Australian Grand Prix

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

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The third practice will take place at 4am UK time on April 9th, with Qualifying following shortly after at 7am. F1 Australia UK time and how to watch the Australian Grand Prix in the UK British seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has been struggling with Mercedes’ 2022 car, placing him in fifth, behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his own teammate, George Russell.

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“We need to keep digging into the data. “There’s just not a lot we can do. It’s just difficult.” “That’s the difficult thing. “It’s just nothing you change on the car makes a difference at the moment,” he said. “There’s quite a few midfield cars ahead of us and obviously we’re quite a long pace away from the front, so we need to work hard tonight to understand the limitations.”

Ferrari edged out pre-weekend favourites Red Bull on the opening day of practice for the Australian Grand Prix. But a data dive suggests there is nothing to ...

There could be more to come, too, with Sporting Director Alan Permane saying they have work to do in extracting the most from the soft tyre on the first timed lap in qualifying. The race pace looks less good, as they drop down to fifth. Over one lap, they appear to have the sixth fastest car, but had Lando Norris hooked up all of his best sectors, he would have been sixth quickest of all. There’s work to do, though, with both drivers chasing more comfort in the car, Sainz admitting they are suffering from porpoising. The struggles of Barcelona pre-season running seem a world away for Alpine right now. Here are five things we learned at a revamped Albert Park in Melbourne.

Lewis Hamilton expressed his frustration as Mercedes' early-season woes continued in the first two practice sessions for this weekend's Australian Grand ...

If you look on board with the Ferraris, you can see the porpoising and it looks worse than the Mercedes - but they are still very quick. We need to try to get on top of things and understand why." "They're quick again, but on the long run everything was quite stable and nice so I'm happy about that, so we definitely made some good improvements today. It's probably the most severe I've experienced, but it's just something we have to deal with for the time being. "You get in very optimistic, and you make changes, and then it doesn't seem to be wanting to improve. "It was a difficult session," Hamilton said.

Ferrari fired a major warning to its rivals at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, while Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren showed small signs of improvement.

“Because we’re so far behind and because of the cost cap we can’t afford to just throw things at it and trial and error at race weekend. “We need to obviously close that gap but there‘s nothing substantial this weekend that will do that,” he said. I don’t have a second in my pocket but of course you’ll find a bit as the week goes on.” “I suspect the team working the hardest tonight will be Red Bull,” he said. A week after we went to Saudi and we showed more competitiveness — that was really just a track dependent thing. “You said crazy, It‘s definitely a good crazy. That certainly stood out and it’s awesome. He will meet with the stewards after FP2. Hopefully this circuit, I think it does lean more to a Saudi layout than a Bahrain one and I think that will help us a bit with where we currently are.” “Until then, we need to maximise each opportunity and make the most of the package we have.” There’s a lot of support and love and it’s not just for me, it’s for F1 and I think everyone is just stoked to have the race back here.” He added: “It’s so versatile.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen to the top spot for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix – with the latter opting to complete extra ...

As he shot through Turn 12 during a lap on the mediums, Hamilton had to catch two oversteer snaps – the second of which sent him skating across the gravel trap at the corner’s exit. On his third softs flier, Verstappen posted a purple sector in the middle third of the lap, but had to back off late on after sliding off the exit kerbs for the Turn 12 right and then having bounced back onto the track locking up and sliding deep at the final corner. Sainz continued the exchange of best times with Leclerc as he then posted a 1m19.376s, but the championship leader then surged ahead definitively with a third flying lap on another set of softs with 25 minutes to go. Alonso broke the Ferrari dominance at the front with a 1m19.537s just before the halfway point, but just a few moments later Leclerc – who had been through the pits before continuing on the softs – demoted him with a new best of 1m19.487s. Leclerc got back ahead on his first run on the red-walled rubber – a 1m19.771s – albeit with no purple sectors and losing a chunk of time with a slide at the penultimate corner. As the opening five minutes drew to a close, Leclerc shot ahead on a 1m20.898s on the mediums, which he beat a few minutes later with a 1m20.523s.

