Tough first day for rookie Alexander Albon as he hits the wall in first practice for the 2019 Australian Grand Prix. read more »

The most important part of the programme was getting an understanding of the car and its behaviour so as to prepare it for Saturday and Sunday. read more »

Valtteri Bottas suspects Ferrari's pace remains a threat to Mercedes despite dropping back on the timesheet in FP2 at the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

From our side in general, we're relatively pleased with both sessions. We have work to do in order to improve the balance of the car. read more »

Max Verstappen proved to be Mercedes' closest rival in Free Practice for the Australian Grand Prix but says Red Bull aren't fast enough. read more »

Our long runs look fairly reasonable, and even though it's still early days, we're quite happy with our pace. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says he and the Renault Formula 1 team were caught out by a "strange" seatbelt issue on the opening day of Australian Grand Prix practice read more »

Formula 1 rookie Alex Albon says his crash that caused a red flag in the first Australian Grand Prix practice session was a result of his inexperience and overheated tyres read more »

It has been the first time that we have had both Robert and George driving at the same time, which has given us a chance to compare their feedback and gain an understanding of... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says it would be a pretty solid Saturday if he could replicate his seventh place finish from second practice during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

It was a solid day today. We did a lot of testing, and we achieved what we wanted to achieve. read more »

We have a solid day of work behind us, there were no big issues. read more »

All the best bits from FP2 in Melbourne, where there were spins, lucky escapes and two very fast Mercedes... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Mercedes appear to be "in a league of their own" after dominating Friday practice for the 2019 F1 Australian Grand Prix.  read more »

Recapping all of the news and notes from the Albert Park paddock on Friday, here is Michael Lamonato's notebook. read more »

We looked to have reasonable pace on both the short and long runs; we still need to look through all the information, but we are reasonably happy with the opening day. read more »

Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica claims his Australian Grand Prix Friday running was compromised by minor damage and having to stay off the kerbs due to a spares shortage read more »

We will look at the data tonight and see what we can improve but from the engine side there were no problems and it all ran very smoothly. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says suggestions that Mercedes might be struggling coming into the 2019 Formula 1 season were outed as "bullshit" after the Silver Arrows ended... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel says Mercedes looked "much stronger than they claimed before the weekend" in Australian Grand Prix Friday practice read more »

Today's press conference with Cyril Abiteboul, Mattia Binotto, Christian Horner and Toto Wolff. read more »

Honda have confirmed that the power failure suffered by Pierre Gasly in FP2 will not cause Red Bull a further concern across the Australian Grand Prix weekend. Gasly limped... read more »

Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner concedes Mercedes pace during Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix was "impressive".  read more »

Honda has given Red Bull Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly's engine the all-clear after a late power loss scare in Australian Grand Prix practice read more »

Racing Point Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez says his first day of practice ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix was "not good at all" read more »