The 2026 Formula 1 season begins at Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit with the Australian Grand Prix, as teams return to competitive action after months of preseason preparation.

Mercedes’ George Russell set an imposing fastest lap in final practice at the Australian Grand Prix after team-mate Kimi Antonelli had a huge accident.

Find out what happened during FP1 and FP2 in Melbourne, and get the thoughts of McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Chief Technical Officer & Chief Designer Rob Marshall.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has crashed out of Sunday’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix on the way to the grid, ruling him out of his home race.

“The power’s good when you’ve got it, it’s just it doesn’t last,” he said. “We start the lap, half throttle coming through the last corner, and a third, a quarter of a straight, and then you go to ful...