Mexico City: Sunday Quotes

Standings after Mexico City

An early St Patrick's Day present for Ireland in Mexico

Mexico City: Feature Race Result

Drivers back global green campaign

New Zealand wins Sprint Race in Mexico

Mexico City: Sprint Race Result

Domenicali: We must not overreact

According to Honda F1 team boss Ross Brawn the team was left with no other choice but to bring Rubens Barrichello in for fuel even though the safety car was out. The team realised it would result in a 10-second stop-and-go penalty but according to Brawn they had no choice but to do so.

The Williams Formula 1 team finished third and sixth with Rosberg and Nakajima. The duo claimed nine points in Australia placing the team in P2 for the constructors' championship, five points behind on McLaren. Williams' technical director Sam Michael was happy with the team's performance and hopes it can build on the team's second place in the championship.

di Montezemolo reacts to Melbourne result

Australian GP: Driver Tyre Strategies

Australian GP: Post Race press conference

Australian GP: Fastest Race Laps

Bridgestone happy with its performance

There's not much to say, admit Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton says he is "not particularly bothered" by the pace shown by rivals Ferrari in the Australian Grand Prix.

Honda take away the positives from Melbourne

An almost perfect weekend for McLaren

Fernando Alonso marked his return at the Renault Formula 1 team with a fourth position in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. The Spaniard drove a solid race and while others made mistakes Alonso kept his head cool and drove from P11 to P4. Team mate Nelson Piquet jr. was unable to finish the race.

Nakajima to face Malaysia penalty

An excellent omen, claims Briatore

A good basis for the future say BMW

Heikki Kovalainen showed a solid performance at the Australian Grand Prix. The brand-new McLaren driver raced in second position for most of the race, but due to a Safety Car situation the Finn ended up behind a group of cars after coming in for fuel.

Pictures from the season-opening grand prix in Melbourne

A fantastic start to the season for Williams

That's not too bad, says Bourdais

Kazuki Nakajima received a penalty for crashing into the back of Robert Kubica with only ten laps to go in the Australian Grand Prix while the safety car was out. The Williams F1 driver will be set back ten places at the grid for causing this unfortunate incident that eliminated Kubica from the race while racing in fifth position.

Red Bull feeling massively disappointed

At least we're here says Aguri Suzuki

Disappointment all round at Force India

A tough afternoon for Toyota

The stewards of the race have disqualified Rubens Barrichello from the Australian Grand Prix because the Brazilian jumped the right light at the end of the pitlane. As Barrichello lost his sixth position Kimi Raikkonen moves up to eighth to earn to earn at least one point.

Official: Barrichello disqualified

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was unable to finish the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Finn had to end his race early as his car gave up on him. The reigning world champion ended ninth but hopes to move up to P8 as he believes Barrichello should be disqualified for exiting the pitlane while the lights were turned red.

The Force India Formula 1 team faced a difficult start of the season. Adrian Sutil started from the pit lane after his qualifying incident cracked his chassis but had to end his race early with a hydraulic pressure problem. Team mate Fisichella was already pushed out of the race entering the first corner.

Timo Glock crashed out of today's Australian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old ran wide at turn 12 and as he tried to bring the Toyota back on track he was launched into the air crashing his car into the tyres barriers and spinning around towards turn 13. After the race though Glock said he was doing fine.

Australian GP: Result

A delighted Lewis Hamilton was already looking ahead to the Malaysian Grand Prix next weekend after winning a frantic Australian race in which just seven cars actually took the chequered flag.

Nico Rosberg was as happy to be on the podium in Albert Park as Lewis Hamilton was to win the race as the Williams driver notched up his first ever F1 podium, confirming his team's pre-season testing pace.

Normal sevice is resumed as McLaren wins in Melbourne

The Australian Grand Prix, his home Grand Prix, didn't bring what Webber would have hoped for. The 31-year-old faced technical problems during qualifying on Saturday, and was pushed out of Sunday's race.

Nick Heidfeld admitted he thought his race was over and that his chance of a podium was shot at the start of the race when a poor start saw him lose position to Nico Rosberg in the Williams.

Lewis Hamilton gets his Formula One campaign off to the best possible start with victory in an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton kept his head cool in an action-packed Australian Grand Prix to win a race in which only seven cars took the chequered flag. Nick Heidfeld finished second for BMW while Nico Rosberg confirmed Williams' pre-season pace taking third place and his maiden F1 podium.

David Coulthard slammed Felipe Massa, claiming the Ferrari driver rammed him off track when the Brazilian tagged the rear of the Red Bull while trying to pass. Coulthard was sent into the tyre barriers while Massa recovered and the safety car was deployed.

Jenson Button blamed the messy first lap at Albert Park on the new rules banning traction control in F1 for 2008 and said he expects once everyone gets used to starting races without traction control, things should improve.

Bernie Ecclestone wants to change the F1 rulesw to make sure the driver who wins the most races will take the drivers' championship. 

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton aims to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne as he starts from pole.