Key Events
- 7m ago7 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:52am
- 18m ago18 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:41am
- 20m ago20 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:39am
1h agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 4:16am
Just nowSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:59am
One lap left and Lando Norris leads Max Verstappen.
The McLaren is holding firm, but Verstappen has the use of DRS.
This is coming down to the wire.
1m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:58am
Max Verstappen has DRS and has the rear wing open.
He ahs a lap and a half to try and catch the McLaren driver and snatch the win.
3m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:56am
Could there be one final twist?
DRS has been enabled.
If Max Verstappen can get within one second of Lando Norris, we will be able to open his rear wing. The gap is 1.3 seconds.
Meanwhile, Oscar Piastir has claimed to 10th and back into the points.
5m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:54am
McLaren’s Lando Norris just needs to keep his cool.
He has a 1.6-second lead to Max Verstappen. The Brit has driven magnificently today and would be a deserved winner.
7m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:52am
Once again, Lando Norris controls the field. He has done this well twice before.
Can he do it again?
Norris goes. Verstappen chases. Lando Norris get through the first corner and builds a small gap to Verstappen.
Mercedes driver George Russell is not far away in third.
9m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:51am
There will be a six lap sprint to decide the Australian Grand Prix.
10m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:49am
It has been wild and chaotic, and we have a grandstand finish.
When the safety car comes in, Lando Norris will need to keep his composure and fend off world champion Max Verstappen.
13m agoSun 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
18m 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.
20m 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.
22m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:37am
SPIN. Oscar Piastri spins and is out of contention.
Lando Norris dives into the pits. He went onto the gravel as well, but was abe to get back on track and keep the car pointing in the right direction.
VERSTAPPEN LEADS!
Piastri reverses his car and gets it back on track, but he is out of contention.
23m 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.
26m 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.
28m agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 5:31am
The safety car will come in at this lap.
34m 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.
39m 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
44m 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?
44m 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.
48m 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.”
