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Norris wins in chaos, relive the Australian Grand Prix with live commentary

Relive the Australian Grand Prix, the first round of the 2025 Formula 1 season, with live commentary on AUTOhebdo.

Published 16/03/2025 à 04:45

Dorian Grangier

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Norris wins in chaos, relive the Australian Grand Prix with live commentary

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Here we are: the Formula 1 is back this weekend with the kick-off of the 2025 season in Melbourne, for the Australian GP (March 14-16)! The twenty drivers are returning to school with a significantly revamped and rejuvenated grid (six rookies in 2025, something not seen since 2010). This opening round will be an opportunity to see the drivers in their new colors, such as Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari, Carlos Sainz in Williams or, Esteban Ocon in Haas.

> You can follow the live evolution of the ranking via the official F1 Live Timing, available here.

F1 – Australian GP
Relive the Grand Prix live with commentary

57/57 – 👋 Thank you all for following us! See you next week for the Chinese Grand Prix! Have a great Sunday!

Norris holds off Verstappen, McLaren misses out on a one-two

57/57 – 🏁 VICTORY OF LANDO NORRIS IN AUSTRALIA AT THE END OF A CRAZY RACE! The Briton resisted the elements to claim the first victory of the season, narrowly ahead of Max Verstappen ! George Russell completes the podium. Andrea Kimi Antonelli was penalized 5 seconds and lost his 4th place to Alex Albon !

57/57 – Last lap! Norris and Verstappen are within a second of each other!

56/57 – 🆙 Antonelli has overtaken Albon, he is now 4th! But the Italian is under investigation for unsafe release!

56/57 – Max Verstappen closed in on Lando Norris in the DRS zone with two laps to go!

55/57 – Three laps left, and Andrea Kimi Antonelli is threatening Alex Albon for 4th place! Oscar piastri finds the points zone by going beyond Pierre Gasly, Alpine is heading towards a zero point this weekend.

54/57 – ⚠️ Pierre Gasly goes wide at the first corner and loses two positions to the two Ferraris! The Frenchman is 10th.

54/57 - Charles Leclerc tries to attack Pierre Gasly… but finds himself defending against Lewis Hamilton!

53/57 – If the ranking remains as it is, Sauber will score more points than in 2024 with 7th place in Nico Hulkenberg !

53/57 – Charles Leclerc took the lead over Lewis Hamilton at the restart, the Monegasque driver moved up to 9th ahead of his new teammate.

52/57 – The rain has stopped, and we're even getting some sunshine! Verstappen is struggling a bit at the restart, and Lando Norris is already pulling away at the front.

52/57 – 🟢 The race is back on for six laps! Lando Norris leads from Max Verstappen and George Russell!

50/57 – 🟠 The safety car is still on the track, and backmarkers can overtake each other. The big loser in these final laps is obviously Oscar Piastri, only 13th after his mistake!

49/57 – 🔎 Here is the ranking completely shaken up after this completely crazy rainy spell! Lando Norris had a close call, but his early stop helped him regain the lead. Alex Albon is 4th. Lance stroll 6nd!

48/57 – 🟠 And finally, the Ferraris stop to switch to the intermediates and come out 9th and 10th… the gamble didn't work for the Scuderia!

47/57 – 💥 Safety Car! Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto are stopped on the track! And Lando Norris has retaken the lead of the race ahead of the two Ferraris!

47/57 – 🌧️ Max Verstappen stops for intermediate tires, Lewis Hamilton leads the Grand Prix! But it's raining harder and harder! 

46/57 – 🆙 Pierre Gasly is now 3rd ahead Yuki tsunoda ! 

45/57 – ⚠️ Incredible! The McLaren lost everything in ten seconds! Piastri can finally get going again, but in last place! Hamilton is 2nd ahead of Tsunoda and Gasly!

45/57 – ⚠️ The McLarens go off track, Piastri is stuck in the grass! Verstappen is in the lead! Norris stops in the pits!

44/57 – Leclerc loses his 5th position to Tsunoda!

44/57 – ⚠️ Five seconds penalty for Bortoleto for unsafe release in front of Lawson.

43/57 – On the radio, the pilots are being prepared for fairly heavy rain in the next few minutes.

42/57 – Norris remains in the lead ahead of Piastri and Verstappen… but heavy rain is forecast in four minutes!

42/57 – 🟢 Lando Norris restarts the race! All the drivers are on slicks, but rain is coming!

41/57 – Finally, the Haas cars stopped to put on slick tires and medium compounds. The Safety Car was to pull out at the end of the lap.

40/57 – 🟠 Another lap under the Safety Car, and the Melbourne sky is getting more and more threatening! The Haas can now overtake each other to make up their lap deficit.

