Max Verstappen was not disappointment by Red Bull's performance in the Australian Grand Prix, after all he was never under "any illusion" as to his RB13's pace. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has said he is at a loss to explain why Red Bull are off the pace set by the leading duo of Ferrari and Mercedes. read more »

Red Bull found itself well adrift of Ferrari and Mercedes during the Australian Grand Prix and Daniel Ricciardo admits there is no obvious reason as to why. read more »

Formula 1 drivers can no longer afford a 'coffee break' when reacting to errors given the pace of the 2017 cars, claims Fernando Alonso read more »

After finishing fifth in the Australian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen says Red Bull still have work to do but he was happy not to have been that far away from the pace of either... read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his team lost Sunday's Australian Grand Prix to Ferrari due to a lack of pace, not because of its strategy calls.... read more »

After losing ground in the early stages due to struggles with grip on the Ultrasoft Pirelli tyre, Valtteri Bottas' race pace improved significantly when he switched to the... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says Sebastian Vettel's victory in the Australian was down to the Ferrari having a pace advantage rather than a strategic error read more »

Toto Wolff concedes Ferrari simply had too much pace for Mercedes in Australia, explaining the strategy call that cost Lewis Hamilton the race win. read more »

Despite winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari is still unsure whether it is ahead of Mercedes in terms of outright pace. Sebastian Vettel vindicated... read more »

Despite feeling he was missing pace in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas takes heart from his 10th F1 podium finish. read more »

Mercedes have defended their strategy for the Australian GP, attributing the pace of Ferrari rather than Lewis Hamilton's early pitstop for their season-opening defeat. read more »

Disappointed Daniel Ricciardo takes some comfort in Max Verstappen's pace read more »

Sebastian Vettel has confirmed Ferrari's strong pre-season pace by taking victory at the Australian Grand Prix, the inaugural race of the 2017 Formula One Championship.... read more »

A year after Haas claims a historic - if fortuitous - top six finish on its F1 debut, pure pace takes Romain Grosjean to row three for the Australian GP. read more »

It was a positive first qualifying session with the R.S.17 although it's frustrating not to make Q3 as the pace was there. read more »

After a disappointing qualifying in Melbourne Red Bull's drivers downplayed the impact of the removal of the team's controversial 'trick' suspension, saying... read more »

Jolyon Palmer will start the Australian Grand Prix at the back of the grid after being well off the pace during qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Sebastian Vettel sets pace in final practice session as Lance Stroll crash compromises qualifying simulations. read more »

Ferrari finish the opening day of the 2017 Australian Grand Prix as best of the rest as Mercedes lead by more than half a second. read more »

Home boy Daniel Ricciardo was pleased with the teams performance during FP1 this morning, but feels they need to look at what happened in FP2 to take them off the pace. read more »

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can make significant gains to Mercedes' early pace before qualifying for the season-opening Australian Grand... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was pleased with his first day of running during practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, despite being half a second off the pace of team-mate Lewis... read more »

Max Verstappen says Red Bull is not on the pace of Mercedes and Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix after finishing Friday practice in fifth and sixth. Verstappen was nearly... read more »

Our long run pace looked decent but it's harder to tell where we stand at this stage in terms of single lap pace. We'll find out tomorrow. read more »