Verstappen: “Not a perfect day, but we are where I expected to be”
Max Verstappen finished Friday’s free practice in Australia in sixth position, six tenths behind Oscar Piastri
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Vasseur: “A good day, but there is still a lot to learn about the car”
The Ferrari team principal welcomed the result of the first day of free practice in Melbourne with moderate satisfaction.
Mercedes scares Leclerc: “They are really very strong, more than I would have liked”
The FP2 session seems to have made the Monegasque reflect, as he highlighted the gap separating the SF-26 from Mercedes on race pace.
Russell: “We need to take a step forward if we want to fight for pole”
The words of Mercedes driver George Russell at the end of Friday’s free practice for the Australian GP in Melbourne
Antonelli is already 2nd: “But we all learn on every lap, tomorrow could be a different story”
Kimi Antonelli commented on the second place achieved in the second free practice session of the Australian GP
Bearman: “We learned a lot and discovered new things”
Positive feedback from the British driver, as well as for his teammate Esteban Ocon, 10th in FP1
What day 1 told us: Ferrari not bad but Mercedes is scary
The analysis of the telemetry from Friday’s free practice in Australia, Mercedes is scary, but Ferrari is there and can give it a go
Honda: “FP2 data indicates that vibration countermeasures are starting to work”
The words of Shintaro Orihara, head of Honda engineers, at the end of a difficult Friday for the Aston Martins
The rumor: if Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are cancelled, the world championship will be 22 GPs
The decision will be made no later than March 20: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia risk being skipped. And Imola will not be there…
GP Australia 2026: free practice 1 report
Follow the minute-by-minute live coverage of free practice 1 of the F1 Australian GP, LIVE from 2.15 on Friday 6 March 2026