Key Events
- 5m ago5 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:41am
- 7m ago7 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:39am
- 13m ago13 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:34am
1h agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:16am
Just nowSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:46am
- 1.Lando Norris
- 2.Max Verstappen
- 3.George Russell
- 4.Alex Albon
- 5.Kimi Antonelli
- 6.Lance Stroll
- 7.Nico Hulkenberg
- 8.Pierre Gasly
- 9.Lewis Hamilton
- 10.Charles Leclerc
5m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:41am
Red Bull told him tpo stay out, but it was too wet.
Good call from Verstappen to come in. He could not keep going.
Liam Lawson is in the wall. A safety call is called.
Bortoleto is also out.
7m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:39am
MAx Verstappen has stayed out and is still going after everyone else pitted.
Can Verstappen do it?
He has a big lead.
Red Bull have given themselves another lap to make a decision.
Lewis Hamilton also stayed out.
9m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:37am
OUT. OUT. Oscar Piastri spins and is out of contention.
Lando Norris dives into the pits.
VERSTAPPEN LEADS!
Piastri reversers gus car and gets it back on track, but he is out of contention.
10m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:36am
The rain has started to fall.
How long will it last? Do the drivers need wet or intermediate tyres?
Lando Norris has a 2.7-second gap to Oscar Piastri.
13m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:34am
Lando has control od the pack.
He waits and waits. GO.
Norrios hits the accelerator and is off. Norris gets a nice launch and puts a gap between he and Oscatr Piastri.
The McLaren’s are on the hard tyres.
Max Verstappen on the medium tyres, and he is hunting Piastri.
Heavy rain is expected to fall in four minutes.
15m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:31am
The safety car will come in at this lap.
21m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:25am
The safety car is still out.
McLaren has just told Lando Norris that a short burst of rain could hit very soon.
They don’t believe it will last long, maybe just a lap, but the rain could be heavy. Too heavy for a field on dry tyres.
26m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:20am
We are going for dry tyres.
Here is what the drivers in the top 10 have gone for:
- 1.Norris: Hard
- 2.Piastri: Hard
- 3.Verstappen: Medium
- 4.Russell: Hard
- 5.Leclerc: Hard
- 6.Tsunoda: Medium
- 7.Albon: Medium
- 8.Hamilton: Hard
- 9.Gasly: Hard
- 10.Antonelli: Hard
31m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:15am
Fernando Alosno is out.
He spins and crashes into the wall. That is the end of the day for the Aston Martin driver.
Everyone is going to come in for new tyres. But what tyres will they choose?
31m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:15am
After being told to hold position, Oscar Piastri has put a wheel into the gravel at turn six.
He kept the car going but lost about two seconds.
Now Piastri is being told he is free to race.
McLaren will say they made the earlier call because they wanted to get past the backmarkers, but that feels like a cop-out to me.
35m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:11am
Well, McLaren’s promise of letting their drivers race appears to be out the window.
Oscar Paistri, who is in striking distance of :ando Norris, has been told to hold position for now.
“We should hold position please, hold positon.”
39m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:07am
Both McLaren drivers have checked out. They are 15 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen in third.
Oscar Piastri has the fastest lap of the race so far, and he is closing the gap to Noorris,
Piastri has DRS, meaning he is less than one second behind.
42m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:05am
Charles Leclerc has just complained to his Ferrari team that he believes there is a leakm because his seat is filled with water.
His team think they know what it is: “It must be the water.”
A career in detective work my be in order for the Ferrari team.
48m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:58am
Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen has fallen away from the McLaren duo of Lando Norris (first) and Oscar Piastri (second).
Piastri has been gradually closing the gap to Nirris. It is sitting at 2.0 seconds.
Norris could be preserving his tyres, or Piastri is quicker at the moment.
51m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:55am
There were four drivers under investigation for safety car infringements.
All four drivers, Alonso, Tsunoda, Albon and Hamilton, have been cleared of wrongdoing.
54m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:52am
Oscar Piastri is in second place.
Max Verstappen went deep into turn 12 and had to brake sharply to avoid the gravel trap.
The Australian moves back into second, to the cheer of the huge Melbourne crowd.
Verstappen is not happy with his tyres.
Some rain is lightly falling over the track.
56m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:50am
Teenager Kimi Antonelli has spun at turn four.
He does not hit the wall and can keep going. He drops from 12th to 13th.
59m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:47am
It looks like it is a race between three drivers.
Lando Norris leads Max Verstappen, then Oscar Piastri.
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Less than two seconds separate the top three. The gaps between them have fluctuated over the previous few laps.
Verstappen and Piastri both have the use of DRS.
