Analysis, reaction and talking points, plus the story of the weekend’s Austrlian Grand Prix, at Albert Park, Melbourne. Plus the biggest news stories from the last seven days looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:42:05.304 25 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:00.895 18 3 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:08.481 15 4 Andrea Kimi Antonelli ITA Mercedes +00:10.135 12 5 Alexander Albon THA Williams – Mercedes +00:10.773 10 6 Lance Stroll CAN Aston
Lando Norris has taken back-to-back wins for the first time in his career in a chaotic, treacherous, accident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver held off world champion Max Verstappen in the closing stages to take a nine-tenths victory, in one of the most drama-filled season openers defined by making the right calls at
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:15.912 01:15.475 01:15.096 2 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 01:16.062 01:15.468 01:15.180 3 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:16.018 01:15.565 01:15.481 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:15.971 01:15.798 01:15.548 5 Yuki Tsunoda JAP RB – Honda RBPT
Lando Norris has beaten his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by nine hundredths to take pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The Englishman set a 15.096 putting him well ahead of Piastri and his expected championship rival Max Verstappen by nearly three-tenths of a second as McLaren locked out the front row. McLaren went
Charles Leclerc topped the times in second practice ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver set a 16.439 going a tenth and a quarter faster than Oscar Piastri. The Monacan setting his fastest time midway through the session on his first run on the soft tyres to push both McLarens down the
Lando Norris was fastest in first practice for the Australian Grand Prix, the McLaren driver set a 17.252 putting himself a tenth and a half ahead of the Williams of Carlos Sainz. Following testing McLaren have tried to play down its favourites label, but many of its rivals and the media have dismissed that as
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The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race in Albert Park, Melbourne
Round one sees Melbourne host the season opener for the first time since the aborted 2020 season. Albert Park returned to the calendar as a championship Grand Prix in 1996 having stole the rights from Adelaide and the race moving from the end of the season to the beginning of the season. The current configuration
Analysis, reaction and talking points, plus the story of the weekend’s Austrailian Grand Prix, in Albert Park, Melbourne. Plus the biggest news stories from the last seven days looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
