Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado is upbeat heading into his first Formula 1 race in Melbourne on Saturday. Despite being out-qualified by Sergio Pérez, who he beat to the GP2... read more »

Michael Schumacher has refused to blame technical issues for his failure to make the Q2 cut in Melbourne. read more »

A round-up of comment after Saturday's qualifying session at Albert Park read more »

Despite dominating qualifying in Melbourne, defending F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is keen to keep his expectations in-check ahead of a race that has rarely shone upon... read more »

Jenson Button has praised the improvements made to his MP4-26 in Melbourne this weekend, with the McLaren squad achieving a strong result in qualifying after a challenging... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi believes a place in the top six on the Melbourne grid would have been achievable had he been able to save some new soft tyres for Q3 read more »

Having failed to make the top ten shoot-out at all in 2010, Sébastien Buemi gave Scuderia Toro Rosso reason for cheer with a Q3 appearance first time out in F1 2011 in Melbourne. read more »

Fernando Alonso does not believe Ferrari's qualifying pace in Melbourne was really representative of what its car can do, as he lapped 1.4 seconds off Sebastian... read more »

Timo Glock has admitted that it has been a ‘tough test’ for his Marussia Virgin Racing squad in Melbourne this weekend, with the German driver finishing Saturday’s... read more »

There was much surprise in Melbourne as Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who topped the first practice session on Friday, was toppled off a front row starting position by McLaren’s... read more »

Mark Webber was not a happy Aussie after being soundly trounced by his Red Bull team-mate in qualifying in Melbourne... read more »

Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were able to convert their promising winter testing form into a strong result during the opening qualifying session of the season in... read more »

Sebastien Buemi reckoned he got the absolute maximum out of the Toro Rosso after taking 10th on the Melbourne grid - his first Q3 appearance since the end of the 2009 season read more »

Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to his McLaren team after finishing the first qualifying session of the year in second place, edging out Red Bull’s Mark Webber to start... read more »

Sebastian Vettel takes pole position for the opening race of the season read more »

Sebastian Vettel dominates to claim pole position for season-opening Australian GP. read more »

He had threatened to dominate, but perhaps nobody expected Sebastian Vettel to rule Melbourne qualifying in quite the manner that he did - least of all Red Bull team-mate Mark... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was left delighted after storming to pole position in Melbourne on Saturday, leaving the competition far behind en route to setting the fastest time of the... read more »

Lotus drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli are adamant that they will be much more competitive in race conditions tomorrow when they can generate some tyre temperature,... read more »

Sebastian Vettel said he would not get over-confident about his chances despite dominating qualifying for the opening grand prix of the 2011 season in Melbourne read more »

World Champion Sebastian Vettel has claimed a dominant pole position for Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver will be joined on the front row by... read more »

Sebastian Vettel started his world championship defence in imperious form by dominating qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of the final practice session for the Australian Grand Prix as Red Bull finally showed their hand. read more »

Red Bull back on top in final Melbourne practice, as Vettel heads Webber and McLarens. read more »

Red Bull Racing returned to the top in final practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. At an overcast but dry Albert Park on Saturday afternoon, World Champion... read more »