Carlos Sainz might have only completed less than a lap of the Australian Grand Prix under green-flag conditions, but he helped Williams team-mate Alex Albon beat both Ferraris to the finish.Sainz started from 10th but spun off at the final corner after the safety car was deployed in response to Jack Doohan spinning his Alpine into the barrier earlier on the opening lap.Rather than head to …Keep reading
Oscar Piastri’s sangfroid response to his painful Australian Grand Prix result will stand him well in the upcoming 2025 Formula 1 title battle with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, but of the early contenders he alone now faces a big early points deficit.PLUS: Did Red Bull blow its ‘Canada’ chance to hand Verstappen Norris’s Melbourne win?Such gaps can be overcome – Verstappen was 46 …Keep reading
Lando Norris won the Australian Grand Prix by less than a second ahead of Max Verstappen, as late drama saw an Oscar Piastri mistake which cost him his runners-up finish.So, Autosport’s Ben Hunt and Emily Selleck wrap up their coverage of the weekend from Albert Park, as the 24-round 2025 campaign is now firmly underway.The duo discuss the battle at the front, as well as Lewis …Keep reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been promoted to fourth on his Formula 1 debut in the Australian Grand Prix after Mercedes successfully appealed a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.Antonelli had initially been relegated back to fifth as a result of the penalty but upon a review and examination of the roll-hoop camera footage, the Italian was found not to have impeded Nico Hulkenberg’s …Keep reading
Formula 1 has announced its 11 2026 teams have all signed up to the commercial framework of the new Concorde Agreement.The Concorde Agreement is a contract between F1, its governing body the FIA and the teams who compete in the series. It defines how F1 is run – with one agreement relating to the regulatory framework of grand prix racing, and another outlining the commercial terms.The …Keep reading
As Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz celebrated qualifying sixth and 10th at Albert Park in the 2025 Formula 1 opener, the joy at more evidence of the Williams team’s revival was tempered by the forecast of rain for race day. Williams may be a quintessentially British team but this wasn’t a case of it indulging itself in that famous British habit of talking about the weather.Analysis of the …Keep reading
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
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped a convoluted final practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of George Russell and Max Verstappen, where Oliver Bearman crashed out again for Haas.Under overcast skies at Albert Park, several frontrunners had headed out on the hard tyres before Bearman’s immediate incident, but when the one-hour session resumed with just 11 minutes gone they …Keep reading