Australian GP - Force India Ferrari - Qualifying
The Force India Formula One Team was today desperately close to achieving its objective of entering the second segment of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.

After a strong performance throughout the weekend, both Giancarlo Fisichella ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Super Aguri Honda - Qualifying
With so little testing, the opening rounds of the 2008 championship were always going to be a massive challenge.

However, Super Aguri Honda experienced a better day on Saturday, the scene of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

Takuma Sato lines up in 20th position just ahead of Nelson Piquet ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Honda - Qualifying
Honda has a positive first qualifying session of the year at Albert Park. Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button both set times less than 0.2s shy of the top ten and they set the 11th and 13th fastest times respectively.

Both drivers completed two runs each during Q1 and improved their cars in between. Barrichello achieved ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Ferrari - Qualifying
One driver on the second row and the other on the eighth: these are the positions the two Ferraris will occupy on the grid for tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa finished qualifying in fourth spot, while Kimi Raikkonen, sixth in Q1, was unable to return to the pits at the end of his timed run because of ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Red Bull Renault - Qualifying
Australian racer Mark Webber had his hopes of a solid top ten start in Melbourne dashed when his front right brake disk failed in the second round of qualifying today. Webber's Red Bull Renault speared into the gravel trap forcing the race steward to halt the session while the RB4 was removed. Webber will start the ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Renault - Qualifying
It was a difficult afternoon for the Renault team with Fernando Alonso qualifying his R28 in 12th position and Nelson Piquet qualifying 21st. Alonso gains one position due to Timo Glock's Toyota gearbox change penalty and will start the opening race of the season 11th.

As expected, the competitiveness of the midfield ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Qualifying
The Toro Rosso Ferrari team may only be using an updated version of its 2007 challenger, but in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix today this did not seem to slow Sebastian Vettel at all as he lines up an impressive tenth for the 58-lap Grand Prix.

Sebastien Bourdais admits he made a mistake on his ... [ more ]

Australian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Qualifying
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton achieved the first pole position of the new season. In the third part of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Hamilton set a time of 1:26.714s and took his seventh career pole one year after his F1 debut.

Team mate Heikki Kovalainen, making his race ... [ more ]

Australian GP - BMW Sauber - Qualifying
At the opening race of what is its third season the BMW Sauber team achieved its best ever qualifying result to date. In Melbourne Robert Kubica qualified in second position. Nick Heidfeld finished fifth in the expected breathtaking first battle of the year.

In Q2, the part of qualifying that tells even more about ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Williams Toyota - Qualifying
Williams Toyota team showed a steady start to their 2008 campaign, qualifying the two FW30s in P7 and P14 respectively.

Both drivers graduated to the second qualifying session comfortably, but a red flag in the second session required a revised running strategy which cost Kazuki Nakajima track time and Rosberg ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Toyota - Qualifying
Toyota will be quietly pretty pleased with themselves following qualification for the Australian Grand Prix as its TF108 really does seem to be the step forward they had hoped for.

Both Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock made it comfortably into the third round of qualifying and will line up sixth and ninth* respectively.

Jarno ... [ more ]