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Aston Martin says it is “actively” considering its long-term engine options in Formula 1, amid suggestions of a potential tie-up with Audi.

At this point, the new regulations for 2026 and subsequent years are not yet available. Mercedes-Benz’s F1 power unit is a good one. It is understood that it was in advanced talks with McLaren about a potential takeover, but sources suggest that those discussions have stalled with the two parties not in agreement over the deal progressing in a way that suits both parties.

Melbourne plays host to the third round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Here's how you can watch qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

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Charles Leclerc topped Friday practice for Ferrari at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live radio coverage of every practice, qualifying and race for the 2022 F1 season will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra or via the BBC Sport website. Coverage of Australian GP qualifying will start at 6:55am BST on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds app. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, every F1 practice, qualifying and race is broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, with Australian GP qualifying coverage starting at 6am BST.

Lewis Hamilton's seven title-winning Formula 1 cars are set to be displayed together for the first time at this year's Silverstone Classic.

In addition to the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association and Masters Historic Formula One contests, tin-tops and GTs will be represented in the Masters Endurance Legends, Royal Automobile Club Historic Tourist Trophy and Adrian Flux Trophy for Transatlantic Pre '66 Touring Cars grids. The anniversaries of the launch of the MGB, Austin 7, Ford Cortina and AC Cobra are all also set to be commemorated at the event. The McLaren MP4-23 that powered Hamilton to his first title in 2008 will be in attendance, alongside the six Mercedes cars that have carried him to championship crowns between 2014 and 2020.

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has refuted suggestions that his winning form in 2022 reflects a transition to a “2.0” version of himself.

How much everyone has of margin, it's difficult to know. It's great to be back here. “It's still very clear to me where I need to work on this car to get better and better,” he said. “Obviously seeing the last few years that have been very difficult, and now to be back at the top, gives a lot of motivation to the whole team, to me and yeah, it's good to be here.” And also fighting in between seventh and fourth position, whenever you are doing very good performance, nobody's noticing it, which makes it quite tricky. “I never particularly struggled with pressure, I have a mindset that is just focusing on myself, on the job I have to do in the car, and not thinking too much about results and all that is around.

Mercedes driver George Russell believes having the Australian Grand Prix as a standalone event is 'too tough' on Formula 1 teams amid a 23-race season.

"There's no reason why we couldn't have done a back-to-back with one of the Middle Eastern races. The season started with a Middle East double-header in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. I think it needs to be thought about more.

Lewis Hamilton says nothing that Mercedes does to try to improve its Formula 1 car is working in helping it deliver progress it needs to make.

So we need to try and get on top of things and understand why." "We need to keep digging into the data and understand it. "It's just nothing we change on the car makes a difference at the moment," explained Hamilton after Friday running.

Follow for the latest news and updates ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix as practice gets underway in Melbourne.

“It is just nothing you change on the car makes a difference at the moment so that is the difficult thing. “Turn 11, it is much different, much more square and a bit more bumpy on the apex. Additionally, there was a problem with his radio volume, which was also noted by the Stewards in their review, that prevented him from hearing calls from his team about ZHO’s approach. “It could be like a MotoGP race where you could be changing two or three times a lap. “So more to come from that tyre but otherwise, I felt like I was getting on the limit. So, the distances of these DRS zones are going to be quite interesting to see. “I think we found a good set in the afternoon. “Obviously there is financial interest in new places that we are going to and F1 is a business. “It stopped our running, which was painful and unfortunately cost us the whole session in the afternoon, which is not ideal. It has left Mercedes and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton with significant work to do, as the team struggle to overcome the difficulties they’ve been having with the aerodynamics of their W13 car. I haven’t been in the car for a while, plus the track is different. The 19-turn 3.385km Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR became the second longest track in Formula E history after a series of changes for Season 7, with only Beijing longer.

Formula 1 drivers have praised changes at Albert Park making the track faster and more fun, but they remain sceptical about them helping produce more ...

