日: 2025年3月15日

Red Bull ‘rookie’ Liam Lawson will begin the 2025 Australian Grand Prix from 18th on the grid after being eliminated in the first segment of qualifying. Yuki Tsunoda – the man now parked in the Racing Bulls sister squad after being passed over for promotion in favour of Lawson – made it all the way to Q3 and will start fifth.
On the face of it, then, Red Bull’s grandees have chosen …Keep reading

There are three strategy scenarios possible for Formula 1’s 2025 Australian Grand Prix, but they all depend on how and when the forecast rain hits the Albert Park track on Sunday.
In scenario one, which assumes rain does not fall despite having been the talk of the event so far in Melbourne, a simple one-stop race becomes the most likely strategy.
This is because the track would remain …Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell believes McLaren is so dominant it can already turn off development of its current Formula 1 car and move on to 2026.
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, with Norris putting nearly four tenths on the team’s nearest chaser Max Verstappen in the Red Bull.
As teams aim to find a balance between …Keep reading

Filip Cleeren and Emily Selleck review a hectic qualifying day in Melbourne as McLaren lock out the front row for the Australian Grand Prix.
The pair review McLaren’s excellence, and why Max Verstappen isn’t too phased with starting in third place for tomorrow’s race.
There’s also a discussion on Ferrari struggling as Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton sit on the fourth row, behind Yuki …Keep reading

While McLaren had been the clear pre-event favourite for the Australian Grand Prix, the pecking order behind the papaya squad offered more surprises.
Ferrari couldn’t live up to expectations that it would be McLaren’s closest challenger followed by Red Bull, mirroring the end result of last year’s world championship.
Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton initially looked competitive in …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff. The Mercedes partnership is no more, but between them, they’ve made Formula 1 even more interesting in separate single pen strokes.
In Hamilton signing for Ferrari, a pulsating narrative is already well imbued in the 2025 season – especially as he starts off trailing in Australian Grand Prix qualifying against new team-mate Charles Leclerc.
And, by …Keep reading

A mere 0.084 seconds split Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in qualifying for Formula 1’s 2025 season opener in Australia, a minuscule stitch in time that converted the home fans’ raucous fervour into a palpable tinge of disappointment. Even Norris admitted to a fleeting feeling of internalised guilt that he’d denied the Australian spectators the chance to see their local hero clinch pole at Albert …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he ‘doesn’t know which buttons’ to press in his Ferrari having never run in the wet at his new team, as rain is forecast for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who qualified eighth on his Ferrari debut behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, said was unfamiliar with some switches as he continues to adjust to his new team having spent his entire F1 career using …Keep reading

Lando Norris says he and Oscar Piastri are free to fight for victory from the head of the grid for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix, around specific “rules we cannot cross” at McLaren.
The rather contradictory explanation stems from the team’s updated terms of engagement – dubbed ‘Papaya Rules’ in 2024 – after their various run-ins last year.
McLaren held off imposing …Keep reading

Max Verstappen admitted to some surprise in finishing third in Formula 1 qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix, following Red Bull’s turnaround in fortunes after a lacklustre pair of Friday practice sessions.
The reigning champion ended up fifth in FP1 and seventh in FP2 after struggling with a wayward RB21 chassis during his qualifying simulations, while his new team-mate Liam Lawson found …Keep reading