9:02 AM ET ESPN staff Plenty of talking points emerged from the Australian Grand Prix, where Valtteri Bottas recorded an overdue victory and Ferrari’s preseason prowess disappeared in Melbourne. Our F1 editor Laurence Edmondson, associate editor Nate Saunders and columnists Maurice Hamilton and Kate Walker offer their opinions on race one. Was Ferrari’s woeful Melbourne

6:42 AM ET ESPN staff Daniel Ricciardo regrets trying to please too many people in his pre-Australian Grand Prix promotional activities as he feels it hampered his preparations for the race. Daniel Ricciardo has marked the new chapter of his Formula One career with a stunning pink, green and blue helmet design, which he will

10:35 AM ET ESPN staff Australian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas went against a pre-race order from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff not to go for the new point on offer for the fastest lap of the race. The first race of the Formula One season is notorious for offering up more questions than answers and

7:16 AM ET ESPN staff Ferrari has put its reluctance to capitalise on Formula One’s new fastest lap rule during the Australian Grand Prix down to a cautious mindset. Ferrari was expected to come out swinging in Melbourne. Instead, while the Italian team struggled, it was under-pressure Valtteri Bottas who set down a marker to

6:33 AM ET ESPN staff Bernie Ecclestone says the death of Formula One race director Charlie Whiting has affected him worse than any drivers he worked with closely as a manager and team boss. Following the death of F1 race director Charlie Whiting, Maurice Hamilton remembers a man who lived and breathed motor racing and

10:54 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The first race of the Formula One season is notorious for offering more questions than answers, and Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was no exception. Perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise to see Mercedes romp away to a one-two victory, but the absence of Ferrari from the podium was

6:47 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Red Bull has taken a cheeky swipe at two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, tweeting the Spaniard’s infamous ‘Now we can fight!’ message after claiming third place at the Australian Grand Prix on its first race with Honda power. The now-retired Alonso first shouted those words in Melbourne

6:17 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Valtteri Bottas delivered a not-so-subtle message for his critics after crossing the line to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix by over 20 seconds to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. “To whom it may concern, f— you,” Bottas shouted into his radio, immediately after taking the chequered flag at Albert

8:28 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote Saturday that 2019 needed to start with someone other

5:07 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote yesterday that 2019 needed to start with someone other