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• Kimi Antonelli has some special guests with him for his first F1 home Grand Prix in Imola

Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Mercedes F1 driver Kimi Antonelli has some special guests in the paddock with him at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Formula 1 rookie Kimi Antonelli has enjoyed a strong start to his first year on the grid. The 18-year-old rookie scored points in his debut at the Australian Grand Prix, captured pole position for the F1 Sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix, an...2025
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• Alex Albon on the start to the season, the importance of hydration, and F1 2025

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, SB Nation caught up with Alex Albon to talk the start to the year and more Atlassian Williams Racing has enjoyed a tremendous beginning to the 2025 Formula 1 season. What might have been considered a transition year for the team, with Carlos Sainz Jr. joining the driver lineup and this season representing the final ye...2025
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• 5 key F1 storylines for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Formula 1 is back with this week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and here are the critical storylines as race week begins After a week off, Formula 1 roars back into action with this week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. This race kicks off the European portion of the schedule, as well as another F1 triple-header that will bring the cir...2025
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• Lando Norris knows what he needs to fix to get back to the top of an F1 podium

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images McLaren driver Lando Norris addressed his recent struggles speaking Thursday at the Miami Grand Prix MIAMI, Florida — A year ago in Miami Lando Norris climbed up to the top step of a podium for the first time in his Formula 1 career, shedding the moniker “Lando No-wins” and kickstarting McLaren’s run to the 2024 Constructors’ Championship. Norris returns to...2025
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• Oscar Piastri talks his strong start to the 2025 F1 season ahead of the Miami Grand Prix

Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images McLaren driver Oscar Piastri addressed his championship hopes Thursday at the Miami Grand Prix MIAMI, Florida – The 2024 Miami Grand Prix started something special for McLaren. The team brought a big upgrade package for the MCL38, and it paid immediate dividends as Lando Norris secured his first Grand Prix victory on that Sunday last May. The win kicked M...2025
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• Fred Vasseur backs Lewis Hamilton after uneven Ferrari beginning

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Lewis Hamilton was dejected after a seventh-place finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur defended his newest driver Lewis Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes for Ferrari, as well as his arrival at the Scuderia, dominated the Formula 1 headlines for the past year. A seven-time Drivers’ Champion ...2025
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• Alex Albon on the start to the season, the importance of hydration, and F1 2025
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• Lando Norris knows what he needs to fix to get back to the top of an F1 podium
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• 5 critical questions for qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images Setting the stage for qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix by diving into five big questions facing the grid A frenetic Friday in Suzuka has set the stage for a fascinating qualifying session at the Japanese Grand Prix. At the moment, McLaren remain the class of the field. Lando Norris topped the timing sheets in FP1 while his teammate Oscar Piastri was ...2025
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• Revisiting the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix, the stuff of F1 legend

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images The Japanese Grand Prix of 2005 remains legendary 20 seasons later This weekend the Formula 1 grid returns to Suzuka International Racing Course, the site of the Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuka holds a dear place in the hearts and minds of many within F1, from fans to the drivers themselves. The 2005 Japanese Grand Prix may be a big part of that story. Why? In...2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Recapping some winners from the Chinese Grand Prix, and some who have some work to do before Japan For the better part of three years, Zak Brown has been telling anyone who would listen that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri comprise the best driver pairing on the Formula 1 grid. The smile on the McLaren CEO’s face as he posed with the pair for photographs fol...2025
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• Is Liam Lawson already at risk of losing his spot at Red Bull?

