Ferrari did not have the best of qualifying session at the Australian GP, as Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finishes seventh and eighth respectively. The seven-time world champion explained that his debut with a Scuderia has been quite challenging so far.
Despite looking off pace during FP1 and FP2 sessions, Max Verstappen was able to get his car into P3 during qualifying. While Liam Lawson, his teammate, could not make the RB21 work for him, Verstappen made it into Q3 and onto the second row.
Teams have quite a task ahead setting up their cars for the rest of the Australian GP. The two remaining sessions, qualifying and the race, will have completely different conditions.
Charles Leclerc finished the second free practice session for the Australian Grand Prix in P1 ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Max Verstappen was only P7, more than six tenths off the Monegasque.
Not only will F1 go back to Melbourne to hold the first race of the season as it had been customary for nearly thirty years, but apparently, Mercedes’ old ‘sandbagging’ approach has made a comeback. When asked about the performance of the German team’s 2025 contender, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, George Russell and team principal and CEO, Toto Wolff, all gave telling answers.
Helmut Marko, like Max Verstappen, thinks McLaren is the favourite at the start of the new Formula 1 season. Despite this, Red Bull Racing’s advisor believes his team has one factor that will make a big difference: Max Verstappen.
Formula 1 is finally getting underway again. With the Australian Grand Prix, the season kicks off once again the old-fashioned way in Melbourne, but will it be the ideal gauge for the rest of the season? A comprehensive preview of the upcoming GP.
The 2025 Australian Grand Prix will be the first race of the season and it will give a first insight into how the F1 teams are stacked up in the order. Things were very different in 2024, when Max Verstappen seemed easily on his way to a fourth world title, but things briefly went completely south for the Red Bull Racing driver at Albert Park. Here’s a recap of the race weekend in Melbourne.
After months of waiting, it is finally race week for the first of 24 times in 2025. The season opener takes place at the iconic Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia. With the race closing in, the weather becomes an important factor. What will the conditions be like for the 20 drivers for the first weekend of the season, and are we expecting rain? Find out below.
Former F1 world champion, Jacques Villenueve, has started his voyage to Melbourne for the 2025 F1 season opener, the Australian Grand Prix, however, it is safe to say that not everything went according to plan for the Canadian.
