Jules Bianchi made his F1 debut in Australia this past weekend, along with four other rookie drivers. The Frenchman was a late signing to the Marussia team, after being passed over for the Force India seat, but he didn't let his lack of preparation faze him.

After the race, in which Bianchi started 19th and finish 15th, he said: "We have not had the luxury of time so I would like to thanks my engineers, car crew and the whole team for helping me to be as prepared as possible and for a great job today."

He went on to describe his experiences behind the wheel, adding: "Yesterday's qualifying was quite a challenge but today I felt very calm as I looked forward to this moment. Generally everything went very smoothly in the race and we worked our way through the tyre management issues as well as we could in order to maximise the possibilities."