Photo by QIan Jun/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images Liam Lawson’s poor start to the 2025 F1 season has kicked the replacement rumors into overdrive Liam Lawson’s difficult start to the 2025 Formula 1 season continued at the Chinese Grand Prix. After qualifying 18th and crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix, Lawson qualified in P20 for both the F1 Sprint race and the Grand Prix itself...2025
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• Chinese Grand Prix: Live F1 race coverage

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Can Oscar Piastri win from pole and give McLaren two wins in two races? Can McLaren make it two wins in a row to open the 2025 Formula 1 season? Lando Norris went wire-to-wire to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix last week, and now Oscar Piastri has a chance to replicate his teammate’s feat after capturing pole position for the Chinese Grand Pri...2025
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• Why Isack Hadjar is ready for the Chinese Grand Prix

Photo by WANG JingCheng/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images F1 rookie Isack Hadjar is ready for the Chinese Grand Prix, thanks to time spent growing up The 2025 Formula 1 season continues this weekend with the Chinese Grand Prix, the second race of a season-opening doubleheader. While Lando Norris arrives in Shanghai atop the Drivers’ Championship standings thanks to a win in the Australia...2025
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• 6 storylines for the F1 Chinese Grand Prix

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Can Ferrari bounce back? What comes next in the Max Verstappen versus Lando Norris fight? Those and other questions for the Chinese Grand Prix Last November in Sin City Max Verstappen crossed the line fifth, one spot ahead of Lando Norris. But it was enough for the Red Bull driver to secure his fourth consecutive F1 Drivers’ Championship, leaving Norris...2025
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• What we learned from the F1 Australian Grand Prix

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images The start to the 2025 F1 season taught us a few things about the grid, but there is a long way to go before we get the big answers Entering the 2025 Formula 1 season one of the many questions facing the grid was whether Lando Norris had learned exactly what it takes to fight at the front with the best in the world, specifically Ma...2025
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"” Piastri, along with Norris and the rest of McLaren, begin their defense of the Constructors’ title they won a year ago this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix."

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"Christian Horner has dropped the biggest hint yet that Australian Grand Prix race winner Carlos Sainz is in the frame for a Red Bull drive next year."

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"” “The reality is it’s absolutely ludicrous to be doing the first sprint race of the year in a street race like Azerbaijan,” Horner told reporters at the Australian Grand Prix."

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"Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him "in a difficult position" while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix."

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"The Australian Grand Prix is believed to have been scrapped from the 2021 Formula One calendar, 7NEWS reports."

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"McLaren has withdrawn from this weekend's Australian Grand Prix after one of its team members contracted coronavirus."

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"Formula One will for the first time hold a season launch event with all the teams and drivers in Melbourne ahead of the opening Australian Grand Prix in March."

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"Ron Walker, the promoter who secured the Australian Grand Prix for Melbourne, has died at the age of 78."

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"The first start for Gene Haas' NASCAR team in 2002 was one to forget, but his Formula One team's inaugural race in the Australian Grand Prix is definitely one to remember."

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"Marquez takes pole for Australian Grand Prix"

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• George Russell and Mercedes enjoying ‘great start’ to 2025 F1 season

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Could a title fight be in the cards for George Russell? On paper, 2025 looked to be a transition year for Mercedes. The Formula 1 team saw one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport leave at the end of the 2024 campaign, with Lewis Hamilton departing for Ferrari. Toto Wolff and company tapped young Kimi Antonelli to drive alongside George Russe...2025
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• Ferrari hoping to see the ‘full potential’ of the SF-25 at the Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images After a slow start to the 2025 F1 season Ferrari is hoping to see better results at the Japanese Grand Prix The 2025 Formula 1 season began with so much fanfare at Maranello. But the early returns have not been what Ferrari hoped for. Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari for the 2025 campaign injected new life into the legendary team, and Hamilton’s...2025
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• Liam Lawson ‘excited’ to make his VCARB return at F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images VCARB welcomes back Liam Lawson at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix After just two races with Red Bull, Liam Lawson is making his return to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. In the team’s media preview, Lawson called the weekend a “big opportunity” as he looks to bounce back after a difficult start to the season. “I’m really...2025
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• F1 Japanese Grand Prix 2025: Storylines as the grid heads to Suzuka

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Yuki Tsunoda making his Red Bull debut is one of the major storylines heading into the F1 Japanese Grand Prix For years Yuki Tsunoda dreamed of a seat at Red Bull. This week the driver gets his chance, and the timing could not be better. As the grid heads to Suzuka for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, Tsunoda is set to make his Red Bull debut at his ho...2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other
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• F1 Chinese Grand Prix qualifying results

