Round 1 · 2025

Australian Grand Prix

Melbourne, Australia · 16 Mar 2025

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Lando Norris won the race from pole, finishing 0.895s ahead of Max Verstappen.

The Safety Car came out 3 times.
Kimi Antonelli was the big mover, climbing from P16 to P4.
Lando Norris set the fastest lap: 1:22.167 on lap 43.
82 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 5 times. Quickest stop: Charles Leclerc, 2.3s.
Lando Norris's tyres: Intermediate → Intermediate → Intermediate → Intermediate → Hard → Intermediate.
5 drivers didn't finish: Gabriel Bortoleto, Jack Doohan, Fernando Alonso and Liam Lawson and others.
It rained during the race.
172 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:42:06.304	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3 ▲1	+0.895s	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	4 ▲1	+8.481s	15
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	16 ▲12	+10.135s	12
5	Alexander Albon	Williams	6 ▲1	+12.773s	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	13 ▲7	+17.413s	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	17 ▲10	+18.423s	6
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	7 ▼1	+19.826s	4
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2 ▼7	+20.448s	2
10	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	8 ▼2	+22.473s	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9 ▼2	+26.502s	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	5 ▼7	+29.884s	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	19 ▲6	+33.161s	0
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	20 ▲6	+40.351s	0
–	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	15	DNF	0
–	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	11	DNS	0
–	Jack Doohan	Alpine	14	DNF	0
–	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12	DNF	0
–	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	18	DNF	0
–	Carlos Sainz	Williams	10	DNF	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.