38/57 – 🟠 For now, only the Haas drivers have stayed on intermediate tires, a risk that could pay off if it starts raining again… but the Haas drivers are one lap behind.

38/57 – 🟠 At McLaren, Lando Norris is told that the rain could return in the next few laps, with greater intensity than at the start…

37/57 – 🔎 Here are the rankings and tire choices 20 laps from the finish under this new Safety Car! A ranking that has not been shaken up, but there will no longer be a gap between the drivers.

36/57 – 🟠 With 20 laps to go, the race was back in full swing and the McLarens' lead had been wiped out. The McLarens opted for hard tires, while Verstappen opted for medium tires.

35/57 – 🟠 The leaders also stop for slick tires! Double stop at McLaren, Verstappen, Russell and Leclerc also stop.

33/57 – 💥 Alonso into the wall! Big crash for the Spaniard at turn 8! Safety Car! And we take the opportunity to stop Tsunoda, Albon, Hamilton and Gasly to put on slick tires!

33/57 – Piastri loses ground: the gap now goes over three seconds for the local hero.

32/57 – Oscar Piastri makes a few small mistakes and exits the DRS zone behind Lando Norris. The Australian seems to be struggling with his tires now.

31/57 – McLaren asks Oscar Piastri to hold the positions while overtaking the backmarkers.

30/57 – Lando Norris takes advantage of the latecomers – Oliver Bearman and then Esteban Ocon – to defend his position with the DRS. But Oscar Piastri is still there!

Australian GP F1 Live Commentary

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29/57 – That's it, Oscar Piastri is in Lando Norris's DRS zone! Remember that the two drivers are free to fight at McLaren!

28/57 – 🔎 Here are the halfway points! The McLarens have a colossal lead over the rest of the field, even Verstappen can't fight it.

27/57 – ⏱️ Oscar Piastri sets a new lap record of 1'29″133 and is gradually getting closer to Lando Norris. The Australian is 1 seconds behind his teammate.

25/57 – Charles Leclerc asks if there's a leak in his car, complaining that his seat is full of water. Here's his engineer's response: "It must be the water." There you go.

24/57 – 🆙 After his spin, Antonelli tries to make up for his mistake: after overtaking Hülkenberg, it is Stroll's turn to give way to the Italian for 11th place.

23/57 – Lewis Hamilton complains of losing the synchronization of his gearbox, but the Briton does not lose contact with Alexander Albon.

22/57 – ⏱️ Lap record for Oscar Piastri in 1'29″727! The Australian is back to within 2 seconds of his teammate Lando Norris, who remains in the lead. As a reminder, the fastest lap point has been removed this season.

21/57 – Since his mistake, Max Verstappen has been completely left behind by the two McLarens: the Dutchman is already 7 seconds behind Oscar Piastri!

20/57 – No action finally taken regarding the investigations into the four drivers involved in a possible safety car violation.

19/57 – Max Verstappen asks his team if it is possible to stop to change his intermediate tires, but Red Bull He tells him to stay on track, with the weather forecast looking more clement in 10 minutes.

18/57 – ⚠️ After Alonso and Tsunoda, it is the turn of Albon and Hamilton to be under investigation for the same infraction under Safety Car.

18/57 – ⚠️  Max Verstappen's straightaway at Turn 11 and Oscar Piastri takes 2nd position! The Dutchman just lost one position as the rain returned to Albert Park!

17/57 – 🔄 Spin for Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who put a wheel in the grass before turning into turn 4! The Italian restarts in 13th place.

16/57 – Lewis Hamilton has connected with Alexander Albon in front of him. The Briton benefits from DRS, but struggles to stay in contact when accelerating again.

15/57 – There was a lot of talk on the Ferrari drivers' radios. Leclerc and then Hamilton asked their engineers to leave them alone.

14/57 – 🔎 Here are the standings after lap 14 of the race, with a very close trio at the top! Behind them, George Russell has dropped out.

13/57 – Oscar Piastri is the first driver to benefit from DRS behind Max Verstappen! But overtaking off-line in the wet will be another story…

12/57 – ⚠️ The trajectory is dry lap after lap… and DRS is now authorized! 

11/57 – ⏱️ Lando Norris's best time of 1'32"130, which is already moving into a straight line to cool its tires.

10/57 – Max Verstappen remains in contact with Lando Norris. We know that these rainy conditions are the Dutchman's favorite playground, with the last Brazilian Grand Prix serving as a prime example.

9/57 – ⚠️ Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda are under investigation by the stewards for a safety car violation. Both drivers opened up too much of a gap to the car in front under the safety car.

8/57 – Lando Norris maintains the lead ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, the track already seems to be starting to dry on the trajectory.