Sebastian Vettel has been fined 5000 euros (£4169) by the Australian GP stewards for riding a moped back to the pitlane after his Aston Martin suffered an ...

I have known Seb for a long time, we were teammates in 2006 and that is not his body language when you get the best out of him." The action continues on Saturday morning, with final practice live on Sky Sports F1 at 4am before qualifying at 7am. "I haven't been in the car for a while and plus this track is different.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the opening day at Albert Park, for the Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix 2022...

“I didn’t feel great when I woke up this morning but we still managed to get some laps in and get a feel for the car. A quiet day for Williams, who seem to be lacking slightly for pace at the moment and are on the coattails of the midfield. We haven’t made the most of the Qualifying compound yet and so we certainly have some work to do with that. The focus of the day was to understand how the tyres work on the new tarmac, and what setup changes we needed to make to extract the maximum performance. We will try to adapt with the track in terms of changes for the rest of the weekend to stay on top of it. We know our limitations and we’re heading in the right direction in finding the right setup for the car. But we know it’s all about tomorrow and Sunday and we can already see that it’s going to be very tight like it was in Bahrain and Jeddah. The competition is close, especially in the midfield, so we will be working hard to put it all together for qualifying. I am still learning about the car, about the engineering, and how to get the most out of everything throughout the weekend: to also have to learn a new track is an added challenge, but I like it – it’s not a big issue. The car felt better in some ways from FP1 into the second session and in other ways not, there is plenty to work on to try to understand the direction we have taken. We already have some ideas of which direction we can go with the setup and will do more work overnight in Brackley to understand those changes better, so fingers crossed we can move forward overnight." I think in FP1 and at the beginning of FP2 we were lacking a bit of balance, then for the final run we changed the car around a little bit and I felt a lot happier. "It has been an interesting Friday as we had to deal with a lot of new things compared to the last time that we raced here.

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.

Formula One heads Down Under for the third race of the 2022 season with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc going head to head at the Australian Grand Prix.

Second practice follows at 7am. When is the F1 Australian Grand Prix? Hamilton was down in 13th and it looks like being another difficult weekend for Mercedes. There was a Ferrari one-two in first practice, with Sainz half a second clear of Leclerc.

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.

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.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Scuderia team mate Carlos Sainz on Friday at the Australian ...

Vettel didn't emerge for FP2 and therefore ended up 20th, without a time on the board – the team having had to replace his Mercedes power unit. The Canadian finished 14th ahead of Alfa Romeo's rookie Zhou Guanyu. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Scuderia team mate Carlos Sainz on Friday at the Australian Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc was fastest during Australian Grand Prix practice in Melbourne on Friday, the third round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.

Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull Ferrari Red Bull Ferrari Red Bull Ferrari Verstappen retook P1 on 1m20.377s before Leclerc and Sainz grabbed a Ferrari 1-2, with Carlos on top with 1m20.325s, just 0.052s ahead of his teammate.

Located three kilometres south of central Melbourne, the Albert Park circuit has hosted many memorable races since its inaugural Grand Prix back in 1996.

Max Verstappen is currently in third with 25 points and is just ahead of the struggling Mercedes men. According to the bookies, Max Verstappen is the favourite to win in Australia on the back of his Saudi Arabian triumph. Track temperature is a critical parameter in Formula 1 tyre performance due to the fact that the asphalt of a Grand Prix circuit soaks up heat from the sun, so it can be much warmer than the air temperature - by 10°C or more. Across the weekend, air temperatures are due to range from 23°C to 26°C, and although this sounds pleasant for those in attendance, it will be an entirely different story for the cars on the grid. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen ran in the top three at Albert Park for the first time in 2019, and despite his troubling pace in the RB15, he landed the final step on the podium - marking Honda’s first since 2008. The main straight and pit lane were also changed, with the pit lane wall moved two metres closer to the track so that the edge of the circuit sits directly next to the wall. The Finnish driver crossed the line 20.886s ahead of the pack, with Hamilton in second. Turns 9 and 10 were completely redesigned - so where they used to form a right-left chicane with a heavy braking zone in the run-up, there is now a much faster right-left combination, according to officials. The track has undergone major changes ahead of the 2022 Grand Prix, including full resurfacing, modified corners and a new DRS zone with race officials labelling it a much improved, more aggressive track with better overtaking opportunities and the potential for speeds of up to 330km/h. During the nearly three-year hiatus, updates were made to the Albert Park Circuit - with vital input from the drivers - including an entire resurfacing, amended corners, and a new DRS Zone - all in a bid to promote faster racing. These changes will add all the more excitement to the weekend ahead as the drivers continue to settle into their new machinery with the added task of coming to terms with an updated track. Formula 1 has touched down in Melbourne this week to race for the first time in nearly three years at the Australian Grand Prix.

