After 91 days of waiting, the 2025 Formula One season finally kicked off at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. Ferrari may have set the early pace in Friday’s free practice session but Lewis Hamilton was not entirely happy. Charles Leclerc was quickest in a closely-bunched top five, with Oscar Piastri a tenth of the Monegasque and Lando Norris close behind his McLaren team-mate. Yuki Tsunoda was a surprise fourth for Racing Bulls with Hamilton some four tenths off his Scuderia colleague in fifth. It was a troubling session for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen slower than F1 debutant Isack Hadjar in the other Racing Bull and Liam Lawson 17th-fastest.
It could prove to be one of the most open F1 seasons in recent history as the teams look to end the current set of regulations on a high before the sweeping changes in 2026. This race in Melbourne has been won by five different drivers in as many years, with Carlos Sainz victorious last year, and there could be another new name added to the history books as Leclerc, Piastri and Norris all fight from the front. Scroll down for live F1 updates from Express Sport…