AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2025

In a few words: Welcome to 2025! This was one of the craziest season openers I've ever seen. Australia continues to bring the drama.

Notes:

Practices

• In Practice 1, two red flags, one for gravel and one for Ollie Bearman who was the first to crash, Sainz is unusually fast, everyone can’t stop talking about Hamilton at the Ferrari

• Ollie B missed Practice 2 for the car repair, but then he went out in Practice 3 and IMMEDIATELY CRASHED again!! Noooooo! 

Quali 

• OH NO, Ollie Bearman has a gearbox problem now as soon as he goes out on track for qualifying. What a NIGHTMARE start he’s having. Ollie is out.

• Liam Lawson is out in Q1

• Bortoleto in the Sauber knocks out Kimi Antonelli in Q1

• Hamilton spun at the end of Q2 which was exciting but then it didn’t get him out so that’s sad 

Race

• Isack Hadjar crashed on the formation lap in the rain and then he was crying and Lewis Hamilton’s dad comforted him

• Race restart, Jack Doohan crashes and then Sainz crashed under safety car 

• Alonso crashes and causes a long safety car

• The rain comes and Lando and Oscar go off track 

• Oscar almost gets beached on the wet track but reverses while everyone cheers as he gets back in track but his race is ruined 

• Liam and Bortoleto both crash out separately 

• Almost all the rookies had a horrible start somehow after this, Kimi the first time in a Mercedes, Ollie crashing in practices and gear box problem in quali, and the rest crashed out in the race

• Charles reports water in the cockpit and Ferrari responds "must be the water" and Charles said to add that to the words of wisdom hahahaha the most Ferrari quote of all time

• Lando wins, Max in second, George Russell in third 

• One of the craziest season openers I’ve seen 

• Stinks that that aren’t giving a point for fastest lap anymore this year