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MELBOURNE, Australia - McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has apologized for his “over exuberant” driving after his road car was impounded by police near the entrance to the Australian Grand Prix.

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Renault driver Robert Kubica set the fastest time in Friday’s opening practice for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, upstaging the teams favored for Sunday’s race.

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MELBOURNE - Red Bull’s Mark Webber has denied he has any desire to quit Formula One after former world champion Lewis Hamilton suggested the Australian veteran might be interested in bowing out on a high at the end of the season.

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Alonso and Schumacher say people who criticized the opening race of the season for being boring either don’t understand the sport or need to start watching something else.

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MELBOURNE — Formula One drivers have slammed officials for keeping this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix as a twilight race, saying conditions will be dangerous and their concerns have been ignored.

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MELBOURNE - Williams driver Rubens Barrichello hopes Michael Schumacher is driving just for pleasure as he believes the German great has more to lose than gain from coming back after three seasons on the sidelines.

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MELBOURNE - Formula One officials will hope this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix can inject life into a championship which stalled on the starting grid at the highly anticipated season-opener in Bahrain a fortnight ago.

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Formula One world champion Jenson Button has set his sights on the successful defence of his title.

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Mark Webber has had his hopes of becoming the first Australian to win his home F1 grand prix next weekend pumped up by Lewis Hamilton.

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