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Here is how the field will line up for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix The grid is set for the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri, thanks to the “hairpin of [his] life,” stormed to the front of the field to capture his first Grand Prix pole position. He nipped George Russell for P1 in a thrilling qualifying session and will start right in front of his ...2025
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• Why Isack Hadjar is ready for the Chinese Grand Prix
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• Chinese Grand Prix 2025: F1 coverage from SB Nation

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images The F1 season continues with this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, and we’ll have it covered at SB Nation Last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix delivered a chaotic start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, as Lando Norris held off Max Verstappen, and the elements, to begin the season with a victory. While heart rates have finally returned to normal for all inv...2025
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• Kimi Antonelli has some special guests with him for his first F1 home Grand Prix in Imola
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• Alex Albon on the start to the season, the importance of hydration, and F1 2025
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• 5 key F1 storylines for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
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• Lando Norris knows what he needs to fix to get back to the top of an F1 podium
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• Oscar Piastri talks his strong start to the 2025 F1 season ahead of the Miami Grand Prix
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• Fred Vasseur backs Lewis Hamilton after uneven Ferrari beginning
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• Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are right where they expected to be

Photo by Peter Fox/LAT Images McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are right where they thought they would be Oscar Piastri’s win in the Bahrain Grand Prix made him the first repeat winner of the 2025 Formula 1 season. It also pulled him into second place in the F1 Drivers’ Championship standings, just three points off the leader. His teammate, Lando Norris. The McLaren duo hav...2025
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• Kimi Antonelli is off to a tremendous start to his F1 career

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli broke a pair of Max Verstappen’s records in the Japanese Grand Prix When you set a pair of records during an athletic event, you have accomplished something special. That was exactly the case for young Kimi Antonelli during Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver found himself in the lead d...2025
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• 5 critical questions for qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix
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• George Russell and Mercedes enjoying ‘great start’ to 2025 F1 season
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• Lando Norris knows what he needs to fix to get back to the top of an F1 podium
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• Oscar Piastri talks his strong start to the 2025 F1 season ahead of the Miami Grand Prix
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• Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are right where they expected to be
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• Helmut Marko issues warning as Red Bull tries to chase McLaren in the F1 Constructors’ race

Photo by Alessio Morgese/NurPhoto via Getty Images Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko warns that it could be getting late early in the title chase The Formula 1 grid heads to Suzuka to kick off the first triple-header of the season, a stretch that will take the teams from Japan, to Bahrain, followed by Saudi Arabia over three consecutive weeks. For McLaren, the start to the 2025 F1 seas...2025
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• Toto Wolff and Mercedes hope to continue their ‘promising start’ at Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Andy Hone/LAT Images Mercedes is off to a strong start to the F1 season, and they hope to keep it rolling at the Japanese Grand Prix While McLaren is off to a strong start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, with Lando Norris winning the Australian Grand Prix and Oscar Piastri taking the win at the Chinese Grand Prix, Mercedes might be the big surprise on the grid. George Russell finish...2025
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• Revisiting the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix, the stuff of F1 legend
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• F1 Japanese Grand Prix 2025: Storylines as the grid heads to Suzuka
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• NASCAR community reacts to Haas F1's incredible finish in first race
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• McLaren withdraws from Australian GP after positive coronavirus test
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• Oscar Piastri and McLaren F1 agree to ‘multi-year’ contract extension

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images McLaren’s driver duo will remain intact for the foreseeable future Near the end of the 2023 Formula 1 season, McLaren CEO Zak Brown told me the team had the best driver pairing on the grid. That duo is going to be together for the foreseeable future. On Tuesday McLaren announced a new “multi-year” contract extension for Oscar Piastri, whose current contract...2025
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• Australian GP called off due to coronavirus fears
Formula One has called off Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after McLaren was forced to withdraw following a positive coronavirus test by one of its team members....2020
• F1 Chinese Grand Prix: Live F1 Sprint coverage

