Fernando Alonso enjoyed a smooth start to the 2013 season at Albert Park on Friday, completing 51 trouble-free laps of the Melbourne venue. The Ferrari driver ended his day... read more »

Sebastian Vettel made a near-perfect start to the new Formula One season after describing his opening day of practice in Australia as “seamless” read more »

Marussia rookie Jules Bianchi expressed his satisfaction after his first day of running at the Australian Grand Prix. Bianchi finished nineteenth in FP2, 3.7s shy of Sebastian... read more »

Sebastian Vettel may still be in a league of his own, but Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus have closed the gap to the front-runners... read more »

"Overall, it was pretty positive for us, but there are still areas to improve on," claims Mark Webber as he and teammate Sebastian Vettel dominate Friday practice. read more »

Sebastian Vettel’s defence of his title got off to the ideal start after topping both practice sessions ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel’s time of... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen thinks that Lotus is closer to the front than it was this time last year - but concedes that Sebastian Vettel is clearly ahead. read more »

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished comfortably ahead on the timesheets, and the new RB9 is looking ominously strong in Melbourne. read more »

Felipe Massa said it was no surprise to see Sebastian Vettel on top after Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix, but is happy with Ferrari's progress so far read more »

While Sebastian Vettel says it was "good" to know Red Bull are up there, he admits lap times are not the "important thing" on a Friday... read more »

Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel was in a positive frame of mind following the opening day of practice in Melbourne, with the Red Bull driver topping the timesheets in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 on the opening day timesheet as F1 2013 gets underway in Australia. read more »

Sebastian Vettel played down the importance of setting the pace in both Friday practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix but admitted it was "a very good day"... read more »

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have played down the team's dominant start to the Australian Grand Prix weekend in free practice. read more »

2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Second Practice Classification Pos Driver Team Time/Gap Laps 1  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing Renault 1:25.908 33 2  Mark Webber... read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel put his rivals firmly in their place by dominating both practice sessions on the opening day of the new Formula One season at the Australian... read more »

Red Bull sets pace throughout opening day of 2013 F1 season, with world champion Sebastian Vettel fastest of all in Melbourne. read more »

Sebastian Vettel continued his domination of the Australian Grand Prix weekend by topping the second practice session at Albert Park, leading an ominous Red Bull Racing 1-2 read more »

World champion Sebastian Vettel set an ominous pace in his Red Bull on the first day of practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 in second practice at Albert Park. read more »

Sebastian Vettel retained his place at the top of the timesheet and was again fastest in free practice 2. He did the same in FP1 with an apparent easy lap, perfectly timed on a... read more »

As Sebastian Vettel heads teammate Mark Webber in second session, Mercedes suffers a nightmare few moments which leaves Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg mere spectators. read more »

Sebastian Vettel set an impressive pace during the second free practice session of the Australian Grand, while McLaren appeared to struggle once more read more »

Red Bull appear to have picked up where they left off at the end of 2012 as Sebastian Vettel completed a dominant start to the first Grand Prix of the new season in Practice... read more »

Sebastian Vettel increased his advantage over the rest of the field as practice continued in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, with the German producing a time of 1:25.908 on the... read more »