But I think it will be to some degree better. "I think we'll get a fun one on Sunday, but I'm cautious to oversell it because I honestly don't know what the facts will be. I think it will be better. It is easy to make mistakes and I think with this car generally compared to last year's, it is a bit easier to make mistakes. To be fair, I don't think there were many overtakes in the past here. I think the track grip is quite nice, the bumps definitely improved.

It's time for the third and final free practice session ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Teams and drivers get one last chance to gather data and ...

The first corner and the third corner are wider to allow for different lines. However, there are only two detection points, so the chaser is at a great advantage if he manages to get past in zone one already. Mercedes hopes to make a new step towards the top teams, Aston Martin wants to get rid of the scoreless status as soon as possible, McLaren hopes to live up to the expectations in Australia even more and Haas hopes to maintain the current performance. However, Leclerc has to watch out for the competition. The Ferrari driver is at the top of the world championship after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs, so he will be doing everything he can in Australia to hold on to that position. It's time for the third and final free practice session ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Teams and drivers get one last chance to gather data and make tweaks before qualifying later today.

The FIA is planning a clampdown on the underwear that Formula 1 drivers use on safety grounds following talks in Australia.

“There were a few people with some concerns for various reasons that we shan’t go into on TV,” Piastri added. Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, he reminded drivers in the event notes that wearing jewellery in the car was not permitted due to concerns about safety and extrication from cars. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said that he heard it was an “entertaining drivers’ briefing yesterday”.

Minute-by-minute updates on Saturday practice for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

All changes have been made in the hope of increasing overtaking opportunities and creating more exciting races. Final practice for the Australian GP gets underway at 4am BST (1pm local time), followed by qualifying at 7am BST (4pm local time). Over two years on from the cancelled Australian GP due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, F1 returns to a revamped Albert Park.

The FIA has removed one of the four DRS zones from the Albert Park layout for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, with the move made on safety grounds.

“DRS detection 1 will be moved to before Turn 9, DRS activation 1 will be after Turn 10, DRS detection 2 will remain unchanged, with the following activation zones will be renumbered accordingly.” The remaining two DRS zones and their activation points remain unchanged – with the drivers able to activate the system as they head down the main straight and on the track’s second straight that leads to the tight right of Turn 3. The DRS zone that follows the fast Turns 9 and 10 complex remains unchanged, with the activation point for that run moved to just before Turn 9.

New FIA race director Niels Wittich has further astonished the drivers by raising the subject of non-compliant underwear after earlier this week...

"It's something that's discussed at great length in the various meetings. He then stated: "I've yet to meet the race director. Hopefully, it won't be an issue for them."

Formula 1 could hold a second race in Singapore should plans for Qatar to replace the cancelled Russian Grand Prix in September fall through, Autosport has ...

The 2021 race started at 5pm local time, 15 minutes after sunset. Another option could be to return to Bahrain to user the outer loop layout of the Bahrain International Circuit, which staged the Sakhir Grand Prix at the end of 2020. A similar approach was taken for the pair of races in Bahrain at the end of 2020, when the Sakhir Grand Prix started a few hours later than the Bahrain Grand Prix one week earlier.

With the Scuderia on top again on Friday, Lando Norris was top for McLaren in FP3 after a truncated session saw both the returning Sebastian Vettel and Lance ...

A bad start to the season just gets worse for the Silverstone-based team. Now a heavy crash in FP3 that leaves the engineers with a frantic race to get his car ready for qualifying. but will they be ready for qualifying? The session was red-flagged twice after a nightmare for Aston Martin, who had already seen Sebastian Vettel - back behind the wheel this weekend after missing both of the opening races of the season due to Covid-19 - career across the gravel and smash into the wall after a high-speed off at turn 10. Not only did he miss the first two races of the season due to Covid, with reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg stepping up for Aston Martin, but he also had engine trouble after only 18 laps in FP1 and was then fined €5,000 for taking a scooter onto the Albert Park circuit. With the Scuderia on top again on Friday, Lando Norris was top for McLaren in FP3 after a truncated session saw both the returning Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll crash for Aston Martin.

Charles Leclerc leads the drivers' standings after two races, with victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix followed by a second-place finish behind ...

