Sebastian Vettel backed Ferrari’s decision to tell Charles Leclerc not to overtake him during the Australian Grand Prix.
2019 Australian Grand Prix articles archive
2019 Australian Grand Prix articles
Hamilton denies holding Vettel up in Australia
2019 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton dismissed Sebastian Vettel’s claim the Mercedes driver deliberately slowed and held him up during the Australian Grand Prix.
Ricciardo keen to put “frustrating” home race behind him
2019 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo says he’s anxious to move on from his disappointing first race weekend for Renault which ended in retirement from his home grand prix.
McLaren are “back in the mix”, says Sainz
2019 F1 season
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr says his team mate’s top 10 qualifying effort at the Australian Grand Prix shows what the team is capable of when it gets everything right with its new car.
Albon doubts points were possible on debut
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onAlexander Albon says the circumstances of his race strategy in his Formula 1 debut made it unlikely he had a chance to score points.
What went wrong at Ferrari? Plus more Australian GP tech updates
F1 technology
Posted onWere Ferrari slow in Melbourne because they had their power units turned down? Craig Scarborough’s technical review of the Australian Grand Prix.
Williams have to treat races like “test sessions” – Russell
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onWilliams are lacking so much performance they have to treat races as being like “practice sessions for when we’ve got the pace”, says George Russell.
2019 Australian Grand Prix Star Performers
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen, Lance Stroll and Valtteri Bottas were RaceFans’ stars of the Australian Grand Prix. Here’s why.
F1’s new aero rules work but tyres prevent passing – Grosjean
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onRomain Grosjean says F1’s new wings are helping cars race closely together but the tyres lose grip too quickly to enable overtaking.
Mercedes explains why it didn’t take risk of pitting Bottas
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas didn’t pit for a fresh set of tyres to aid his effort to score the bonus point for fastest lap because Mercedes weren’t convinced it was worth the risk.
Top ten pictures from the 2019 Australian Grand Prix
F1 Pictures
Posted onTen of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Brawn sees encouraging signs 2019 aero changes have worked
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 Management motorsport director Ross Brawn says the first race of the new season gave him encouragement that changes made to the cars to aid overtaking have worked.
Too early for Red Bull to think about championship – Horner
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner says it’s too soon to consider the team as championship contenders despite their performance in the first race of the 2019 F1 season.
Hamilton sure he didn’t damage car by running wide
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says he was encouraged to discover his car was damaged during the opening race of the 2019 F1 season as it explained his struggles with his car’s balance during the race.
Bottas makes a perfect start in more ways than one
2019 Australian Grand Prix review
Posted onWas this a dominant performance by a revitalised “Bottas 2.0”? Or just a great start for one Mercedes driver and bad luck for the other?
Bottas becomes 60th different driver to lead the championship
2019 Australian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onValtteri Bottas is the 60th different driver to lead the world championship. Here are more stats and facts from the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton: New aero made “no difference” when following other cars
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says F1’s new aerodynamics for 2019 have made “no difference” to the difficulty drivers experience following other cars closely.
Racing Point believe “gutsy” Stroll will get more credit
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onLance Stroll’s critics will give him more credit on the strength of his performance at Racing Point, the team’s bosses believe.
Hamilton and Bottas were told not to push for fastest lap
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff said his drivers and their engineers defied his instruction not to chase the bonus point for fastest lap in the Australian Grand Prix.
Vote for your 2019 Australian Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2019 Australian Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
