Jolyon Palmer is looking forward to the season-opener in Melbourne this weekend for the 2016 Formula 1 season. read more »

Marcus Ericsson is confident for the 2016 Formula 1 season-opener this weekend in Melbourne after feeling preparations during pre-season testing went well. read more »

Mark Smith leaves Sauber days ahead of season opener. read more »

Sauber s technical director Mark Smith has split from the team on the eve of the 2016 F1 season opener in Australia for family reasons. read more »

Sauber anticipates season opener following "encouraging debut" at Barcelona read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he wants to produce happier memories in Australia after missing the 2015 season opener through injury read more »

Felipe Massa says he is pretty optimistic heading to Australia for the F1 2016 season opener and is hopeful he can start the new season like he did twelve months ago read more »

Renault keeping expectations in check for season opener read more »

Felipe Massa is looking forward to starting a new season when Formula 1 returns to the season-opener Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer look ahead to the season opener in Melbourne. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat look ahead to the 2016 season opener. read more »

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost expects both Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr. to appear in Q3 at the Australian Grand Prix, after a productive… read more »

Pirelli has announced the number of tyre sets and compound choices made by each driver for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Daniil Kvyat has refused to guess where he thinks Red Bull will slot into the running order at the 2016 season opener to focus on his own efforts read more »

It might be attempting to pull itself out of the post-Lotus doldrums, but Renault is adopting a strong mentality approaching the F1 season-opener. read more »

McLaren-Honda will not run its complete 2016 package until the season opener in Australia, the team's Racing Director, Eric Boullier, has confirmed, after… read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari will head to the 2016 season opener as timesheet toppers at the end of pre-season testing while Mercedes produces ominous form read more »

Formula 1 has reshaped its qualifying format again for the 2016 season opener in Australia having initially delayed the new knockout procedure read more »

Kevin Magnussen believes Renault has the capability of fighting for points in the 2016 season opener at Melbourne after discovering the full potential of the RS16 read more »

Controversial new qualifying format will not be in place for the season opener. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he cannot remember having a better first day of pre-season testing in Formula 1 after notching up a marathon 156 laps read more »

Updates already planned for season opener - Williams read more »

Williams' FW38 will be updated for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, with "constant improvements" targeted throughout the year, deputy team boss Claire… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has stepped up his preparations for 2016 and says he will be training hard now to get lean and mean for the season opener read more »

Reacting to Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne s comments that he expects his team to win the F1 season opener Sebastian Vettel calls for a pragmatic approach read more »