He was just immune to any feedback and even today he has not properly reflected that he did something wrong. “With 15 minutes to go I was in the garage thinking ‘we’re not going to win this’,” he remembers. “You’re almost in neutral, you’re thinking this is an early night, that’s the way it goes. It was the best weekend McLaren have had so far this season with Ricciardo picking up his first points of the campaign and Norris grabbing his highest finish. Toto Wolff’s team have been behind the pace all season and haven’t won a race yet. The former Red Bull driver managed to rise 10 places to give his team a point, moving them off the bottom of the constructors table. It’s going to take a number of races.” “I will be chasing the people in the wind tunnel, the aerodynamic guys, and just looking at every single area,” he said. Lewis does it every day, but you are guy who always seems to know better’. This means there will only be one hour of practice on the Friday followed by qualifying. Their situation is still not quite as bleak as the one at Mercedes, though, who appear hardly any closer to finding a solution to their lack of pace. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was left bitterly disappointed after being forced to retire during the Australian Grand Prix when his car suffered further issues with its fueling system.

Formula One racing is headed to Melbourne for the Heineken Australian Grand Prix. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set ...

The first 18 minutes will eliminate five drivers and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more. That will leave the remaining ten drivers competing for pole position in Sunday’s race. The 20 drivers will face off for an hour of racing to establish the fastest time and secure pole position. Driver Driver Max Verstappen was the fastest driver in Q1.

Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen to pole position in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, which was heavily disrupted by red flags ...

As he returned to the pits at the end of Q1, Albon, who will drop three places on the Melbourne grid as a result of his crash with Stroll in the Jeddah race, was ordered to pull over and stop his car ahead of the penultimate corner when Williams detected a problem. On that, only Gasly and Vettel were able to set personal bests, which meant Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen – one of the most active on the final warm-up lap as he passed the Williams and Ricciardo to head the pack – missing the cut in 16th and 17th behind Schumacher, who out-qualified Magnussen for the first occasion in their time as Haas team-mates. As Latifi was passing by, Stroll turned right – possibly to get out of Zhou’s way as is the requirement for drivers not on a flying lap – and the pair made contact, breaking the Aston’s right-front suspension and sending Latifi spearing into the wall and smashing all the corners on his Williams. Sainz was unfortunate to not complete his first Q3 flying lap just as the red flags were brought out for Alonso’s crash and he could not match his team-mate’s pace in the final minutes. But Leclerc responded with purple sectors in the first and final thirds – Alonso retaining the best time in the middle sector – to post a 1m17.868s and secure his second pole of 2022 by 0.286s. Alonso had just set a then best time in the middle sector when he lost the rear of his Alpine going through Turn 11, the Spaniard saying after he crashed having been sent into the gravel and then into the wall on the outside, that he had “lost the hydraulics” and “could not change gear”.

Formula 1 could hold a second race in Singapore should plans for Qatar to replace the cancelled Russian Grand Prix in September fall through, Motorsport.com ...

The 2021 race started at 5pm local time, 15 minutes after sunset. Another option could be to return to Bahrain to use the outer loop layout of the Bahrain International Circuit, which staged the Sakhir Grand Prix at the end of 2020. A similar approach was taken for the pair of races in Bahrain at the end of 2020, when the Sakhir Grand Prix started a few hours later than the Bahrain Grand Prix one week earlier.

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel has labelled his €5000 fine for riding a scooter on the Albert Park circuit on Friday a 'joke'.

We are not strong enough for that right now, but still it was a great team effort." I think we are still not aware what happened to the $50,000 that Max or Lewis or one of them had to pay for touching a rear wing." "Today is really a day for the team.

Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for the Australian Grand Prix with an exceptional lap for Ferrari in Melbourne to beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen into ...

