Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2025 - Results

JCPhoenix
2025-03-16T13:56:56Z

Welcome back to Formula 1! And what a start to the 2025 season with a wet track and even heavy rain in Melbourne!

First things first: Poor rookies. Hadjar was into the barriers during the formation lap. Then Doohan was out after the restart. Or was that the actual start since Hadjar triggered an aborted start? Which not a rookie, that triggered Sainz into the barriers during the safety car. Lawson then had his chance to hit the barriers during Lap 47, with Bortoletto into the walls somewhere there abouts. Though for those last two, that was during the heavy rain. Alonso, the eternal rookie, rounded out the group of wallflowers.

The only rookie to survive? Antonelli. And he ended P5! He would've ended P4, but he got a 5sec penalty for an unsafe release earlier. Regardless, impressive.

EDIT: After a successful appeal, Antonelli's 5sec penalty is removed! He regains his on-track P4, with Albon back to P5. Results updated below.

When the rain hit, it was pure chaos. All the tire strategies went out the window. Some went straight to inters, while some stayed on slicks. Max was P1. Then Hamilton was P1. But then they and everyone else went to inters. Norris ended up back in P1 and ended the race there.

Lastly, Piastri's recovery drive was something to watch. Sometime around Lap 45, he ended up beached in the grass. But he was like "Hell no," and willed that car back onto track. He dropped from P2 down to the back of the field since it took him so long to get out. But he still ended up in the points at P9. Felt like he was driving on pure frustration and anger...and it worked!

Onward to Shanghai next weekend!

Next race:

Chinese Grand Prix
Shanghai International Circuit
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER

Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts
1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 57 | 1:42:06.304 | 25
2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 57 | +0.895s | 18
3 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 57 | +8.481s | 15
4 | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 57 | +10.135s | 12
5 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 57 | +12.773s | 10
6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 57 | +17.413s | 8
7 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 57 | +18.423s | 6
8 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 57 | +19.826s | 4
9 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 57 | +20.448s | 2
10 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 57 | +22.473s | 1
11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 57 | +26.502s | 0
12 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls Honda RBPT | 57 | +29.884s | 0
13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas Ferrari | 57 | +33.161s | 0
14 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas Ferrari | 57 | +40.351s | 0
NC | 30 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 46 | DNF | 0
NC | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 45 | DNF | 0
NC | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 32 | DNF | 0
NC | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams Mercedes | 0 | DNF | 0
NC | 7 | Jack Doohan | Alpine Renault | 0 | DNF | 0
NC | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls Honda RBPT | 0 | DNS | 0

Fastest Lap: Lando Norris...But no more fastest lap point!

Source: F1.com

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