2025 Australian Grand Prix
| 2025 Australian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 24 in the 2025 Formula One World Championship
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Map of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | ||||
| Race details | ||||
| Date | 16 March 2025 | |||
| Official name | Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025 | |||
| Location | Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | |||
| Course length | 5.278 km (3.280 mi) | |||
| Distance | 57 laps, 300.846 km (186.937 mi) | |||
| Scheduled distance | 58 laps, 306.124 km (190.217 mi) | |||
| Weather | Light rain | |||
| Attendance | 465,498[1] | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:15.096 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:22.167 on lap 43 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
| Third | Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders
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The 2025 Australian Grand Prix (known for advertising reasons as the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One auto race that happened on 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the first race of the 2025 Formula One World Championship.[2][3] [4]
Lando Norris driving for the team McLaren won the race from pole position. Max Verstappen driving for the Red Bull Racing Team came 2nd and George Russell for the Mercedes team came 3rd. Norris' win was McLaren's first at Melbourne since Jenson Button won the 2012 Australian Grand Prix. Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto, who were both driving in Formula One for the first time, crashed. Andrea Kimi Antonelli from Mercedes finished 4th in his first Formula One race.[5][6][7]
Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | 1:42:06.304 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 57 | +0.895 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 57 | +8.481 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 57 | +10.135 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 57 | +12.773 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 57 | +17.413 | 13 | 8 |
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | +18.423 | 17 | 6 |
| 8 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 57 | +19.826 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +20.448 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 57 | +22.473 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 57 | +26.502 | 9 | |
| 12 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 57 | +29.884 | 5 | |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas-Ferrari | 57 | +33.161 | 19 | |
| 14 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 57 | +40.351 | PL | |
| Ret | 30 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 46 | Accident | PL | |
| Ret | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 45 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 32 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Williams-Mercedes | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Jack Doohan | Alpine-Renault | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNS1 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 0 | Accident | —1 | |
| Source:[8][9][10][11] | |||||||
Notes
- ^1 – Isack Hadjar did not start the race because he crashed in the formation lap. His place on the grid was then left empty.[9][10] His end result was "DNF" and not "DNS".[11]
References
- ↑ Coch, Mat (2025-03-16). "Australian GP smashes attendance record". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ↑ "Grands Prix Australia". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ Mayne, Joshua (11 March 2025). "Melbourne F1 2025: Dates, tickets, calendar for Australian Grand Prix". Sporting News. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "2025 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix: All You Need to Know". Network 10. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Your guide to the young drivers joining the F1 grid in 2025". Formula1.com. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Australia Grand Prix 2025 – F1 Race". Formula1.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ↑ Mee, Lydia (16 March 2025). "Gabriel Bortoleto sixth driver to crash out of Australian Grand Prix". Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025 – Starting Grid". Formula1.com. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Australia 2025". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "2025 Australian Grand Prix – Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2025-03-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-03-16. Retrieved 2025-05-26.