ROUND 1: 🇦🇺 Australia

FORMULA 1 LOUIS VUITTON AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2025

Circuit stats

  • First Grand Prix: 1996
  • Number of laps: 58
  • Circuit Length: 5.278 km
  • Race Distance: 306.124 km
  • Lap record: 1:19.813 Charles Leclerc (2024)
  • 2024 winner: Carlos Sainz

Track Map

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I feel bad for Alonso. The track had an absurd amount of gravel sprayed over it and he clipped it slightly and lost it entirely.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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      1 month ago

      He could have had a really good result too, judging by where Stroll and Kimi ended up. P5 might have been on for Fernando. The car might not be as bad as I had feared (still not great).I was watching onboards and lap times and Alonso was gapping Stroll and keeping Antonelli behind him just before the crash.

      • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 month ago

        I was watching onboards and lap times and Alonso was gapping Stroll

        To be fair, stroll was on wets on a drying track so that was not such a big achievement. Yes he would have finished ahead of stroll, but I don’t think he would have finished ahead of kimi or albon

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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          1 month ago

          Stroll was never on full wets as far as I know. They were both on old Inters at the time. It’s true he was probably using his tires more than Kimi to hold him off, but we don’t know for sure. Kimi himself seemed to be falling off in pace and struggling to catch up to Alonso so I think he was burning through his tyres as well. Of course the safety car that enabled Stroll to get 6th was caused by Alonso so I should revise my previous statement anyway since he’s not getting there without a SC.

          • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
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            1 month ago

            Yeah I just checked. Stroll was on the wets during the first formation lap (the one where Hadjar crashed). They changed it before the next start and stroll was never shown again so I thought he was still on wets. My bad

  • LCP@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What. A. Race.

    Norris did extremely well. Mega unfortunate for Piastri.

    Huge haul of points for Williams.

    Sauber scores more points today than they did all of last year 💀

    Disasterclass for Ferrari.

    Fantastic debut for Antonelli.

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I think the team orders screwed Piastri. He was clearly in the zone and he was quicker than Norris and he definitely wanted to see if he could get past Norris. When the orders came in his flow was ruined and he started to make mistakes. I get what McLaren were going for, but I think it was unfair towards Piastri. If there’s ever a time to let drivers race it out in such conditions it would be the first race of the season, and McLaren didn’t even let them do that.

      • pstils@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I think Piastri was faster because Norris was nursing his tires, and Piastri made mistakes because he was pushing it too hard. I think Norris had him beat - not by much - but had him beat by margins throughout the weekend and was a very deserving winner.

        • Remorhaz@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Yep, Piastri would get to a gap of 1.1, and then Lando would open up again, he was coasting unless he was protecting from DRS

  • Pringles@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Thoroughly enjoyable grand prix. Deserved winner in Norris who had pole, fastest lap and P1. Great drive from Max as well and also Albon and Hulkenberg. This season is going to be a doozy!

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Williams already have double digit points. Let’s go!

    Classic Ferrari.

    Hamilton’s engineer has the worst job in F1.

    Also I like how Piastri didn’t give up. Great driver.

  • 1luv8008135@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Sainz crashing out behind the safety car. Piastri getting the traditional, ‘Aussie driver at AusGP’ experience. I’m going to need till Tuesday before I can start talking to people again.

  • duuuurtymike@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Worst race directing for a Grand Prix yet… I felt so confused half the time because they NEVER SHOWED WHAT HAPPENED

    • Merlin@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      And for most of the race the leaderboard was not showing the time distance between the drivers

      • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz
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        1 month ago

        They broke it for 1/3 of the race. Before they switched it off I realised the numbers weren’t updating for over a lap. They turned on the driver tracker map to try and compensate, and kept flashing up gap between driver headlines at the bottom of the screen

  • Danitos@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    I found the race to be mostly boring, and then BAM, in half a lap it became incredibly interesting. So glad I stayed up to watch the race.

  • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    McLaren fucked Piastri’s race when they asked him not to overtake Norris.