Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2025 - Results
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
Absolutely wild race. Definitely an entertaining start to the season.
Honestly, the contest for "best radio message" already has a potential frontrunner for the year with Leclerc/Ferrari.
Also wanted to share this: https://f1-dash.com/dashboard
I typically use Multiviewer to watch the race, but I like that this dashboard has a lot of Multiviewer's "views" in one screen. Plus you don't have need to sign-in to or even have F1TV.
Nice! Thanks for doing this!
I was out all night and only caught the last ten laps and just started over. I run a pool for F1, so I almost always know the results before watching anyways, so it doesn't really matter.
Anyway, safety car is over.. back at it. I didn't do so well in my pool this week.
edit: okay! excellent race. Nice to see everybody's favorites take a turn leading, even if only for a brief time. On the backend, whoever is updating the F1 site didn't have Driver of the Day and Fastest Pit pages setup. DotD was set up about fifteen minutes late, but still allowed voting after the race concluded.
I'm so glad we're back in business. I hope the season continues like this.
What a fun race! The rookie issues might've been exasperating on another day, but in the conditions you just felt for them all.
HAM working through comms with his new team sure was interesting.
Angry Yuki noises
I was so hopeful for him - I want to see him show Red Bull that they made a mistake all season long.
The biggest what-if on the race that I was so mad about - What if Haas stayed on the inters before the big shower halfway through. I was so mad they switched strategies right before it became viable