Various corners have been reprofiled while the chicane at what was turns nine and 10 has been removed, allowing a long run along the lake to the challenging fast chicane at the back of the circuit. It ends a remarkable streak for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at Albert Park. Hamilton has taken a record eight poles here including the last six in a row. Stroll however set no time and was in 19th with Sebastian Vettel in 18th. On his first hot runs in Q3 Leclerc, who has looked in fine form all weekend, set the pace with a 1minute 18.239sec time but it was only one-tenth up on Pérez, who had been very competitive throughout qualifying. Overtaking has traditionally been very tricky at Albert Park but there is optimism that changes to the circuit this year should make for a more competitive race. Yet Leclerc had even more, his final lap was immense, clocking 1m 17.868sec to leave his rivals reeling, a full three-10ths up on Verstappen.

Le duel Leclerc-Verstappen semble tenir ses promesses en Australie: si Ferrari a dominé vendredi les deux premières séances d'essais libres du Grand Prix, ...

«Dans l'ensemble, (c'était) une journée très positive pour l'équipe où les deux voitures ont terminé dans le top 10 lors des deux sessions d'essais libres. Et d'assurer: «la voiture sera prête pour demain (samedi) et nous allons continuer à travailler dur et à progresser». Mais le Néerlandais, victorieux lors de la dernière course en Arabie Saoudite fin mars, reste très confiant: «nous sommes encore un peu derrière Ferrari, mais je pense que ce week-end nous pourrons peut-être nous rapprocher un peu plus (...) Nous allons dans une bonne direction». Mais nous savons que tout se joue demain (samedi) et dimanche et nous pouvons déjà voir que ce sera très serré comme à Bahreïn et Djeddah», a commenté le pilote normand. Avant cette manche australienne, la 3e de la saison, Leclerc (45 points) et Sainz (33) devancent Verstappen (25) au classement général. La confiance n'est toutefois pas de mise pour Leclerc: «aujourd'hui était un vendredi un peu plus difficile (...) il y a encore beaucoup de travail à faire», a déclaré le leader actuel du championnat.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took the first Australian Grand Prix pole position since 2019 with a blistering performance at Albert Park – with Max Verstappen ...

Mercedes opted for two flying efforts, Russell going half a tenth ahead of Hamilton on his first one – with the seven-time champion having made a mistake in Sector 3. That left Alonso 10th – a purple second sector hinting agonisingly at what could have been for the two-time champion. However, there was plenty of time – more than six minutes – for the order to change. Perez, awaiting news of a possible penalty, was 0.372s off pole in a provisional P3. It feels great, and very happy to be on pole tomorrow," said pole-sitter Charles Leclerc. The order however will change as Albon carries a three-place grid penalty for his collision with Stroll in Saudi Arabia. That left the Ferraris third and fourth, Charles Leclerc three-tenths off the pace and Carlos Sainz another tenth away – with Fernando Alonso fifth for Alpine. Alonso’s brilliant run came to a painful end when his Alpine swapped ends at Turn 11, bringing out a red flag with seven minutes remaining. Before Alonso’s unfortunate crash, Leclerc had set the fastest time of 1m 18. They took a provisional 19th and 20th while stewards deliberate. Vettel, having crashed out of FP3, emerged after the red flag thanks to a herculean response from his crew, and managed to jump to P18 with Latifi 19th and Stroll last – piling more pressure on Aston Martin after his FP3 crash – on the provisional grid. Verstappen topped Q1 and Red Bull team mate Perez led Q2 – the Mexican driver under investigation for not slowing for a caution in Q1 – but Ferrari regrouped and it was Leclerc who aced the top 10 shootout with a time of 1m 17.868s to keep Verstappen 0.286s at bay in P2.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had 'zero idea where the limit of the track was' due to the setting sun late in the disrupted Melbourne Formula 1 qualifying, ...

Didn't get it right [with] the visor." "So, it's just a compromise that we have to find. "So then we went for a darker visor.

Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen to pole position in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, which was heavily disrupted by red flags ...

