F1 Australian GP 2025 LIVE Updates: Verstappen Up To 2nd On Lap 1, Big Crash For Rookie

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.

The big debut. pic.twitter.com/Q3SgH0klWn

Heading to the grid pre-race, the drivers will use this time to get a feel for the conditions #F1 #AusGP pic.twitter.com/dwDz2rAVfx