Hamilton swallowed by ‘old school’ Ferrari chaos – Up/Down at the Australian GP
Hamilton toiled in Australia as his new Ferrari team looked clueless – but were there promising signs in amongst the misery?
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McLaren had the fastest car at the 2025 Australian GP and found the elusive perfect tyre balance, says Mark Hughes. But Lando Norris still had his work cut out to win — and warned that the car will struggle later this season
F1 looked to the future at the 2025 Australian GP, with the leaders of next year’s Cadillac team on the grid; F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali extending contract and agreeing a new commercial rights deal with teams, plus Thai visitors, planning to bid for a race
Ferrari will improve communications after Lewis Hamilton’s sharp exchanges with new F1 race engineer Riccardo Adami at the Australian Grand Prix. But there’s much more than just radio messages to fix
Lando Norris claimed victory over Max Verstappen in an action-packed 2025 Australian Grand Prix that saw rookies and world champions alike struggle in wet weather; Oscar Piastri go off from second; and tense radio messages from Lewis Hamilton
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, including all sessions, plus F2, F3, Carrera Cup and Supercars support races
Qualifying bit hard for most of 2025’s F1 rookies, who now face trying to recover their weekends in a wet Australian Grand Prix. Here’s how they are placed ahead of the race
Lando Norris will start on pole after qualifying for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Team-mate Oscar Piastri will start alongside, with the Ferraris several rows back — there’s also a Racing Bull and Williams among the frontrunners
Flavio Briatore left F1 in controversy – but his return to Enstone team Alpine coincided with a strong upturn in fortunes. James Elson speaks to Pierre Gasly and Oliver Oakes about whether the outspoken ‘executive advisor’ is really having an impact
Hamilton toiled in Australia as his new Ferrari team looked clueless – but were there promising signs in amongst the misery?
McLaren had the fastest car at the 2025 Australian GP and found the elusive perfect tyre balance, says Mark Hughes. But Lando Norris still had his work cut out to win — and warned that the car will struggle later this season
F1 looked to the future at the 2025 Australian GP, with the leaders of next year’s Cadillac team on the grid; F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali extending contract and agreeing a new commercial rights deal with teams, plus Thai visitors, planning to bid for a race
Ferrari will improve communications after Lewis Hamilton’s sharp exchanges with new F1 race engineer Riccardo Adami at the Australian Grand Prix. But there’s much more than just radio messages to fix
Lando Norris claimed victory over Max Verstappen in an action-packed 2025 Australian Grand Prix that saw rookies and world champions alike struggle in wet weather; Oscar Piastri go off from second; and tense radio messages from Lewis Hamilton
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, including all sessions, plus F2, F3, Carrera Cup and Supercars support races
Qualifying bit hard for most of 2025’s F1 rookies, who now face trying to recover their weekends in a wet Australian Grand Prix. Here’s how they are placed ahead of the race
Lando Norris will start on pole after qualifying for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Team-mate Oscar Piastri will start alongside, with the Ferraris several rows back — there’s also a Racing Bull and Williams among the frontrunners
Flavio Briatore left F1 in controversy – but his return to Enstone team Alpine coincided with a strong upturn in fortunes. James Elson speaks to Pierre Gasly and Oliver Oakes about whether the outspoken ‘executive advisor’ is really having an impact
Adrian Newey a team boss? That really was not on anyone’s bingo card. Ever. But it came to pass on the eve of the Qatar Grand Prix as Aston Martin…
As the ground-effect era draws to a close, Mark Hughes uses qualifying data and technical insight to explain why the Formula 1 field has converged – and why the reasons go far beyond the rules alone
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
F1 final standings Who finished where in the final points… No. Driver Team Points 1 Lando Norris McLaren 423 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 421 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 410…
10. Pierre Gasly He never gave anything less than his all in an outclassed, underpowered car. But Pierre Gasly’s fast corner prowess combined with the Alpine ’s good high-speed downforce…
Mark Hughes – This year was Mark’s last full season of day-to-day Formula 1 race reporting after 30 years of following the F1 circus The surface colours of the season constantly…
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