Poll: Official Australian Grand Prix 2025 Thread - Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne - Race 1/24

[SDK^]

Lando showing he is ready for a Championship this year

 

[MassiveJim]

Lando showing he is ready for a Championship this year

Definitely seemed level headed today

 

[Junglist]

It was worth waking up for the craziness. I’m still just annoyed I didn’t but. I never usually do but that was easy money

 

[SpartaP]

Landooo!! Great start. Calm, focused and got the job done!

 

[Mr Jack]

I voted for Albon. Who expected a Williams to be P4 after last year?

True, but he didn't do much but keep it on track, Kimi carved his way from 16th to 4th on track, in his first race, in tricky conditions.

 

[john_smith]

That was absolutely one of the F1 races of all time.

It was only just the best one this year, so far.

 

[Junglist]

Definitely seemed level headed today

Yeah, minimal celebration, I liked it.

He’s had a couple of wins now. The jobs not finished.

 

[Junglist]

Is the audio out of sync for anyone else?

 

[Mr_Orange]

Ferrari gonna Ferrari. The team radio was a shambles on both sides of the garage too.

 

[imtoooldforthis]

Eventful race because of the weather/crashes/spins but not great during the normal settled periods. The gap between all the front-running cars looked to be huge but hopefully a fair amount of that is down to the Melbourne being somewhat unique and also the weather.

Reminded me of last season. Red Bull quick over one lap and shorter stints but still not good on the long runs relative to McLaren, that said they were still a lot quicker than Ferrari and Merc.

Very good drive from Norris who was under pressure for long periods.

 

[SpartaP]

'ohhh carlos'

Lando feeling it for his buddy

 

[Mr_Orange]

I'm glad they showed more of the cooldown room.

 

[koolpc]

Max did really well considering....

 

[SpartaP]

Nice to hear our National Anthem for the first race, hopefully more of the same throughout the season! Lesssgoo Lando!

 

[Flibster]

Victory travels in Louis Vuitton?

They've sponsored the podium background?

Oh god... The Americans are really in charge now...

 

[SDK^]

Ferrari gonna Ferrari. The team radio was a shambles on both sides of the garage too.

Yes - annoying Ham about K1 mode for most of the race, then completely missing the strat call when the rain came down

 

[wonko]

I enjoyed that and great to see Williams get a good result. Feel sorry for the drivers caught out though.
Looking forward to the next one, and it's not as early a start

 

[t2na]

7/10 race for me! Brilliant from Williams to get p4, Antonelli absolutely made me eat my words too. Best of the rookies simply by just not binning it.

Thought Lando was noticeably better than last season too, his start/restarts and control from the front was worlds better than he was last year. Should be a great season!

 

[chrismscotland]

Didn't make it up for the race (still recovering from 10 hours in the pub yesterday watching the 3x Six Nations matches!)

Decent first race though, spiced up by the weather; was wondering if any of the rookies were going to finish for a while there!

I always think its hard until we get back to Europe and see the first car upgrades but McLaren looking strong and Max looks like he's able to extract the most out of the Red Bull.

Roll on China next weekend!

 

[SpartaP]

Glad Antonelli got promoted back up to P4. Great drive by him. Decent start for Merc too.