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 ]

Australian GP - Renault - Practice
Renault had a difficult start to this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2008 season held in Melbourne’s Albert Park. Both Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet completed some set-up work and tyre evaluation, but a spin for Piquet towards the end of the opening session left the team on the back foot and limited ... [ more ]

Australian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Practice
The McLaren Mercedes team began the season at Albert Park in Melbourne by drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finishing the second practice session fastest and fourth with times of 1:26.559 and 1:27.605.

Hamilton and Kovalainen were second and fourth in the first session with times of 1:26.948 and 1:27.114 ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Force India Ferrari - Practice
The season started on a promising note for the Force India Ferrari team, with strong performances from both Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil in the opening free practice sessions in Melbourne, Australia.

In a mark of the team's progress over the winter, Fisichella posted the 12th fastest time in the first ... [ more ]

Australian GP - Honda - Practice
The new season got underway in Melbourne today with the first two practice sessions for this weekend's curtain-raiser, the Australian Grand Prix.

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were upbeat after concluding a solid day of set-up work to fine-tune the RA108 to the demands of the Albert Park circuit conditions. The ambient ... [ more ]