Photo by Zhu Xingjian/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images Live coverage as Lewis Hamilton chases his first win in Ferrari red Lewis Hamilton’s first race weekend as a Ferrari driver ended on a down note, as he finished tenth in the Australian Grand Prix. His second is off to a much better start, as he starts in pole position at the F1 Sprint Race at the Shanghai Grand Prix. Hamilton admitt...2025
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• F1's Australian GP scrapped for 2021 - reports

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• Yuki Tsunoda to replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull F1, per reports

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images According to multiple reports Yuki Tsunoda will replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull for the Japanese Grand Prix Liam Lawson’s slow start to the 2025 Formula 1 season has cost him his seat at Red Bull. According to multiple reports, Red Bull has made a driver switch just two race weekends into the season, with Yuki Tsunoda moving to Red Bull ahead of the Japanes...2025
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• Kimi Antonelli has some special guests with him for his first F1 home Grand Prix in Imola
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• Alex Albon on the start to the season, the importance of hydration, and F1 2025
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• 5 key F1 storylines for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
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• Lando Norris knows what he needs to fix to get back to the top of an F1 podium
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• Oscar Piastri talks his strong start to the 2025 F1 season ahead of the Miami Grand Prix
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• Fred Vasseur backs Lewis Hamilton after uneven Ferrari beginning
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• Kimi Antonelli is off to a tremendous start to his F1 career
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• Japanese Grand Prix 2025: Live F1 race coverage

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Can Max Verstappen hold off Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Japanese Grand Prix? For the first time this Formula 1 season, a McLaren will not start on pole position for a Grand Prix. Max Verstappen surprised the grid, and himself, by snatching pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for the Japanese Grand Prix. While Verstappen admitted ...2025
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• 5 critical questions for qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix
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• George Russell and Mercedes enjoying ‘great start’ to 2025 F1 season
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• 5 key F1 storylines for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
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• Liam Lawson ‘excited’ to make his VCARB return at F1 Japanese Grand Prix
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• Yuki Tsunoda promoted to Red Bull ahead of F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images After just two races at Red Bull, Liam Lawson is headed to VCARB in a driver switch with Yuki Tsunoda On December 19, 2024, Liam Lawson was announced as a Red Bull driver for the 2025 Formula 1 season. Less than 100 days later, Lawson heads to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, as Red Bull has decided after just two races to switch Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda. T...2025
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• Yuki Tsunoda to replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull F1, per reports
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• Should Red Bull replace Liam Lawson?

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images History, and math, are not on Liam Lawson’s side as Red Bull contemplates a driver switch At the 2024 Miami Grand Prix Lando Norris captured his first Formula 1 victory, holding off Max Verstappen to take the checkered flag. But with Sergio Pérez finishing fourth, and both Red Bull drivers finishing on the podium in the F1 Sprint race, Red Bull banked 44 po...2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other
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• Is Liam Lawson already at risk of losing his spot at Red Bull?
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• Australian Grand Prix 2025: Live F1 race coverage

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images The 2025 F1 season gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix. Follow every lap here After months of speculation, the 2025 Formula 1 season is here. And the season-opening Australian Grand Prix may deliver pure chaos. Rain and showers in Melbourne have lingered into the afternoon, and the wet conditions even forced the cancellation of the F2 race that wa...2025
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• F2 rocked by testing scandal on eve of season
Formula 1's main feeder series, Formula 2, has been rocked by a testing scandal on the eve of the new season, which starts at the Australian Grand Prix....2025
• Jack Doohan brushes aside ‘rumors’ ahead of F1 Australian Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Alpine driver Jack Doohan brushed aside rumors regarding his spot on the grid Thursday in Melbourne Last summer, Jack Doohan realized a dream. The young Australian driver had secured a full-time spot on the Formula 1 grid, earning a promotion at Alpine to drive alongside Pierre Gasly during the 2025 season. Later in the year Doohan realized another dream, a...2025
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