamilton remained top of the order in FP2 in Australia, but saw Max Verstappen and Red Bull close the gap considerably. read more »

Hamilton sweeps Friday's practice running in Australia by leading second practice at Albert Park ahead of Verstappen and Bottas. read more »

On the back of weeks of speculation on who would be the team to beat this year, or rather this weekend at Australia, the 2018 F1 season has finally kicked off with first... read more »

A familiar story to start the new F1 season as Lewis Hamilton heads up a Mercedes one-two while McLaren loses track time due to an issue on its car. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is fastest in the season's first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix as McLaren hit trouble. read more »

Havaianas branding will appear on the Halo of Force India's car for a number of F1 races in 2018, starting in Australia this weekend. read more »

The Finn is ready to race this weekend in Australia after feeling pre-season testing went well for the Ferrari team. read more »

We head into the paddock for all the gossip ahead of the first race of the 2018 Formula One season... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook:... read more »

Australia will be McLaren's 'lowest level' of F1 2018 - Fernando Alonso read more »

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren will rapidly improve over the course of the season, but will be starting out in Australia at their "lowest level". read more »

Luke Smith brings you all the odds and ends in his end-of-day notebook from Melbourne, Australia. read more »

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso says the season-opening Australian Grand Prix will be McLaren's "lowest level" this year before improvements kick in. read more »

Fernando Alonso accepts there are no more excuses for McLaren F1 in 2018 following its switch away from Honda power units as it prepares to begin life with Renault in Australia... read more »