8/57 – 🟢 The Safety Car pulls aside, Lando Norris leads the pack, and we're off again! 

7/57 – 🟠 The Safety Car is still on the track, but it should be back soon, the track is now clear.

6/57 – ☁️ No rain expected over the next 30 minutes, according to the latest forecast.

6/57 – 💬 Isack Hadjar's first reaction to Canal+ : "I'm embarrassed and sorry for the team. I saw that the conditions were difficult during my grid laps, but that didn't mean I put it in the wall. The conditions were better when we went back on the grid. I knew that the formation lap was the place to get the tires up to temperature, the more work you do, the better it is, and that's it... It was a mistake, just... I can't believe it."

5/57 – 🟠 Work continues on Jack Doohan's car, and at Red Bull and Haas, they have decided to stop Liam Lawson, Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon to fit new intermediate tyres.

4/57 – 🔎 Here are the standings after four laps and already three retirements to note. Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc had the best start.

3/57 – 🟠 The drivers take to the pit lane to give the stewards a chance to clear Carlos Sainz's Williams. The Spaniard will not finish his first race with his new team.

3/57 – 🟠 Already three retirements in just two laps of this Australian Grand Prix, it's crazy!

2/57 – 💥 And Carlos Sainz also hits the wall on the last corner, under the Safety Car! Incredible! 

1/57 – 💥 Big crash for Jack Doohan at Turn 5! The Australian blew out the back of his Alpine by losing his car on the accelerator, straight ahead! The driver is OK. Safety Car!

1/57 – 🟢 The Australian Grand Prix is ​​(finally) underway for the 2025 season! Lando Norris remains in the lead, Max Verstappen takes 2nd place ahead of Oscar Piastri by passing him on the outside at the 2nd turn!

0/57 – 🟢 Engines restart, the second formation lap is underway! One lap has been removed, so there will be 57 laps in this Australian Grand Prix.

0/58 – 🌧️ At Ferrari, light rain is expected to return in about ten minutes, a few moments after the start.

0/58 – Anthony Hamilton, Lewis Hamilton's father, came to console Isack Hadjar in the paddock. The Frenchman is devastated after this premature retirement.

0/58 – A new training round will be restarted at 15:15 p.m. local time, or 5:15 a.m. French time.

0/58 – ⏪ Here is Isack Hadjar's exit from the track in the formation lap in replay.

0/58 – Isack Hadjar, getting out of his car, is in tears: the Frenchman will not be starting his first F1 Grand Prix this Sunday. What a disappointment for our French driver.

0/58 – ⚠️ The start was aborted, while the Frenchman's Racing Bulls were freed.

0/58 – 💥 Isack Hadjar hits the wall on the formation lap! The Frenchman got caught out by putting on the gas on the exit of the first corner! It's already over for the Frenchman!

0/58 – 🟢 Let's go for the training tour! The opportunity for the drivers to test the grip on this wet track.

4h58 – 🔎 To start the race, almost all the drivers opted to use intermediate tires, a logical choice since the rain had eased off a while ago. Only Lance Stroll opted for the maxi-rain tires.

4h56 – 🇬🇧 For the first time since 2020, we have three French drivers on the starting grid for an F1 Grand Prix! Isack Hadjar will start his first Grand Prix in 11th place (the best placed among the six rookies): can he score points in his first race?

Isack Hadjar, the best rookie in qualifying: “We can do something great”

4h54 – 🌦️ Although the track is currently very wet, with standing water in places, we are definitely heading towards a standing start. The risk of further rain after the start is only 40%, so the track could dry out from here on out.

4h52 – ⏪ Australia is hosting the inaugural round of Formula 1 again for the first time since 2019. At the time, it was Valtteri BottasOn Mercedes, who had won. In the last five Australian Grands Prix, we have had five different winners: the most recent is Carlos Sainz, winner in 2024 with Ferrari.

4h50 – 🌧️ And as expected for several days, rain is on the agenda for this first race of the year in Melbourne! Although the showers have calmed down for a few minutes, the track is still soaked. By the way, if you're joining us, the Main Race of Formula 2 was canceled earlier today.

4h48 – ⚠️ Note that Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman will finally start from the pits after breaking the Parc Fermé rule.

4h47 – 🔎 Here is the starting grid for this Australian Grand Prix with the first pole position of the season for Lando Norris and an all-McLaren front row! The Ferraris start from the fourth row ahead of Pierre Gasly (100th). Isack Hadjar starts 9th, Esteban Ocon 11th.

4h45 – 👋 Hello everyone ! Welcome to this live commentary to follow the Australian GP, ​​the first round of the 2025 Formula 1 season! The race will start in a few minutes, at 5:00 a.m.!

Australian GP F1 Live Commentary

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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