As he returned to the pits at the end of Q1, Albon, who will drop three places on the Melbourne grid as a result of his crash with Stroll in the Jeddah race, was ordered to pull over and stop his car ahead of the penultimate corner when Williams detected a problem. On that, only Gasly and Vettel were able to set personal bests, which meant Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen – one of the most active on the final warm-up lap as he passed the Williams and Ricciardo to head the pack – missing the cut in 16th and 17th behind Schumacher, who out-qualified Magnussen for the first occasion in their time as Haas teammates. As Latifi was passing by, Stroll turned right – possibly to get out of Zhou's way as is the requirement for drivers not on a flying lap – and the pair made contact, breaking the Aston's right-front suspension and sending Latifi spearing into the wall and smashing all the corners on his Williams. Sainz was unfortunate to not complete his first Q3 flying lap just as the red flags were brought out for Alonso's crash and he could not match his teammate's pace in the final minutes. But Leclerc responded with purple sectors in the first and final thirds – Alonso retaining the best time in the middle sector – to post a 1m17.868s and secure his second pole of 2022 by 0.286s. Alonso had just set a then best time in the middle sector when he lost the rear of his Alpine going through Turn 11, the Spaniard saying after he crashed having been sent into the gravel and then into the wall on the outside, that he had "lost the hydraulics" and "could not change gear".

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, the third round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.

On the first runs, Verstappen lapped in 1m18.399s before Perez circulated 0.001s faster. Time Time Time Time Cla

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It is easy to lose momentum there and that had consequences for Carlos.” “Carlos will see his teammate on top and that’s hard to take as a driver. “Until I go to sleep I will be angry,” Sainz said after qualifying.

Charles Leclerc made it two poles from the first three race weekends of the year, but while there was jubilation for the Ferrari man, there was despair ...

Esteban Ocon was eighth, the first time he’s ever made Q3 in Melbourne. Aston Martin had to repair their cars more times than they can remember, which contributed to ending one of Sebastian Vettel’s proud records, while Lewis Hamilton couldn’t buck the odds and grab a seventh straight pole at Albert Park. Here are some of the best facts and stats from F1’s return to Melbourne… Lewis Hamilton’s fifth is the first time he’s been outside the top three in Australia since 2010, when he was 11th for McLaren.

Charles Leclerc réalise la pole position, d'une main de maître, devant Max Verstappen et Sergio Pérez. Résumé des qualifications et grille de départ du ...

- Esteban Ocon – Alpine - Lando Norris – McLaren - Charles Leclerc – Ferrari Le local, Daniel Ricciardo, s’est quant à lui manqué dans sa dernière tentative pour échouer au 6e rang. Il devance son rival, Max Verstappen qui a été dans l’incapacité d’amener sa voiture où il le voulait. L’autre drapeau rouge est apparu après la sortie de piste de Fernando Alonso. Ultra performant pendant tout le week-end, l’Espagnol a voulu jouer sa carte en dernière partie de qualifications.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Current weather forecasts predict hot, dry and sunny conditions at Albert Park, with a very low chance of rain during the race. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez claimed third place, while the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr endured a tough Q3 session and will start down in ninth. It capped a terrible day for Aston Martin as both Stroll and Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in final practice.

Melbourne plays host to the third race of the 2022 Formula One season on Sunday morning.

How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix F1 have dropped four DRS zones around the circuit to ensure that overtaking levels can match the entertaining start to the new campaign, with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc fighting for wins - and Lewis Hamilton off the pace. How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix: TV channel and live stream for third race of 2022 season

Charles Leclerc partira en pole position du Grand Prix d'Australie, ce dimanche 10 avril (7 h). Le pilote Ferrari sera accompagné de Max Verstappen (Red ...

Australian GP polesitter Charles Leclerc has been summoned by the FIA Formula 1 stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly on an in-lap during qualifying.

You will be informed of the maximum time after the first day of practice.” The notes say: “In order to ensure that cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in laps during and after the end of qualifying or during reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the Safety Car lines shown on the pit lane map. The article concerned notes that “at no time may a car be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person”.

Charles Leclerc's Australian Grand Prix pole position could be at risk after he was summoned to see the stewards on Saturday evening.

"As a result, the minimum time was breached. "The required minimum lap time was breached without good or apparent reason. "Part way through the lap, the decision was made to come in.

