The Melbourne race had a thrilling start with Racing Bull’s Isack Hadjar out on the formation lap, and Alpine’s Jack Doohan and Williams’ Carlos Sainz crashing out on the opening lap.

Lando Norris won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from the pole position. And it was hardly a boring path to victory. Norris somehow regained the lead in the last 15 laps of the the race as a rain shower hit the track.

This time 12 months ago, the Australian Grand Prix was the sort of race that Lando Norris and McLaren may have lost

McLaren's Lando Norris converted from pole position and fended off four-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull by less than a second to take the checkered flag at the Australian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris kickstarts the 2025 Formula One season with a thrilling victory in Melbourne, battling rain, crashes, and Verstappen to claim the top spot.

Get ready for the Australian Grand Prix with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Formula 1 race, the schedule and more.

McLaren's Lando Norris kept his cool on a sweltering afternoon at Albert Park to take pole position at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday as his teammate Oscar Piastri joined him on the front row.

The new Formula One season gets underway at Albert Park in Melbourne with anticipation high ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s debut for Ferrari. McLaren and their star driver Lando Norris are the favourites,