Lewis Hamilton has taken his eighth Australian Grand Prix pole position but has only converted two of those into wins. Will he start 2019 on a high?
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Hamilton takes sixth consecutive Australian GP pole
2019 Australian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onLewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the sixth year in a row for the Australian Grand Prix as Mercedes swept the front row at Albert Park.
Hamilton completes practice sweep in Melbourne
2019 Australian Grand Prix third practice
Posted onLewis Hamilton completed a sweep of leading all three practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix, two-tenths of a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
Wolff didn’t know about Hamilton’s Superbike test
2019 F1 season
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he was unaware Lewis Hamilton had arranged to test a Superbike but said he isn’t concerned his driver’s interests outside F1 could prove a distraction.
Hamilton: Plenty more to come from Mercedes
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says the is still more performance to come from his Mercedes despite the team comfortably heading Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton leads Mercedes one-two, eight-tenths ahead
2019 Australian Grand Prix second practice
Posted onLewis Hamilton stayed on top in the second practice session for the Australian Grand Prix as Mercedes extended its margin over its rivals.
Hamilton leads the Ferraris by less than a tenth in first practice
2019 Australian Grand Prix first practice
Posted onLewis Hamilton led the first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix but both Ferraris lapped with a tenth of a second of the Mercedes driver.
Hamilton: Mercedes not “talking BS” over testing form
2019 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says Mercedes was not bluffing over its testing form after he identified rivals Ferrari as the pace-setters ahead of the first race of the 2019 F1 season.
New F1 tyre range is more confusing – Hamilton
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: New tyre range is more confusing – Hamilton • Liberty making “enormous progress” – Brawn • Formula E to adopt F1 weight rule
Hamilton predicts 2019 will be the “toughest battle” yet
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton predicts 2019 will be the “toughest battle” yet • Ticktum has first run in F1 car • F1 criticised over Bahrain GP
The time a fastest lap bonus point won Hamilton a championship
F1 history
Posted onF1 could award a point to the driver who sets fastest lap in 2019 – which is exactly how Lewis Hamilton won the 2006 GP2 championship.
Hamilton keen to get back on a bike again
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton keen to get back on a bike again • Symonds expects 2021 F1 cars will be “much more race-able” • Zandvoort ‘only option’ for F1
Hamilton suspects Ferrari began 2019 car earlier than Mercedes
2019 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton suspects Ferrari stole a march on Mercedes ahead of the new season by throwing their efforts into 2019 new car earlier last year.
Hamilton: Pirelli should have brought 2018-style thinner tyres
2019 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton says Pirelli should have brought its thinner-gauge rubber for the 2019 F1 season – but the sport’s official tyre supplier insists it has done.
Vettel leads Hamilton by 0.003s at end of testing
2019 F1 season
Posted onSebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton were separated by just three-thousandths of a second as winter testing for the 2019 F1 season came to a close.
Hamilton: Ferrari are half a second faster than us
2019 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton believes Ferrari are as much as half a second quicker than Mercedes ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton concerned by “terrible” drop in UK TV audience following pay-TV move
2019 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton is concerned by Formula 1’s declining popularity in Britain as live coverage of the sport moves away from free-to-air to pay-TV broadcasts.
Hamilton: Mercedes had its “most difficult” winter
2019 F1 season
Posted onRules changes for 2019 made last winter the “most difficult” off-season yet for world champions Mercedes, according to Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton: We’ll fight for sixth title “like it’s our first”
2019 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton says he will not be distracted by the possibility of becoming the second Formula 1 driver to win six championships in his quest for this year’s title.
Hamilton: “Ferrari are very, very strong right now”
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton: “Ferrari are very, very strong right now” • Perez worried Mexico will lose F1 race • COTA to miss out on state funding