The Ferrari and Red Bull drivers are the favorites to win the Round Three event from Melbourne.

Red Bull racer Max Verstappen is in third with 25 points. Max Verstappen -450 Max Verstappen +140

The driver touches on what stood out at the Saudi Arabian GP and previews the race Down Under.

The team kind of sacrificed 2020 and ‘21 to focus on this year's car’s development. KM: The team has put a lot of effort into this year's car. So that was kind of the first proof that these cars are better for close racing and overtaking. This year, however, Haas F1 has tallied 12 points heading into the Australian Grand Prix, and it is poised to be a competitive middle-of-the-pack threat. The weekend marks Haas F1’s 125th Grand Prix, and Magnussen has played a key role in the team’s history, competing in 81 of those races. KM: With the pit lane [speed] now being at 80 kilometers [per hour] versus 60 kilometers in the past, the pit stop loss is less.

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.

Results from the third and final practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2022 Formula 1 world championship.

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Lando Norris set the fastest lap for McLaren ahead of Ferrari's Chares Leclerc, in the final practice session of the Australian Grand Prix.

Carlos Sainz rounded out the top five, 0.302s off former team mate Norris, while McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo put in a flyer for P6 late on – leaving Verstappen seventh. Norris was however told to slow down late on with a suspected power unit issue. The Dutchman backed out of a late flying effort in frustration after losing the rear at Turn 1 – but showed promising medium-tyred pace. Lance Stroll's late crash at Turn 11 brought out the second red flag of the session and ended FP3 with a few minutes remaining, another Aston Martin out prematurely. The session was interrupted when, after 20 minutes, FP2 absentee Sebastian Vettel (who was also fined €5,000 for taking a scooter on track after his car stopped in FP1) hit the wall exiting Turn 10 and brought out a red flag that was retracted with just under 30 minutes remaining. Lando Norris set the fastest lap for McLaren ahead of Ferrari's Chares Leclerc in the final practice session of the Australian Grand Prix. Numerous drivers went off-track in difficult conditions – both Aston Martin drivers crashing out in separate incidents.

Lando Norris topped final practice for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix as both Aston Martin cars crashed out and caused red flags at Albert Park.

Lewis Hamilton also struggled for Mercedes, finishing eighth after narrowly avoiding the wall when running wide at Turn 11 early in the session. “It’s really hard to feel the balance at the moment.” After missing the opening two races of the season due to COVID-19, Vettel’s difficult return to action in Australia continued as he crashed out 20 minutes into the session.

Lando Norris topped the timesheets for McLaren in a surprise Australian GP final practice result before Saturday's qualifying, while Aston Martin's weekend ...

The young Englishman set the pace with a 1:19.177, a tenth of a second ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso in the Alpine, another usual midfield team who have looked quick. Lando Norris topped the timesheets for McLaren in a surprise Australian GP final practice result before Saturday's qualifying, while Aston Martin's weekend took a turn for the worse with crashes for both their drivers. McLaren, after a disappointing start to the season plagued by brake issues, have been much more competitive in Melbourne this weekend and Norris highlighted their speed with some notable pace in Practice Three.

PART ONE - TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Alpine) Q: Welcome to you all.

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