2025 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 14 - 16 Sportsbook Motor Sport

[Tom]

Friday 14 March
Practice 1 - 01.30 - 02.30
Practice 2 - 05.00 - 06.00

Saturday 15 March
Practice 3 - 01.30 - 02.30
Qualifying - 05.00 - 06.00

Sunday 16 March
Race - 04.00

AccuWeather does for Sunday

FRI : 34C / Sunny
SAT : 25C / Sunny
SUN : 24C / Cloudy and 56% chance of rain.

Current forecast is shower in the morning, light rain possible in the afternoon.

 

[Tom]

It will be interesting to see how Hamilton performs here after a Ferrari 1-2 last season. Leclerc to win this, imo.

 

[Son Of Jack]

The only practice snippets I caught were in-car of Leclerc. The car looked planted and no twitching through the steering wheel. It bodes well for the dry, but all bets are off for the predicted wet on Sunday

 

[Franco Pinion]

1. Lando Norris, McLaren 1.15.096
2. Oscar Piastri, McLaren +0.084
3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull +0.385
4. George Russell, Mercedes +0.450
5. Yuki Tsunoda, Racing Bulls +0.574
6. Alex Albon, Williams +0.641
7. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +0.659
8. Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari +0.877
9. Pierre Gasly, Alpine +0.884
10. Carlos Sainz, Williams +0.966
11. Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
12. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
13. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
14. Jack Doohan, Alpine
15. Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber
16. Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
17. Nico Hülkenberg, Sauber
18. Liam Lawson, Red Bull
19. Esteban Ocon, Haas
20. Ollie Bearman, Haas

Great last lap from both McLarens and some drive from Albon and Tsunoda too, disappointing from the 2 Ferraris.

 

[Best]

Great job by the McLarens but has Ferrari compromised their qualifying set-up by gambling on going for one that will better suit predicted wet conditions tomorrow? Excellent drive by Tsunoda, probably fuelled by the fact he was overlooked for the Red Bull No.2 seat, and a great job by Williams getting both drivers in Q3 and the top 10 on the starting grid.

 

[Son Of Jack]

Just watched the highlights, looked like a great race!

Norris and Max pushed each other massively towards the end. Could be a fantastic season if that keeps up.

Both Stroll and Sauber in the points tells its own story

 

[Bad Gizmo]

Shame for Piastri, he looked like he had a slightly better pace than Norris at one point only for them to both stuff up in one corner. It would have been interesting to see them actually fight it out. Verstappen showed his wet-weather driving skills again as well at the end.

 

[Scottish Batman]

Decent drive from Norris, and he kept his cool throughout. It should've been a clear 1 - 2 for McLaren but for that one corner.

McLaren looks a good bit clear of the other cars. Hopefully, we'll see the others close the gap over the next few races

 

[Tom]

Really enjoyed that race. Hopefully, Lando is now toughening up a bit more and learning from last year's mistakes. Max is machine-like.

Impressed with Antonelli, made quick work of Albon while Hamilton was stuck behind him most of the race.