Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton is considering scrapping his helmet design in the future with the Halo blocking the view and making it tricky to distinguish each driver in the car, while Sebastian Vettel has suggested a potential solution.

Fernando Alonso has pinpointed McLaren reaching Red Bull’s level of performance as the team's next target after an impressive debut with Renault power in Australia.

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has hinted that new additional DRS zones may be introduced at other circuits for 2018 having created a third zone at Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix.

Lance Stroll says Williams were “trying to get the car to the end of the race instead of racing” at the 2018 Formula 1 season opener in Australia after finishing a disappointing 14 th place.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has played down speculation about Formula 1 breakaway claims by saying it is being blown out of proportion by the media but concedes invested parties are “trying to position themselves” for future deals.

Formula 1’s managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn says the 2018 season opener represented another missed opportunity for the sport due to the difficulties faced trying to overtake with the current generation of cars.

Lewis Hamilton says he wants future race strategy calls “more in my hands” rather than relying on projections from computers and simulations after seeing a Mercedes calculating mistake cost him victory in the Formula 1 opener in Australia.

Lewis Hamilton is anticipating another close battle with Formula 1 rivals Ferrari in Bahrain, after losing out to Sebastian Vettel in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. 

Looking back on the Australian Grand Prix weekend and the start of the new Formula 1 season, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith puts together his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes:  9

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has explained what happened to cause its both its cars to retire from the 2018 Formula 1 opener in Australia and how it plans to bounce back.

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Pierre Gasly says suffering an MGU-H component failure at the 2018 Formula 1 season opener in Australia will be a “pain in the ass” later in the year for Toro Rosso Honda due to the component number cut down.

When I filed my race report for the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, I used the phrase “Ferrari nails its strategy” in the headline , which resulted in a bit of push-bac

Tidying up all the odds and ends following race day in Melbourne and the start of the new season, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Max Verstappen felt pleased to have escaped the Australian Grand Prix with some points under his belt following a wild Formula 1 season-opener for the Red Bull driver that ultimately saw him finish sixth at the chequered flag.

Kimi Raikkonen was surprised Ferrari did not inform him about Sebastian Vettel's race-winning strategy during Sunday's Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, but felt pleased to play a part in a double-podium finish for the team.

Fernando Alonso says his charge to fifth place in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix was "more or less as expected" after recording his best Formula 1 result since October 2016 to mark the beginning of the new McLaren-Renault partnership.

Sebastian Vettel kicked off the new Formula 1 season in style after beating Lewis Hamilton to victory in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, as Ferrari perfected its strategy and got lucky to get the jump on the quicker Mercedes at Albert Park.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says a “bug in the system” with its race strategy software caught out the team during the Virtual Safety Car period during the Australian Grand Prix to allow Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to take victory.

Lewis Hamilton says he was in "disbelief" when he saw Ferrari Formula 1 rival emerge from the pit lane in the lead under the Virtual Safety Car in a move that ultimately decided Sunday's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Full race results for the Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2018 F1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne.   1. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 58 laps, 1hr 29m 33.283s

Formula 1 2018 Australian Grand Prix - Starting Grid

Mercedes has opted to fit Valtteri Bottas' car with two new power unit components and a new gearbox ahead of Sunday's Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia.

The opening race of the new season is the first time we get to explore what the Formula 1 teams have got up to over the winter period with their cars.