Before finishing the thrilling Australian grand prix in second place, Renault’s Robert Kubica had pleaded with a friend not to throw away a EUR100 bet on a podium finish for ...

Martin Whitmarsh has excused Lewis Hamilton for his criticisms of McLaren’s race strategists in the Australian grand prix.

The world’s press hailed Sunday’s Australian grand prix as the perfect antidote to the lambasted ‘Bore-rain’ season opener two weeks ago.

The loss of a coin throw means Heikki Kovalainen will sit out Friday morning practice ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian grand prix.

Mercedes-Benz split with McLaren due to the British team’s efforts to built its own road supercar.

Mercedes is targeting May’s Spanish grand prix for the debut of its own McLaren-style ‘F-duct’ air inlet system.

DRIVERS: 1. Jenson BUTTON (McLaren), 1h33m36.531s | 2. Robert KUBICA (Renault), 1h33m48.565s | 3. Felipe MASSA (Ferrari), 1h33m51.019s  

Despite a couple of false starts, it is expected that Fairuz Fauzy will drive a Lotus T127 during Friday practice at Sepang on Friday.