The Melbourne race had a thrilling start with Racing Bull’s Isack Hadjar out on the formation lap, and Alpine’s Jack Doohan and Williams’ Carlos Sainz crashing out on the opening lap.

Lando Norris won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from the pole position. And it was hardly a boring path to victory. Norris somehow regained the lead in the last 15 laps of the the race as a rain shower hit the track.

All the action from the opening race of the 2025 Formula One season, where Liam Lawson starts 18th at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Lawson eliminated in first qualifying, to start 18th in Melbourne Liam Lawson will make his Red Bull Formula One debut from 18th on the grid,

Ferrari will review their performance at the Australian Grand Prix after a nightmare outing during the Formula 1 season opener. The Scuderia currently occupy seventh in the constructors' standings and languish beneath Sauber, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finishing the race in P8 and P10 respectively.

Catch up on all the Friday action in Melbourne, Australia on Formula One’s opening grand prix weekend of the 2025 season

Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with his new Ferrari team was pressure tested in Australia, where he finished a disappointing 10th on debut, and was frustrated by a bad strategy that cost him a potential victory,