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The FIA is planning a clampdown on the underwear that Formula 1 drivers use on safety grounds following talks in Australia.

Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, he reminded drivers in the event notes that wearing jewellery in the car was not permitted due to concerns about safety and extrication from cars. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said that he heard it was an “entertaining drivers’ briefing yesterday”. There are concerns that some drivers have been wearing their underwear which is not in compliance with the FIA regulations, which are in place to protect them in the event of a fire.

Ferrari's Australian GP polesitter Charles Leclerc has been cleared by the FIA Formula 1 stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly on an in-lap during ...

Tsunoda has now collected three reprimands for impeding offences in 2022. "Part way through the lap, the decision was made to come in. As a result, the minimum time was breached.

A Ferrari versus Red Bull battle is shaping up as the likely scenario on Sunday at the first Australian Grand Prix since the pandemic began in 2020.

"I think we have extracted the most from the car today. "I have spent the whole weekend chasing something and I never felt comfortable for one lap, except the long runs." "I am very happy with the lap, especially on a track like this where I have always struggled in the past, and also through practices, even though we were competitive." "It was a good lap. It is just not a good balance," he said. This continued through practice sessions on Friday and Saturday. But in front of a record Saturday crowd of 123,247, he gambled by asking his Ferrari for more in what was a dashing last lap as he took his second pole position of the season and the 11th of his career.

There was drama aplenty in Melbourne as Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll were involved in a controversial collision after Fernando Alonso had already ...

“It is so frustrating. “I don’t know if we could fight for pole but for sure top three. And then yesterday was a difficult day. He wasn’t looking in his mirrors. Fellow Canadian Latifi said: “I don’t understand what he was doing. Aston Martin driver Stroll screamed: “F___ Latifi, man.

Just 20 minutes before FP3 in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, Formula 1 teams learned that one of Albert Park's four DRS zones was to be removed.

While dialogue between race control and teams over safety issues is normal, the actual process of the team “vote” on DRS safety was seen by some observers as a little more unusual. I think it's just - if there was a chance of it, they would do it because they're very fast on the straights and it benefits the Alpines quite a bit because of that." “If you compare it to Saudi for instance, you pull just as much G in terms of cornering there, and that is just as much of a speed as you do here. Was it a co-incidence that the man calling for the DRS zone to be culled now had a more competitive package over one lap? The DRS zone in question was the one on a rebuilt part of the track, from Turn 8 to the kink at Turn 9. It wasn’t a vote as such, but in the end five teams expressed support for the idea that there was a safety issue, and five said that there wasn’t. “There was only one team who complained about it and it got removed this morning,” said Max Verstappen, referencing Alonso in the briefing rather than the later team replies. However, when asked about Alonso’s safety campaign the British driver said he would have been happy to see the DRS zone stay. It did not go unnoticed that bouncing has not been a big issue for the Enstone team of late. His message read: “For safety reasons, DRS Zones will be reduced to 3 for the remainder of the event. Taking away one of the zones would thus potentially cost them a lap time advantage that they’d enjoyed on Friday. For some teams, the removal of the fourth DRS zone made no immediate difference.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Ferrari versus Red Bull battle is shaping up as the likely scenario on Sunday at the first Australian Grand Prix since the ...

Nicholas let me go and then the track falls to the right there and as he accelerated. Obviously it was a big gap and once I kind of got past him, for whatever reason he decided to turn." “I am very happy with the lap, especially on a track like this where I have always struggled in the past, and also through practices, even though we were competitive.” I’ve just seen the video,” Latifi said on the F1 website. “I have spent the whole weekend chasing something and I never felt comfortable for one lap, except the long runs.” “It’s a shame that we had a terrible day," Stroll told F1. "It was a very awkward situation, what happened on that cool-down lap. Stroll appeared not to see his countryman and in shifting over, made contact with Latifi. “I think we have extracted the most from the car today. “For me, it’s quite clear. That is a positive. “I let him through because he was pushing to open a lap, or so I was told, then I saw he aborted the lap, so I wanted to get carried on with my own preparation lap, so I went back by him. “It has been terrible for me the whole weekend.