Australian GP: The weekend's headlines
In a new addition to coverage of race weekends, autosport.com brings you a Monday morning summary of the biggest headlines from throughout the racing weekend
Brawn GP could not have wished for a better season-opener: announcing a coveted deal with Virgin and then seeing drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello sweep the front row and took a one-two in the race - despite Barrichello making an awful start and being involved in several collisions.
The ongoing diffuser row is the only question mark for Brawn. That pre-event furore marked the start of a weekend of protests, stewards' deliberations and penalties as F1's new era got off to a chaotic, controversial but ultimately extremely entertaining start.
THE ACTION
Rosberg tops first Australia practice
Rosberg stays on top in second practice
Rosberg also tops final Australia practice
Button leads all-Brawn front row in Oz
Button heads Brawn one-two in Australia
THE BIG STORIES
Hamilton expects no points in Australia
Stewards clear teams' diffusers
FOM: F1 teams paid 'monies owed'
Virgin enters F1 with clean-fuel target
Button: Pole a deserved reward for team
Hamilton to start from back of the grid
Toyota duo excluded from qualifying
Protest withdrawn 'in sport's interest'
Briatore criticism dismissed by Brawn
Button hails 'fairy tale' result for Brawn
Trulli penalised, Hamilton gets third
Hamilton accepts blame for incident with Albon in F1 Brazilian GP
Ferrari drivers called to F1 stewards over Brazilian GP collision
Charles Leclerc was angry at himself for "stupid" qualifying error
Inaugural FE champion Piquet Jr interested in contesting Extreme E
Fernando Alonso takes maiden rally-raid podium ahead of Dakar 2020
McLaren hints at Formula 1 tests for IndyCar drivers O'Ward, Askew
Sainz: McLaren is more than 'best of the rest' in F1 2019 now
Will Alonso's Indy failure end the age of versatility?
How Silverstone played its part in Bearman’s learning curve
What's behind Trackhouse's surge in MotoGP 2026?
Five takeaways from Newey's revealing interview on Aston Martin’s F1 2026 woes
Historic machines star at special Kirkistown event
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