Chief Strategist James Vowles answers your questions from the 2019 Australian Grand Prix - including how Valtteri won the race and why Lewis sustained damage to his floor. read more »
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Max Verstappen has joined those who don't think the 2019 rule changes have made overtaking easier. Lewis Hamilton said in Melbourne that the wider and simpler front wings... read more »
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Nico Rosberg thinks Valtteri Bottas can maintain a bid for the drivers' world championship in 2019. Written off after his winless 2018 campaign, Bottas got his season off... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas dominated the Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes, but teammate Lewis Hamilton couldn't live with him. It emerged after the race that Hamilton's car... read more »
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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 »
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Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari's underperformance is likely to be a one-off in 2019 read more »
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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 »
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Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes should expect a Ferrari resurgence in F1 2019's next races after pre-season predictions were turned on their head at the Australian GP. read more »
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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 »
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen say this year's new regulations have made "no" difference to overtaking, it is still "very hard". read more »
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Lewis Hamilton 'encouraged' after discovering damaged floor read more »
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Lewis Hamilton admitted he was relieved to find out that floor damage to his Mercedes Formula 1 car was the cause of his Australian Grand Prix struggle read more »
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Lewis Hamilton praised Valtteri Bottas for his win, as the Brit struggled to keep pace with his Mercedes-AMG Petronas teammate. read more »
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After two years of playing second fiddle to Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas showed us his new "**** you" mentality in Australia. read more »
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Among those most impressed by Max Verstappen's Honda-powered drive to a podium finish in Melbourne was Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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Sebastian Vettel reckons the only reason he even got close to Lewis Hamilton during the Australian GP was because the "bored" driver was "playing" around. read more »
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Damaged floor or no damaged floor, Lewis Hamilton takes the blame for failure to convert Melbourne into victory. read more »
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Mercedes kicked off the 2019 Formula 1 season with a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, but it was Valtteri Bottas rather than a troubled Lewis Hamilton that took... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel believes Lewis Hamilton's "boredom" was the main reason for the Mercedes man finishing the Australian Grand Prix with such a huge deficit to... read more »
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Today's post-race press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. read more »
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Max Verstappen says Red Bull now possess pace comparable to Mercedes and Ferrari, having swapped Renault for Honda. The Dutchman overtook Sebastian Vettel for third place at... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton says he has 'some ideas' as to why Valtteri Bottas' outpaced him during the Australian Grand Prix but acknowledged that his Mercedes'... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas labelled his Australian Grand Prix victory as the greatest race of his career, having started his 2019 campaign with an utterly dominant win in Melbourne.... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas secured a dominant victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix 25 seconds clear of team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton, while Max Verstappen... read more »
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Mercedes discovered damage to the floor on Lewis Hamilton's car shortly after the end of today's Australian Grand Prix. read more »
Spanish Grand Prix
14th of June 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | 156 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 90 |
| 3 | George Russell | 88 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | 75 |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | 60 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 58 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | 43 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 29 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 26 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 26 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 244 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 165 |
| 3 | McLaren | 118 |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | 72 |
| 5 | Alpine | 41 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 39 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 21 |
| 8 | Williams | 11 |
| 9 | Audi | 2 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 1 |

