Sebastian Vettel‘s team radio transmission following his sensational pole position at the Australian Grand Prix may have baffled some people, but I’d hazard a guess that the young German was replying to comments from Lewis Hamilton last week suggesting that Red Bull are “just a drinks company”. Vettel’s radio transmission was “we keep on working, we do [...]

After the first round of our Predictions League, it is @thescottwilkes who leads a rather tightly-bunched pack. He predicted Vettel for pole position, and three of the five top five finishers in real life were in his top five. However, only one of them were in the correct position (Webber), meaning things remain very close [...]

A selection of photographs from today’s Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne. Photos © Red Bull/Getty Images, Renault/LAT, Williams/LAT, Force India F1 Team, McLaren, Sauber ag, f1photos.org

Force India Adrian Sutil 9th (16th) | Paul di Resta 10th (14th) It was a reasonably quiet day for Force India, and they were fortunate that the Saubers were disqualified as it moves both of their drivers into the points-paying positions. Sutil took advantages of retirements to climb the field, and was let through by [...]

Here’s what the teams have had to say following the Australian Grand Prix: Red Bull Sebastian Vettel (1st): “I’m very pleased, it was a very good weekend and I had a very nice car to sit in this afternoon. It was a good race – towards the end things calmed down a bit. Lewis didn’t [...]

Vote in the poll below with your driver of the day from today’s Australian Grand Prix. In order to be eligible to be voted, drivers have to complete at least half race distance.

Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel 1st (Pole) | Mark Webber 5th (3rd) Normal service was resumed with Sebastian Vettel putting in the dominating display that we have come to expect from pole position. He went away and never looked back in what was a fantastic performance from the young German. Mark Webber however didn’t have [...]

The FIA have announced that both Saubers have been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix with an illegal rear wing on their C30. Race stewards excluded both cars over the infringement of technical rules 3.10.1 and 3.10.2. with the infringement occurring in the uppermost rear wing element. Technical director James Key revealed that the team [...]

In today’s season opening Grand Prix the two big innovations of the season were on show – KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) and DRS (drag reduction system). If you need reminding of what those two devices do, F1 champ Sebastian Vettel will talk you through them below: My thoughts My views on these two devices [...]

Driver’s Championship Pos Driver Nationality Team Points 1 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 25 2 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 18 3 Vitaly Petrov Russian Renault 15 4 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 12 5 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 10 6 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 8 7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 6 8 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 4 [...]