Australian GP

Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 team bosses Maurizio Arrivabene and Christian Horner have clashed over Laurent Mekies' pending move to Maranello amid claims that a gentleman’s agreement was broken regarding gardening leave periods that must be served by senior FIA staff.

Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton made a confident start to the new Formula 1 season by heading up a one-two finish for Mercedes in opening practice for the Australian Grand Prix as McLaren suffered more issues with its car.

Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2018 F1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne. Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Classification

Force India has announced a new sponsorship deal with flip-flop company Havaianas ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 season-opener in Melbourne, Australia.

Lewis Hamilton has urged Formula 1 rival Daniel Ricciardo to avoid “rocking the boat” and risk alienating Red Bull amid ongoing contract negotiations about his future with the team.

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has shrugged off the impact of his right-hand man Laurent Mekies moving to Ferrari by leaving his high profile role at the FIA.

Sergio Perez insists he and Force India teammate Esteban Ocon have learnt from their past clashes in Formula 1 heading into the 2018 season.

Valtteri Bottas says his focus for the 2018 Formula 1 season is simply “to win as many races as I can” and let his Mercedes future be decided by his results.

Fernando Alonso has accepted there are no more excuses for McLaren not to be competitive through the 2018 Formula 1 season following its switch from Honda to Renault engines as it looks to return to the front-end of the field.

In a new feature for Crash.net, Formula 1 editor Luke Smith brings you his ‘Paddock Notebook’ at the end of the opening day of media commitments at Albert Park ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.

2018 will set the tone for how the final few years of Fernando Alonso's F1 career will play out with McLaren.

Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari F1 future has become a yearly talking point as the driver market shapes up.

Entering his fifth full season in F1, Marcus Ericsson will want to end his points drought dating back to 2015.

Nico Hulkenberg has long been tipped as one of F1's up-and-comers, but needs to deliver on-track this year with Renault.

Valtteri Bottas may have impressed through his first season with Mercedes in 2018, but with a volatile driver market on the cards, he needs to fight for his place with the team.

The start of the new season brings plenty of pressure to the F1 field, but which drivers are facing make or break campaigns in 2018?

Kimi Raikkonen says Formula 1’s ongoing fuel limit takes part of the enjoyment out of racing with the need for conservation which had been compounded by 2018’s heavier cars.

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Sebastian Vettel has described what it would mean to win a Formula 1 world title with Ferrari and ending the dominance of Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes as the “ultimate satisfaction” of his racing career.

Haas chief Günther Steiner is braced for a "crowded" midfield fight in Formula 1 this year despite the team being tipped by many to impress following its display through pre-season testing.

Sauber has recovered from a couple of difficult years to now sign a new partnership with Alfa Romeo, paving the way for a better future.

After its much-anticipated split with Honda, McLaren enters 2018 with nowhere to hide and only itself to blame should things go awry.

With stability in the regulations for 2018, Haas has been able to better-prepare itself for an assault on the upper midfield.

Now a Honda works-backed team, Toro Rosso will be looking to succeed where the partnership with McLaren failed.