George Russell will start the first race of the 2026 Formula 1 season on pole position, after an impressive qualifying performance in Melbourne. The Mercedes driver pipped his teammate Kimi Antonelli by 0.

George Russell will start the Australian Grand Prix, F1's season opener, from pole with his teammate Kimi Antonelli alongside following a front row Qualifying lock up from the duo Saturday morning in Melbourne.

Valtteri Bottas says Cadillac is “definitely lacking performance” following a tough qualifying session in Melbourne, and explains why

That left Cadillac with about a year to build a car to compete with storied F1 names like Mercedes and McLaren. The team nodded to the scale of the challenge during the Super Bowl commercial that revealed the car's livery.

Check out the full report and results from FP3 at the 2026 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne.

Liam Lawson’s partner Hannah St John wowed Formula 1 fans by wearing a one-of-a-kind F1 circuit-inspired diamond necklace worth around $350,000 at Glamour on the Grid

Yet with new engine and chassis regulations, and a new team in Cadillac, McLaren are not the frontrunners ahead of the new campaign. Instead, Mercedes’s engine prowess puts them