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DUBAI: With less than three weeks left before the Dubai World Cup, Ali Al-Ali can look back with more than a measure of satisfaction on another successful racing season calendar at Meydan.
Lando Norris heads to the second round of the Formula 1 season in China with a lead over champion Max Verstappen after winning a thrilling race in Australia. Ahead of Sunday’s race in Shanghai, here are five takeaways from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix: McLaren is the team to beat Without the rain and the safety car, the Australian Grand Prix might not have been much of a contest. The two McLarens of Norris and Oscar Piastri quickly built a lead of more than 15 seconds to Verstappen in third early in the race. The McLarens were also three-tenths of a second faster than anyone else in qualifying.
MELBOURNE, Australia: McLaren’s Lando Norris has won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix, his first at Albert Park, with the Brit just managing to stay ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in Sunday’s season-opening Formula 1 race. Lewis Hamilton had a miserable Ferrari debut. The seven-time champion finished 10th and was annoyed by constant radio messages from his pit team. Norris started Melbourne’s first wet race since 2010 from pole position.
MELBOURNE : Having dominated Formula One's headlines in the build-up to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was far from the spotlight at Albert Park on Sunday with a 10th-place finish on his Ferrari debut.
Pebalap McLaren Lando Norris tampil sebagai juara seri pembuka F1 GP Australia 2025. Norris mengalahkan Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing).
Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut. The pole-sitting Briton took the chequered flag by less than a second from the Dutchman, with Mercedes' George Russell third after a chaotic race in Melbourne that saw three drivers crash before the end of the first lap. With the safety car repeatedly forced into action after a slew of accidents on the wet Albert Park circuit, Norris held on to clock a fifth grand prix win and second in a row after topping the podium at the final race of 2024 in Abu Dhabi.
MELBOURNE — Preseason favourite Lando Norris overcame Max Verstappen, changing weather, a trip across the grass and three Safety Car periods to win a frenzied Australian Grand Prix.
Australian GP 2025 LIVE Updates, F1 Race LIVE: The 2025 Formula 1 season is back, and we're back at Melbourne, Australia for the season opener once again. A highly-anticipated season is on the cards, headlined by Lewis Hamilton's blockbuster move to Ferrari ahead of this season. McLaren are the title favourites, and drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have locked out the front row for the Australian Grand Prix. Reigning drivers' world champion Max Verstappen will start P3, while George Russell is P4. Hamilton starts P8, just behind teammate Charles Leclerc, who will start P7. There has been heavy rainfall just ahead of the Australian GP, and a wet-to-dry race is expected.